Can't. Contain. The Rage.

My twitter followers might start to unfollow me if I unleash the full power of my rage regarding the current legislative assault on the rights of gay people all around the country. So I'm gonna vent with some thoughts and some funny and not a little outrage. Read or don't read, your call.

Gay marriage is not a political issue. Being "for" gay marriage is not a "liberal" concept. It's a question of whether or not you believe American citizens deserve equal rights.

My Segregation Analogy

Being against segregation was not a political statement, it was about recognizing that a group of American citizens were being denied the same rights afforded to everybody else.

You can feel uncomfortable about homosexuality and still agree that your issues with gay people shouldn't justify denying rights to a group of Americans.

Just because some racist assholes felt weird about interacting with African Americans, that did not justify creating laws that treated African Americans differently. Especially if the arguments being made for these laws cite the need to protect the racist's world view that African Americans and Caucasians should live, work, and go to school separately.

Arguments for anti-marriage bills cite the need to protect the institution of marriage from gay people. These laws protect the world view that the institution of marriage is not about two people who are in love and want to commit to a life with one another. They assert that the concept of marriage is summed up by the presence of a penis and a vagina. No wonder the divorce rate is so high among straight people.

Joe Racist's world view included denying rights to a particular group of citizens. Just because people are citing the Bible as THE reference that puts forth the genitalia-focused understanding of marriage as THE RIGHT one, doesn't mean we should make laws enforcing that one understanding. Especially when, like with segregation, those laws happen to deny rights to a particular group of citizens. Rights that everyone else is allowed to have.

I am sooooooo sick and tired of this even being an issue. Can we just fast forward to the time when people look back on the ridiculousness of this issue? In the same way that we look back on segregation and can't fathom how anyone thought it wasn't government sanctioned racism.

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In the same vein as "Why do you care about who I marry?" and "What gives you the right to deny me the same freedoms that you have?" ...I propose the following hypothetical:

What if I told you that Jews don't believe Catholics should be allowed drivers' licenses? 

In some old document I'm pretty sure it's written that it's an abomination for a Catholic to get behind the wheel. 

This is a fundamental belief that Jews hold. In fact, their whole understanding of what it means to be a driver is threatened by the idea of a Catholic behind the wheel. 

So we should legislate that, right? 

I'm sure Christians all over the country would have no problem having laws enacted that say (a) Catholics can't have drivers' licenses, or (b) a state can make it legal for Catholics to get learner's permits, which are essentially the same thing, right?

How is it even remotely acceptable for the government to say gay people can't marry, simply because 1 religious sect believes it's wrong? (btw, if you couldn't tell, I chose Jews and Catholics arbitrarily to demonstrate how ridiculous it would be for one group to be able to legislate their religious beliefs.) 

Not sure what to call that last analogy...

The notion of politicians using people's allegiance to one particular religion to jockey for power and enforce their view as law   

AKA Get your religion out of my legislation 

AKA Stop trying to make me Christian, I respect that you have your views and I have mine, so stop trying to turn Biblical law into United States law.

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Love this: "If you were worried about protecting the institution of marriage, you'd be fighting to make divorce illegal, not gay marriage."


This video is fantastic!! It's filled with snark and F-bombs to get your attention. If you're offended, sorry. But as they say in this video, "Get over it."



I love this... Rush Limbaugh is on his 4th marriage but my friends who are in love and want to start a family together are not allowed to get married. It is, in fact, against the law for them to be married.

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WTF? Can we maybe not legislate hatred in Texas?
A bill is in front of the Texas Senate that denies rights to transgendered people. (about SB273)

Nikki is a woman who identifies as transsexual and intersex, and recently lost her husband -- firefighter Thomas Araguz -- in the line of duty. The state -- and Thomas' unsupportive family -- now wants to go against Thomas' stateed intentions, invalidate their marriage and remove all widow benefits from Nikki...at the same time that she's dealing with the grief of losing the love of her life.

When you legislate the unequal treatment of one group of people it promotes hatred and is totally unAmerican. Have we learned nothing from our past travesties of denying equal rights to minorities? Are we back in the 1950s?

 Because homosexuality and transgendered people make you feel uncomfortable, a whole group of American citizens should be denied equal rights?

What does it say to a person when you tell them you're not allowed to have the same rights as everybody else? That they are lesser. That they don't deserve to be treated like everyone else.

What kind of message does this send to young people who are gay?

Can we not be bullies via legislation, please?

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I love how this video from FCKH8.com explains (ahem, yells at you) the connection between school bullying, government sanctioned bullying, and the ridiculously high suicide rate of gay teens.

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Oh Tennessee, what are you doing??
The 'Don't Say Gay' bill would prohibit teachers from mentioning homosexuality in the classroom.

Some words are pretty offensive to say around kids, 

but "gay" is not one of them.

I can't even.. just watch this...




This "issue" is the politicalization of the lifestyle of a particular group of people. If it doesn't impact you in any way, WHY DO YOU CARE?? Your "standing on principle" has had a tremendously negative impact on the lives of American citizens who happen to be gay... it is beneath us as Americans to perpetuate this kind of hatred and inequality.

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Gay people are not some subversive group of degenerates, preying on your children and lurking in the shadows. They are ordinary people who live everywhere and work in every industry. People who fall in love and want to make a commitment to someone and create stable, loving families. How is that different from what you want for yourselves? 

Seriously, how is it that this is even up for debate? If you still think that being gay is an abomination, then feel free to shake your head in judgement. Feel free to think that a person you don't even know is going to hell. You don't have to like gay marriage, but you sure as hell don't have a right to legislate your homophobia. 

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What I legitimately want to know:

• What do you think is going to happen if gay people have the right to get married?
• What is the societal problem that you think will erupt as a result of gay people getting married? 
• What danger justifies denying a single group of people the same freedoms that you enjoy?

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A Couple Curiousities:

When someone says they have a problem with gay people or gay marriage, it kinda weirds me out. It makes me wonder why that person is so concerned with what two total strangers are doing in their bedroom.

I'm also kinda curious why it's OK for your hetero husband to want to bang you in the ass, but if someone else does the same thing in their bedroom, it's cause for being denied the right to get married??

That's all I got for now.