On The Real: Prop 8

It may be kind of late to talk about this issue, but I just recently read about it. I am Canadian, so I don't follow American news that often. So, onto the issue of Prop 8. I always thought we lived in a free society, where we had our own free will. I am not gay, but I am an Asian person and considered a minority in this society by many, and if the government were to not allow me to let's say, eat Western foods such as hamburgers or doughnuts, I would be pretty upset. I would be upset because I wouldn't be treated as an equal, in this society of equal rights and opportunities for all. So why are we against same-sex marriages? Are gay people not human beings as we are? Do they not eat, sleep, and breathe in air like everyone else? How would you feel if it was the other way around; if gay people were the dominant group and didn't allow man-woman marriages? Before you judge someone based on anything, may it be their skin colour, or socioeconomic status, or their sexual preferences, you should try putting yourself in their shoes and look at the world through their eyes, and maybe that will help you change your view about the world and become more compassionate, and more importantly, a better, open minded person. So for all of us minorities out there in society, we must band together to break perceptions and inequalities set on us to have free will in this world.