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.

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Wellstone

[mudandflame.livejournal.com]

I hope that Wellstone, like Powell, might eventually have become one of those people who admit, "I was wrong" on this particular issue -- had he lived.

For what it's worth, Wellstone said this in The Conscience of a Liberal:

When Sheila and I attended a Minnesota memorial service for Matthew Shepard, I thought to myself, "Have I taken a position that contributed to a climate of hatred?" Of course, I had never believed this when I voted for [the Defense of Marriage Act.] But if you deny people who are in a stable, loving relationship the right to marry, do you deny them their humanity? I still wonder if I did the right thing.

That aside: a lot of people use "because Paul said so" in arguments about gay rights, but I've never seen it done with *that* Paul before! Disagreeing with Paul Wellstone is the best way I can think of to honor his memory.

-- R

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Wow, I hadn't seen that quotation before. Thank you for that. Yeah, I like your last point, too. And Paul, I think, as a thinking person, wouldn't have said, "I've decided, and that's that." He would have kept testing and honing his beliefs.