Sorry to get all serious

I like to think that I'm more aware than the average person(just a little bit), but not as educated as I could be on politics. I do have things that I am passionate for and there are certain things that I definitely stand on one side about, but I hate getting involved in political discussions. I love hearing other people talk about their opinions, but I don't like to participate, because I take a lot of things personal and I know very well that people won't see eye to eye on everything. So, I let people live their lives the way they want to and I live my life according to how I want things to be in the world. I know I can't change the world, but that doesn't mean I have to make the same choices, so I change the world that I live in and my surroundings. This will be the first thing I've written that is politically motivated since high school and I don't like it one bit.

I was working cash wrap at the good ol' Barnes and Noble last week. For the retail unsavvy that means working the cash register, something I don't do often and am quite OK with that. I had a customer who was purchasing books ask me to check when a certain book was going to come it again. I looked it up and informed her that it has been back-ordered and could take weeks. She said "Ahhh, my wife is going to kill me, that's all she's been wanting." I am immediately consumed with emotion and can't keep the smile off of my face. If she noticed, she would have thought me insane. I tell her which stores have it(cause I'm thinking her wife needs this book!)and i finish the transaction.

I'm glad there were no customers after her because my eyes got a little watery with all these thoughts running through my head. It was not that long ago she would not have been able to say something like that, but now she can and no one is hurt after the matter. I saw the world be a little less stupid right in front of my eyes that day. The LGBT community has not gone through nearly the struggle African Americans have gone through but I think it IS the civil rights struggle of our era. It's a time where every little thing is a move forward and a slap in the face of ignorance. I guess I just thought it was moving to see that change can and does happen.

I also realized how passionate I was about this subject. It shows that now, the subject is not just about not giving certain people rights, even though I would be all for that too, but it's about taking peoples rights away. I can't even imagine what it would feel like to want something, so bad, for so long and finally be able to get that, but that's the thought that makes me all teary-eyed, and to have that possibly taken away from you is even harder to imagine. As someone who believes in altruism above anything(even though I am an asshole) I couldn't be happier to see people who love each other have the same rights as every one else. I realize that I just put an emotional reason for my stance and I'm OK with that. I am well aware of all the reasons there are to be against this proposition, but that's not what I wanted to talk about. These are real people with real emotions and real love. I suggest voting No on Prop 8.