This is the face of evil.
Not being able to be at your legal partner's side in her final moments, your children not getting to say goodbye to mommy, and a judge deciding that that's okay? There's a reason Nicola Griffith is trembling with rage,
I am sputtering, myself, and have been trying and failing to post about this for a few days now. But I'm posting anyway, though incoherently, because my silence helps the ones I hate.
I don't use the word "hate" lightly, and I don't use the word "evil" lightly. But both are appropriate in this case.
I'm not interested in argument. So anyone who disagrees on this one can damn well take their evil elsewhere.
ETA: Since it's down at the bottom of her post, here's what we can and should do:
So here's my challenge to all of you, wherever you live: talk about this. Blog about it. Donate money.
If you live in Washington State, talk to your neighbours, your co-workers, the woman in the checkout line. Ask them if they know any gay or lesbian people. Tell them that, in your opinion, voting yes, voting to approve referendum 71 is the right thing to do. Tell them Lisa Pond's story. Feel free, also, to tell them that if us queers do not get our rights we will rise up: the big bad butches will rip the tires off your car. The gay salon owners will burn your hair off. And all the queer cops and dental hygenists and plumbers and customer service people will fuck up your lives to the point of misery.
If you don't live here, think of someone you know who does, and call them. Talk to them. Send them Facebook messages. Write them a letter--but be quick.
This is happening today, this week, this month. Act now.
I am sputtering, myself, and have been trying and failing to post about this for a few days now. But I'm posting anyway, though incoherently, because my silence helps the ones I hate.
I don't use the word "hate" lightly, and I don't use the word "evil" lightly. But both are appropriate in this case.
I'm not interested in argument. So anyone who disagrees on this one can damn well take their evil elsewhere.
ETA: Since it's down at the bottom of her post, here's what we can and should do:
So here's my challenge to all of you, wherever you live: talk about this. Blog about it. Donate money.
If you live in Washington State, talk to your neighbours, your co-workers, the woman in the checkout line. Ask them if they know any gay or lesbian people. Tell them that, in your opinion, voting yes, voting to approve referendum 71 is the right thing to do. Tell them Lisa Pond's story. Feel free, also, to tell them that if us queers do not get our rights we will rise up: the big bad butches will rip the tires off your car. The gay salon owners will burn your hair off. And all the queer cops and dental hygenists and plumbers and customer service people will fuck up your lives to the point of misery.
If you don't live here, think of someone you know who does, and call them. Talk to them. Send them Facebook messages. Write them a letter--but be quick.
This is happening today, this week, this month. Act now.