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[nyssa23]

Post this on your LJ if you're in an opposite-sex marriage and you don't want it to be "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage cheapens or hurts it somehow.Seriously y'all, I saw the shittiest fucking thing this morning on my way to the gym. Huge throngs of people were marching down both sides of a major thoroughfare in our town

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[kcobweb]

As far as Sarah is concerned, I know from my sex ed work that kids - especially little ones - will only take in as much as they are able. They might ask where babies come from 80 million times, and that's because one time they take in the part about mommy's tummy, and another time that it takes a man and a woman, and another time that this is for adults who love each other very much, and another time that this is just for adults...... They will also only take in the parts that they are ready to handle. So I pretty firmly believe that you can't really tell them too much, because they will only take the parts they are ready for, and ask you next week again, and hear a little more

[girllikething]

good for you for being upset! i believe in love and if that love is different than mine in that it is a same sex love so be it! there is not enough love in this world!

[rhube]

Quite right. Love is love is love is love...

[rhube]

Well, the nice thng is that this is the second time I've seen this meme, and from two entirely unconnected people, which says something about the reaction.

Also sounds like you did a good job of explaining it to her. There's not a lot of people on my flist with kids; I'm glad to see that one of those who does is taking the time to explain to her kid about these things. I say: don't see it as exposing her to the bad things in the world, rather, you're seeing thatshe learns about the equality of love, as opposed to hearing from elsewhere that gay marriage is wrong and you not having the opportunity to offer her the other point of view. If she encounters these attitudes, she'll be less confused, now that she knows that they are out there. There's a lot I wish my parents had just talked to me about, rather thanleaving me to encounter it on my own because they feared exposing me to things that mightn't be entirely nice.

[afleck]

I was so disappointed when Wisconsin voters okayed a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage.

Jakita has seen both of us get pretty worked up about the coming election. Rather than focusing on specific issues we've taken to just explaining that this election is very important because it will likely affect things down the road for her. Its a total cop out, but its the best I can do without getting so upset that it would scare her.