Up early to say NO!

It's really not that early. It's 7:37am, and I am up and ready to tackle therapeutics cramming for my exam tomorrow. I just wanted to write an entry about my friend who has decided to donate on my behalf fo NO on prop 8 as my belated b-day gift. I'm actually really touched, and I woudn't prefer it any other way. No amount of material gifts would ever amount to or equate to the gift of having marriage. I think some of us don't realize the extent of what's to happen within the next few weeks. I'm hoping for the best.

A couple of my gay friends' birthdays are today, and they wanted all of their friends to do the same (ie donate). Instead of wasting money on presents, they wanted us to donate to No on prop 8. Since Oct. 10th, I've donated various times, but in all I've donated $165. It's something that I don't want to look back on and say that I could have done more. When something like the chance for equality comes out, how could you refuse it? Let's just say that we're blessed that the time for change is coming in this generation. We could have been born in the 1940s when it was not even an option to openly hold hands with another person of the same sex. So, let's make it happen. Don't sit there idly and miss this opportunity. Sometimes it takes someone to take away something before you realize the importance of what you had. Yet even still, as the Pro prop 8 people advertise constantly on TV, some people still don't realize the importance of all of this. If reading my blog helps at all, please go out there and donate. With just a few weeks left, money raised for the campaign will help reach those undecided voters.

The time for change is now. I can't wait 12 years from now for society to recognize me as an equal. I want it now. I'm tired of having to hide and pretend. I just want to be me...