Love Honor Cherish

Yesterday, I attended a recording session for an organization called "Love, Honor, Cherish."  This organization’s motto is "Protect Marriage Equality," and their purpose is to help defeat a proposed California ballot measure that will be voted on in November.  This ballot measure seeks to amend the California constitution to define marriage as only being between a man and a woman.

As a man who is already married to a woman, this issue doesn’t really impact me directly.  However, it’s one that I feel very strongly about.  So, it was my pleasure to lend my voice to this organization yesterday.  As I understand it, they are going to use portions of the various people’s recording sessions for a brief Public Service Announcement (PSA) that will be run on several websites.  Once the PSA has been completed, I’ll post a link here on my blog.  In the meantime, here is a copy of what I had to say:

I am proud to be an American. This pride, however, does not blind me to our nation’s imperfections, both past and present. It obligates me to learn from them and work to see that they are not repeated.

Today, America has the opportunity to apply the lessons of the past to an important current issue. Today, millions of gay and lesbian Americans are asking for equal treatment from their government. Thankfully, a growing number of Americans, both gay and straight, are standing by their side. That America will achieve this next step in the extension of equal rights is inevitable. The only real question is how long it will take.

How long will it be until we end this discrimination against our fellow citizens? Will we end it soon? Or will we wait until our children are forced to do it for us? Will they look back on our time in the same way that we look back on America’s other mistakes? We must ask ourselves how we want to be remembered. I want my children to know that I stood for equality, compassion, and coexistence. I hope that you will stand beside me.

Of course, I had plenty more to say on the subject, but I was trying to make it fit within a minute.  If you have thoughts of your own, please feel free to share them here, even if you disagree with my position.