Punk Rock vs. Proposition 8

We wrote "Proposition Hate" because the effort to deny same-sex couples the right to marry in our home state of California deserves a fast, loud and angry song. Enjoy.

Click the player to hear the song.

You can "buy" the song by making a contribution to defeat Proposition 8 at our Punk Rock vs. Prop 8 ActBlue page.

Proposition Hate

They come out in buses, out in droves
With pictures of children, shove them in front of your nose
The threat, is it real in their eyes?
With focus group language couched within
Loving the sinner, hating what they say is sin
A divisive disgrace by design

Writing checks out for millions
To ward off a love that not dare speak its name
Fighting the future if only to suit your distaste
Propositioning me for Proposition Hate

They've got nothing at stake in this little war
Those good Utah values brought over to Pacific shores
But fairness and justice -- oh, God forbid
Coded in cadence, pithy and glib
Venom and malice dressed up as concern for the kids
Dress it up how you want, that's all it is

Scrawled in resentment on clipboards at grocery chains
Fighting the future if only to suit your distaste
Propositioning me for Proposition Hate

So don't talk to me about preservation
Because you can't for a second suggest
That the view is idyllic from the wrong side of righteousness
So I won't take yes for an answer
'cause I'm afraid I might see the day
When I'm ashamed to admit that I live in this place
That I live, that I live in this place

Max and the Marginalized are a band and a blog. We do a song every week on the Huffington Post, all 55 of which are available for download here at our site. Add us on Facebook or MySpace.

Comments

[JohnBisceglia]

Thanks for lending your voice; we need a "Punk Rock" approach to civil rights these days. Toss out the old ineffective ways of "demanding civil rights" (marching, chanting, holding signs, etc.). We need to CONFRONT the government with a concept it understands - MONEY. Nuff said.

[sboucher]

Y'all rock!

This is a wonderful diary from Daily Kos that I highly recommend for everyone who'll vote on Prop 8. I hope you'll all share it anywhere you think it might help.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/27/19418/485

[Rynox]

When I hear punk rock and Prop 8 in the same sentence, I think of song by The Damned: "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" ;)

[PDinCA]

It wasn't actually a Damned song, they just covered it. :)

[Romulus]

It seems that most posters and readers on HuffPo believe that gays and lesbians should have the right to marry. I wonder how you all feel about group marriages. If people have the right to marry the person they love regardless of gender, what if they love more than one person? Should people be allowed to marry as many other people as they wish? Personally, I think group marriages might be much more stable than one-on-one marriages.

[Pearlswan]

That's called polygamy and it is illegal in all 50 states.

[MagisterLudi]

Pearl you seem to support the rights of one sexual minorities ( the on you belong too) and oppose the rights of another sexual minority ( the one you don't). Either society has the right to regulate its sexual behavior or it doesn't. I think it does. No to polygamy and no to gay marriage.

[Eres]

Depending on how traumatic the turn society takes this could be a likely scenario at some point. At that point, however, church and state would no longer be factored into the equation.

[YellowDogInRedCounty]

There you go again with the tired "slippery slope" argument. Let me make it as plain as possible so your brain can process it - NOBODY is arguing for group marriages, inter-species marriages, adult-child marriages or anything else. The only issue here is whether two consenting adults, regardless of gender, may marry each other. Your tactics go back as far as the civil rights movement where racists tried to argue that allowing blacks to have the same rights as whites would open the door to other, ridiculous demands.

As a gay man, I PROMISE you that if ANYONE starts to argue for group marriages, inter-species marriages, adult-child marriages or ANY other type of marriage other than the one I referenced above, I will be glad to join you in the protests.

[AllanF]

Bravo, and thanks.

[robbie44]

If you haven't already, check out the hardcore band "CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER"..........They took me to school in the eighties.

[Max and the Marginalized - Huffpost Blogger]

Wow, I listened to them a lot in high school as well (which was still after they were active), though I admit I just bought it for the artwork. Their role in bridging the gap between good thrash and good hardcore can not be overstated.

[robbie44]

Im not surprised your hip to C.S..you might want to check out the album "Monster" by Stepping Wolf.........if you already haven't.

[robbie44]

I'm sorry i almost forgot.............................GREAT SONG !

[robbie44]

"You can take away a right.....you can take away a choice.....you can never take away are spirit.....you can never take away are voice"....................old punk rock lyrics

[grandpacory]

I like it, on point and topical. I hear a little NOFX and a little Vandals.

[pgurlatl]

Thank you so much for lending your talents to get the word out there that this proposition is GARBAGE!

[LRonHubbard]

Good work .. great title .. keep going.

[ramiperlman]

Right on brotha. I'm glad that people are standing up against this ridiculous proposition. VOTE NO on 8!

[pynecastle]

It' s time these pro-H8 people who are sooo concerned with the "sanctity" of their marriages and the need for children to be raised in a stable man/woman home address the 50%+ divorce rate among them and the mind boggling number of children produced (multiply) by single women who raise them on the system (i.e. your dime). When they have solved the problem of children being raised in shattered homes and/or in fatherless homes, then they can opine about the disadvantages of same sex marriages.