Humanizing gay marriage
Dear friends/family who are thinking about voting on any marriage amendments [Minnesota this year],
When you read the comments and/or rhetoric of what “gay” marriage is and what it will do, replace the word gay with my name.
Jessica shouldn’t be allowed to marry.
Jessica getting married is a threat to families.
Jessica cannot be a good parent.
Jessica doesn’t love, it’s only lust.
Jessica is ‘fixable’ with electroshock therapy and psychological torture.
Jessica is what’s wrong with this country.
If Jessica can marry, we should just let people marry animals.
Being Jessica was a choice.
I hope that this contextualizes the argument for you.
The ‘gay movement’ is about people that love one another and want to spend their lives together. It’s about legal recognition and protection of my commitment to another person. It’s about recognizing me as a human being, worth of just as much as my non-GLBT marriage-eligible counterparts. How is that threatening to you?
More importantly, how am I?
This is from my dear friend, Edward M. [who is not on LJ], I just changed his name to mine.
x-posted to FB and Tumblr, I apologize if you receive this a ton of times.
When you read the comments and/or rhetoric of what “gay” marriage is and what it will do, replace the word gay with my name.
Jessica shouldn’t be allowed to marry.
Jessica getting married is a threat to families.
Jessica cannot be a good parent.
Jessica doesn’t love, it’s only lust.
Jessica is ‘fixable’ with electroshock therapy and psychological torture.
Jessica is what’s wrong with this country.
If Jessica can marry, we should just let people marry animals.
Being Jessica was a choice.
I hope that this contextualizes the argument for you.
The ‘gay movement’ is about people that love one another and want to spend their lives together. It’s about legal recognition and protection of my commitment to another person. It’s about recognizing me as a human being, worth of just as much as my non-GLBT marriage-eligible counterparts. How is that threatening to you?
More importantly, how am I?
This is from my dear friend, Edward M. [who is not on LJ], I just changed his name to mine.
x-posted to FB and Tumblr, I apologize if you receive this a ton of times.