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Edited on Fri Aug-14-09 04:24 AM by RetiredTrotskyite
will, sooner or later, have to come via the Supreme Court. The fundies are fanatics about this and will not stop. I hate that someone's religious convictions can take my civil rights away. No one should ever get to vote on anyone's civil rights. I really don't care what people believe unless someone is harmed or they obstruct the rights of others.
What I don't understand is all this right-wing insanity over people wanting to marry and commit to each other. Canada has had marriage equality for four years now and the sky has not fallen. Sure, there are Canadians who don't really like the idea but they've come to accept it as more or less a fait accompli. We went to get our license and were treated like any couple coming to get a marriage license. We showed our birth certificates and state IDs and in about 20 minutes, we had our license. This country is so insane with all the fundies agititating over something which is, or at least SHOULD be our birthright--the right to life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness.
Now that these idiots are agitating against our civil rights, they feel that they should have anonymity if they donate to anti-gay campaigns. Why? If they are so gung-ho on this, you would think they would be proud to stand up and be counted in favour of "traditional marriage". This shows their hypocrisy. They feel they should have the right to essentially donate to movements which have the real potential to ruin the lives of LGBT families, but that there should be no consequences. If a merchant or restauranteur is using money I have paid to try to make my life harder and abrogate my freedoms and that of other LGBT couples and families, you're damned straight I want to know! That way I don't have to further subsidise their efforts. They can do as they wish with their money, but I want to know where they stand so that I am not helping them to attempt to limit my rights.
As for straights who say, "wait", I ask "why?" I am tired of waiting for this country to get into the 21st century and to acknowledge my marriage. I'd like to see how patient they would be were they in my shoes and that of my spouse. It's easy to say "wait" when all the priviledge is theirs.
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