| Marriage is love. | |||||
that being said, i have some questions / comments:
1) how does two men or two women pledging their love and life together legally take anything away from me and my marriage anymore than britney (sp? if it's not correct, too damned bad), liza, the many "you wanna marry a millionaire," "joe millionaire," "bachelorette" contestants, etcetera, etcetera, blah, blah, blah? these people / concepts are so repugnant to what marriage means to most (god, i hope it's most) people -- straight or gay.
2) if an employer desires to grant gay spouses / partners the same benefits as straight spouses / partners, why does the republican / right-wing / fundamentalist government all of a sudden think it's their duty to interfere and legislate? seems to me, republicans have had their heads up their asses more often than not when it comes to telling business what to do.
3) it seems to me that this repressive position is another attempt to define marriage according to the bible. get over it, people, we are NOT a christian nation (i'm not talking numbers), we're constitutionally non-religious. be HAPPY about that. that -- and the fact that this issue is not about the wishes of the majority -- is what protects your right to worship as you desire. embrace that. be proud of that. and open your heart and mind to those whose views and beliefs are anathema to yours.
Posted by Stacey at February 16, 2004 04:00 PMI concur, Stacey. This whole same sex marriage issue is another test to the Constitution, and if the religious right win this battle, it will just have to be fought again. What is so hard about accepting another citizen's rights under the law? Are laws different between "heterosexuals?" and "homosexuals"? Do we make this difference for state driver's licenses? Do we make this difference for a license to practice medicine, or law, or be a plumber? Good grief.
Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at February 16, 2004 08:33 PMI agree with you Stacey.
Posted by: Anji at February 17, 2004 01:44 AMit's nice to see someone actually speaking intelligently on this issue. there is such a mob mentality surrounding gay marriage that it scares me. people are against it because they cannot seem to grasp the idea of two people loving each other regardless of gender.
Posted by: mike at February 17, 2004 02:45 PMAmen Sister Stacey!
Posted by: kathy at February 17, 2004 10:08 PMGO STACEY GO STACEY GO STACEY GO!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME post!!
AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!
Posted by: Kathy Howe at February 18, 2004 11:45 AMWell written Stacey. You go gurrrrl! In our constitution, we allow same sex marriages and they are not allowed to be discriminated in any way. Progressive yeah, for a 3rd World country?
Posted by: Michelle at February 18, 2004 02:46 PMHERE HERE!!!
or is it
HEAR HEAR!!!
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Whatever it is, YOU ROCK, sister girl. Well said. And I concur.
Posted by: Keri at February 18, 2004 04:00 PMWell said, and thank you! My beloved and I are planning to go to SF next weekend.....I'm gonna frame that piece of paper! It won't make me love her more, but the validation will feel so good!
Posted by: moonandsun at February 18, 2004 07:09 PMIt was Bill Clinton who legally defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman, but Bush is aiming for a constitutional amendment. It's not just Republicans who are against it.
However, I feel extremely lucky to have found someone to love who loves me back, and I think that the public declaration of that shouldn't be kept from anyone. If two gay people are lucky enough to find each other and share that kind of love, then whose business is it to say they shouldn't be seen as a couple in the state's eyes?
Posted by: pink lotus at February 18, 2004 07:48 PMTHANK YOU from a gay republican. A great blog you have and some fantastic reading !
Posted by: Matthew at February 18, 2004 10:40 PMENCORE! ENCORE!
Posted by: tj at February 19, 2004 10:42 AM