2004-02-24 
 

defense of mikey act

I'd just like to restate for the record that agreeing with a ban on same sex partnerships is acknowledging that I'm a second class citizen not worthy of those rights. If you truly feel that way about me, I'd like to know so that I can distance myself from you appropriately. (After all, there's no need for you to deal with someone beneath yourself.) Also, since I do feel that I am worthy of equal treatment, we have a deep ideological disconnect that will only hinder a respectful relationship between us. I'm happy to engage in healthy debate over the matter, but if you refuse to "come out of the closet" on this one and still support a ban on marriage for all, know that you are betraying both myself and my partner. I consider it a personal attack.

And just to be super clear: In the eyes of the law it is a SECULAR institution with rules and regulations that our "separation of church and state" country has placed upon it. Marriage is NOT in this instance a religious institution. (After all, my religion allows me to marry a partner of the same sex.) Because our laws also state pretty firmly that discrimination is wrong, that means I ought to be able to marry G should we so choose; regardless of whether your church disagrees. After all, your church wouldn't want you to marry outside the faith, but the government can't prohibit that so why should your church suddenly take precedence over mine?



I'd also like to remind folks that had this law applied to heterosexuals, I wouldn't be here. My parents would have suffered the same fate that many gay couples face when one partner is from a country other than ours and had to move to a more accepting country...or live apart.

addendum

I know I can be a little bit slow on the uptake, but it's only just occurred to me that this whole debate isn't really about marriage at all, but about certain people out there who are afraid of officially condoning homosexuality as a natural part of life on this planet. It will be the government finally recognizing the truth about homosexuality: Agreeing that it's not a disease, Understanding that we are in no way in need of a cure, and wholeheartedly Celebrating the fact that we won't wake up one day and think of this as a phase.

No wonder folks are scared. Many of them only pretend to be liberal while secretly hiding bigotry inside themselves. I've seen it myself when an acquaintance whom I've thought of as open and non-conservative suddenly decides that my blond hair and WASPY looks gives them the right to assume I hold their opinions. They'll make a remark about "those damn 'insert race/faith/nationality here' ruining it for the rest of us." and I'll quickly ruin their good opinion of myself by going into defense mode. Well, this queer's here to ruin it for them again.

Wake up America! We say liberty and justice for all, not just a privileged few. We're here, we're just like you, get used to it.

* posted by me at 11:10 PM

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