for many reasons. At the top of the list today is an issue which doesn’t affect me personally in my life, but it does affect many people I have met through the internet and the fibre community.
The supreme court of California was not able to overturn Proposition 8- you know the one, where GLTB couples cannot be legally married in the state. Since I have never been involved in this particular kind of discrimination, I will leave it to Amy to sound the Call to Arms. Please read this, and don’t be afraid. I promise you that no lightning bolt will reach down and zap you.
Sometimes I just sit here in my insulated cocoon and assume that every one in the world is as lucky as I am. I have a good life, I am contented, and I sometimes need a kick in the ass to remind me that there are still people out there who can’t have what I take for granted. Perhaps it’s not enough that I sit and quietly agree with Amy; maybe a little discussion is in order. Whether I progress to carrying a sign at a protest remains to be seen, but in the meantime, I’ll do my bit and ask you please to read Amy’s writing, and consider seriously where you stand on the issue. We’re all just people, after all.
I live in Massachusetts. We are one of the states with legal gay marriage, and proud of it!
I’ve been vocal on Facebook statuses and comments, so make as many people as possible see positive opinions as often as possible.
Really…what effect does my friend Mark’s marriage have on mine? My DH and I fight about the same things now as we did 15 years ago…I think that says a lot more about us than Gay Marriage!!!!
Thanks for this… its good to have allies…
I’m in CA – and I know it will some day be legal and won’t matter… some day… just like interracial marriages… I’m writing my politicians asking for a revision of the definition of marriage – if it’s really for the protection of and procreation of children that marriage is reserved for a man and a woman, then I want them to add “fertile” to that requirement. If a man or woman is sterile, then they can’t have children, or procreate, or raise their children in that family environment that has been used against us… SO they shouldn’t be married… THAT should be a civil union (right?) – and once menopause hits, or a man gets a vascectomy, for example, then those marriages should be dissolved in the eyes of the state and they should file all the tons of paperwork for civil unions… after all, it’s the same thing, right?
I’m mad but I know that foolishness doesn’t last forever — and moving to Canada wouldn’t be that bad of a thing… right?
The one and only time I have watched parliamentary procedures live was the day that our MP’s voted on legalizing same sex marriage. I was living in Nunavut and was so very proud of Nancy Karatek-Lindell as she stood to vote in favour of legalization. On went the vote to the Alberta MP’s and that was the day I knew I would never live there again. It was bad enough that they voted against the bill, but the look on all their faces, on one of righteous disgust, of knowing that they knew the real deal on what was right in the world and everyone else was a fool ….
I sing in the local gay choir, they are a great group. They all assume I’m a lesbian and I don’t bother to correct them when it comes up. Nobody’s business I figure, if I am or not …. So I’ve been publicly outed and don’t even care. I included my choir membership on my resume recently.
Of course that has always been a bit of me, to let people make assumptions and judge me negatively if they wish, it helps to weed out the people I don’t want to be around.
It really upsets me when governments prevent people from living the lives they want when it doesn’t hurt anyone else, and I don’t see why so many people are threatened by same-sex marriage. We will be wrestling with the issue soon in NY, and I don’t feel confident that the measure permitting same-sex marriages will pass.
I think on many social issues, the U.S. could do well by studying its neighbors.