Don’t Divorce Us!
I am such a follower and not even a timely follower at that. I am sure that most of you have already seen (and cried during) this video done by the Courage Campaign but I have watched it several times and still cannot get over just how much this video touched me and wanted to share it with all of you. If you’ve seen it before, share your thoughts in the comment section and if you haven’t, you should most definitely watch it.
If you’ve been following recent “Prop 8 events” you know that on December 19. 2008, Ken Starr and the Prop 8 Legal Defense Fund filed legal briefs seeking to invalidate the 18,000 same-sex marriages that were conducted between May and November in California.
On March 5, 2008, the California Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments that will decide the fate of Prop 8. The legal challenge of this ballot initiative is brought forth by groups like the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union.
While there is so much cruelty and hate in the world, are there really so many people out there who are offended by love? 18,000 couples publicly and lawfully committed their lives to each other in California between May and November. 18,000 couples were finally given a right that they should have been given so long ago. In a world with so much hate, 18,000 couples have found each other and simply want the same rights as other couples and to tell them that they are not worthy of that right is so completely backwards and fueled by nothing but ignorance and bigotry.
Go sign this petition and tell the Supreme Court to invalidate Prop 8.
Lastly, I apologize for my absence from blogging but would really like to thank Renee of Womanist Musings for filling in the gap on here over the past few days.
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I've said this before, and I'm sure I'll say it again – I DO NOT understand how one person's marriage (or right to marry) can possibly affect anyone else. You don't like gay marriage? Fine, don't have one. Why should it bother you that someone else does. Invalidating someone else's choice because it's different than yours does not validate you. It just makes you ignorant.
I think, a marriage is a legal contract between two consenting adults, joining them as a legal entity so that they can share rights and duties under full protection and acknowledgment of the law. Gender has nothing to do with it. I am a supporter of gay rights and gay marriage, there's definitely something weirdly uncomfortable about seeing a picture of two dads caressing each other. It obviously isn't something that can justify taking their rights away though. If we always avoided everything that made us feel slightly uncomfortable, just think how sterile and boring our world would be.
Being offended by love is such a great line, and I think sums up this whole Prop 8 debacle perfectly. I found this clip that I think explains what the problem with Prop 8 is.
Why is everyone so against gay marriage? Don't you want us to experience divorce like 50% of you?Shouldn't we lesbians be able to get married?What is wrong with going to a sperm clinic to get pregnant?So what that we are less likely to be monogamous than straight people. Who cares?
Our society has a very hypocritical attitude. We want to be very modern and we want the last technology, but when we talk about human rights our society is just reactionary
I feel that this video is very touching. When people commit their lives to each other, they should work hard on thier relationship. The reword is great. Thanks for the post.
Marriage is about union and ties of two individuals. I don't see why they brought out Prop 8 when in fact the couples have already been married legally.
After I watched the video, my reaction is, as long as they're happy, then it is fine. Everyone deserves to be happy. Whatever they choose to do, it is up to them. Another thing is, they already have their own, mature minds. They already know what they are doing. Everyone has the freewill and everyone wants to be happy.
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