A whole 1500 people descend on the U.S. Capitol for a rally to support "traditional marriage"

[moonshaz]

Four of the five stages of grief-denial, anger, bargaining, and depression-were on full display today [i.e., Thursday, June 19, 2014] at the March for Marriage, a rally outside the U.S. Capitol organized by the National Organization for Marriage and other co-sponsors. NOM President Brian Brown had promised attendees the chance to be a part of “

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[lafinjack]

[mercystars]

aww, the Burger King was there! bless his sacred light ~sniffle~

[lafinjack]

[mercystars]

*lights a candle*

[mercystars]

"Denial was the strongest of the stages being worked through at the rally..."

LMFAOOOOO NO LIES DETECTED

[shortsweetcynic]

“first and foremost in this movement, we have to reclaim marriage for what it is. Marriage is the union of a man and a woman for the purpose of making two people as one-a unity-and secondly, to have and raise children. No other union can accomplish those two purposes.”

excellent, then! well done to my (straight) parents, who raised a daughter - my sister - that is...

...GAY????

*PEARLCLUTCH*

no, fuck these people. all of them. if my extraordinarily religious mom can get over this, SO CAN YOU.

[lovedforaday]

Marriage is the union of a man and a woman for the purpose of making two people as one-a unity-and secondly, to have and raise children. No other union can accomplish those two purposes.”

i've never heard a reasonable explanation from these people for the purpose of elderly straight couples or young straight couples who are unable or unwilling to have kids. because a same sex couple is two people becoming one - a unity-and they can have and raise children.

[louisiane_fille]

I guess since my husband and I can't have kids (I had cervical cancer and had to have a hysterectomy), our marriage is somehow invalid? This reasoning is nothing more than grown people throwing a temper tantrum because nobody is listening to their vitriol.