The moderate-conservative commentator in D.C. metro disagrees with North Carolina voters' decision yesterday to change their state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage: "I am a Christian. I believe that America is the greatest nation on earth. I also believe that the much-ballyhooed fight to preserve the socially conservative notion of 'traditional American family values' is nothing more than an attempt to go back in time to an era where white males dictated culturally, legally, and politically, virtually all aspects of how Americans lived their lives."
She continues: "The days of June and Ward Cleaver and their sons Wally and Theodore 'the Beaver' in the 1950’s sitcom Leave It to Beaver are remnants of a bygone era to which America will never return. Rather than defining traditional family values and using that notion of what America should be to divide the nation, policymakers should focus on supporting and advancing the America that is, not the America that was."
More: "According to a recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center for People and the Press, opposition to allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry has decreased significantly over the last two election cycles. According to the Pew Center’s research, '[s]ince 2004, there has been a broad-based decline in opposition – including strong opposition – to gay marriage.' In 2004, just 31% of Americans supported gay marriage. In 2008, 39% of Americans supported gay marriage. As of April 2012, 47% favor gay marriage. Cultural change in a country of free people is inevitable, and our nation’s policies must reflect not only that change, but the desire of all human beings to determine their destiny and how they wish to live their lives."
Michelle Bernard: "Sorry, North Carolina. Marriage Is A Basic Civil Right"
