America was founded on freedoms. The freedom of religion. The freedom of speech. The freedom to stand up for what you believe without the fear of persecution. My Italian great-grandfather came to Ellis Island without knowing one word of English. He survived and my family was founded.
So I find it very Un-American that there are still people, not the majority, but people who 'attack' you to try to convince you that you are wrong for having your own opinion because they think their opinion/belief is right and you are in the wrong. Not everyone is going to believe the exact same thing. It's not humanly possible or socially warranted. You win some. You lose some. What matters is that you stay true to yourself and your beliefs. There is a greater purpose in this life than taxes, global warming and who is associated with whom. That is the mundane. Think about the esoteric. The spiritual. The meaning of life. Why are you here?
As a woman, I am proud to say that I can vote. I am as proud to say that I voted for a man that not just a generation ago was not able to drink out of the same water fountain as me and he is to become the 44th President of the United States.
Furthermore, The same people who voted against gay marriage are the same people who would have voted against the end of women's suffrage and who held the fire hoses in Birmingham in 1963. Basically this is the Civil Rights Movement: Part II. I understand and respect others religious beliefs that a marriage is between a man and a woman. But love sees the soul of a person; not the color of their skin, not the age or gender of their body and not the religion that they were bought up to believe in. It is hard enough in this life to find true love. So why limit yourself? Why limit others? We're all human beings with feelings. With hearts. With emotions. With souls. In the words of Shakespeare, "If you prick [them], do [they] not bleed? If you tickle [them], do [they] not laugh? If you poison [them], do [they] not die? If you wrong [them], shall [they] not revenge?" And by [them], I mean you.
'A mind is like a parachute. It only functions when it's open.'