The Constitution should apply to everybody.
A theme that I have noticed in the blogs that support Proposition 8 is the misconception that gay people "choose" to love someone of the same gender. One can choose their friends; one cannot choose who they fall in love with. Ironically, being a Catholic, or a Jew, or a believer in any religion, IS a choice. You can CHOOSE to be a believer in something greater than yourself, or choose not to believe. The way in which you interpret scripture is also a choice.
The other misnomer is the statement "I don't hate gay people, I just disagree with them". When someone says "I disagree with gays", there is connotation of being poorly educated in human development. People might disagree on who should be the next President, or what kind of dog the Obama's should get. However, to disagree with someone being gay is as ridiculous as disagreeing with someone being African American. Being gay is not a "life-style" anymore than being Asian, African, European, or any other ethnicity. Being gay, is not a "way of life". Being gay just is. One in ten human beings "just are". This is the way we were born. Why would anyone "chose" to live a life of discrimination?
Being gay is not an organized movement to get back at our parents and render them forever asking "where did they go wrong?". Being gay is not a covert form of anarchy or a manifestation of a bizarre desire to seek attention when in public places. Being gay is as natural as the color of my eyes. Sure, I can try wearing some irritating colored contact lenses but that would not change the true color of my eyes.
My eyes were opened on the morning of November 5th, 2008. My elation with the election of Barack Obama to the highest office in America was washed away by the stark reality that gay people in America are far from free. "Everyone is created equal" - except for gay people. The "American Dream" is attainable by anyone - unless they are gay. "Let freedom ring for all of God's children" - except the gay ones.
America does not have to be divided on this issue. Americans have a choice. Let it be an informed choice free of hate and discrimination. Let it be a choice supporting equality for all.