Anti-Marriage Protection Week, Hurrah!

[pegkerr]

I don't have time to write a long post about this myself, but read John's post and read Aja's post and read Msscribe's post and do what they say. I have added Anti-Marriage Protection Week to my interests lists, and I'll be looking through the lists of suggestions for more things to do. Anyone have an icon for me?

I really REALLY loathe our President.

Comments

Paul would have disagreed

[(Anonymous)]

With the notion that to oppose legal sanction of gay marriage is to hate gay people.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Yes, he probably would have disagreed; you're right.

That wouldn't mean, however, that the DOMA act isn't unfair discrimination.

Re: Paul would have disagreed

[bohemianspirit.livejournal.com]

With all due respect to the late Paul Wellstone, whom I admired in many ways, he was not infallible. I realized that some people oppose the equality of GLBT people due to well-meaning beliefs inherited from their religious or cultural influences. However, the fact remains that this kind of opposition to recognition of committed same-sex relationships IS hurtful, and comes across as hateful even if no "hate" is intended. It sends the message that people are not being accepted for being who they are -- and there is nothing harmful about being gay or lesbian, any more than there is harm in being straight.

Re: Paul would have disagreed

[(Anonymous)]

Lots of laws hurt lots of feelings. Should they all be changed because of that?

Re: Paul would have disagreed

[bohemianspirit.livejournal.com]

This law doesn't just "hurt feelings." It hurts PEOPLE. It hurts FAMILIES. There is no good reason to deny legal recognition to same-sex marriage. Period.

Re: Paul would have disagreed

[(Anonymous)]

There's many good reasons for society to fail to give an imprimateur on many sorts of relationships. In this case, whether or not one likes it, it's quite clearly the wish of the majority that homosexual unions not be given the identical status of heterosexual marriages. Changing that, should be changeable, will be a matter of persuading people with far more effective agitprop than "it hurts PEOPLE," assuming it's possible to be done at all. At present, laws like DOMA can reliably be counted upon to pass with huge majorities, including the most reliable leftists to be found in the United States Senate.

I guess that's the President's fault, too.