Re: Maine and Prop 8, etc.
You know... I'm getting really sick of hearing "WE JUST HAVE TO CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS!", "We've got to tell our stories!", "We've got to go door to door and CONNECT with people!".
You know what? No. NO.
Other minority groups didn't have to 'change the hearts and minds of the people' before being given -their- marriage rights. The courts gave interracial couples that right in a time that a vote of the people would not have passed by a long shot.
GAY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PROVE THEMSELVES.
Why the FUCK do WE have to make EVERYONE LIKE US before we can get basic civil rights. How can people NOT see how fucked up that is?
I have a life to live. I can't wait for everyone to realize that gay people are real people too. That is the job of the COURTS (state AND federal) and the President who told us we were part of his nation too.
Fuck.
You know what? No. NO.
Other minority groups didn't have to 'change the hearts and minds of the people' before being given -their- marriage rights. The courts gave interracial couples that right in a time that a vote of the people would not have passed by a long shot.
GAY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PROVE THEMSELVES.
Why the FUCK do WE have to make EVERYONE LIKE US before we can get basic civil rights. How can people NOT see how fucked up that is?
I have a life to live. I can't wait for everyone to realize that gay people are real people too. That is the job of the COURTS (state AND federal) and the President who told us we were part of his nation too.
Fuck.