If Anyone in DC Is Paying Attention
“On a matter of such importance, the voice of the people must be heard”
Ahem. I am an American person, and I say that consenting adults who are otherwise unencumbered ought to be allowed to form marriages, domestic partnerships, or just shack up, according to their preferences.
I say that legalized discrimination against ANY group is wrong, and undermines all other antidiscrimination efforts. I want all of my friends and family to have the option and the opportunity to enjoy the same social and financial benefits that I do. You want to promote family values? Let everyone have the opportunity to be part of a family.
I say that society changes, and social institutions must change with the times or become irrelevant. I further say that the government has no business telling religions how to define marriage. I say that if George Bush isn’t favor of homosexual marriage, he shouldn’t try it himself. Otherwise, back the hell off.
And finally, I say that I am a registered voter in the State of Indiana, and I can’t wait ’til November.
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February 25th, 2004 at 9:24 am
We don’t have to go to DC to find this particular brand of idiocy. The local elephants have shut down the Indiana legislature to force a vote on the same issue.
I too am a registered Indiana voter, and I will be making my voice heard!
February 26th, 2004 at 1:00 pm
As one of the people who would dearly love to have access the same rights and privileges you do, I want to thank you for your support.
Michelangelo Signorile, a well-known gay journalist quoted a White House spokesman in his recent column (found at http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2004/02/signorile-m-02-25.html )
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“So how does gay marriage weaken society, in the president’s view?” asked a reporter of White House spokesman Scott McClellan at the White House press briefing.
McClellan: “Well, this goes to the issue of an institution that is enduring and lasting. The president said in his remarks that this is the most fundamental institution in our civilization ? .”
Reporter: “But, specifically, how does allow — how does allowing gay marriage, allowing two people of the same sex to marry, how does that weaken our society?”
McClellan: “It’s a strong value of our society. It’s a strong value of our civilization. And we should protect and defend those kinds of enduring institutions in our society.”
The grilling went on for quite a while, with McClellan not able to come up with anything less feeble than that. The president hadn’t done any better in his briefing. “If we are to prevent the meaning of marriage from being changed forever, our nation must enact a constitutional amendment to protect marriage in America,” Bush said.
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It sounds like the proponents of this amendment don’t know why they to enact it. I guess they can’t just come out and say “Because they’re FAGS and DYKES!”
February 26th, 2004 at 5:28 pm
I think the real answer is “Because the President is a born-again Christian who chooses to let his religion dictate his political positions. Plus he doesn’t want to piss off the Christian right donors and fundraisers.”
August 30th, 2004 at 7:11 am
I can’t wait for an Atheist president.
We need to dissolve marriage altogether. I am in strong favor of a civil union rather than a marriage.
I am so glad that my father, a Justice of the Peace, married me and not a minister. I just wish it had been legally defined as a civil union rather than a marriage. Suck on that invisible-friend-believing-in, backwater, inbred, carpenter-worshiping lemmings! - not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Separation of church and state… Humbug.
That is one reason I am having trouble voting for Bush. He can really be an idiot.