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sdelmonteFrom the NYTimes.com article on the failed anti-gay marrige vote:
"Marriage does matter," said Senator Wayne Allard, Republican of Colorado and the author of the amendment. "It matters to our children, it matters in America. Marriage is the foundation of a free society and courts are redefining marriage."
Sen. Allard says this with bile and contempt. But I would use the same words with some pride. Marriage does indeed matter. It is the foundation of our society. And it is being redefined, by the courts but also by the people. It is being redefined because it matters that much. It matters to everyone who understands what love and commitment and devotion are all about, to men and women, to gay and straight and bi and poly, to all of us. It is only fools like Sen. Allard who would define a free society by deprieving some of its members of the freedom to love and marry as they choose.
"Marriage does matter," said Senator Wayne Allard, Republican of Colorado and the author of the amendment. "It matters to our children, it matters in America. Marriage is the foundation of a free society and courts are redefining marriage."
Sen. Allard says this with bile and contempt. But I would use the same words with some pride. Marriage does indeed matter. It is the foundation of our society. And it is being redefined, by the courts but also by the people. It is being redefined because it matters that much. It matters to everyone who understands what love and commitment and devotion are all about, to men and women, to gay and straight and bi and poly, to all of us. It is only fools like Sen. Allard who would define a free society by deprieving some of its members of the freedom to love and marry as they choose.
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Date: Jul. 15th, 2004 07:27 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: Jul. 15th, 2004 05:17 pm (UTC)Also, "the foundation" was Sen. Allard, really, not your. Which is why I have such problems with the Right.
But amen to your spin on his words.
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Date: Jul. 16th, 2004 05:42 am (UTC)Well hopefully you find a few of us to be nice and huggable :)
This is bothering me, too. I just quit the GOP, and this is a big part of it. I'm glad John McCain opposed it.
As I see it, in the 90s homosexuals have wanted to be active in their faith, to adopt, to serve in the military, to be a part of the Boy Scouts, and to marry and serve in monogamous relationships (I support gay marraige, but I'm still pretty reactionary about divorce): sounds like potential Republicans to me. From my perspective, the GOP could have doubled its homosexual membership (and Bush receievd a quarter of the gay vote in 2000). If the GOP had Dick Morris insetad of Karl Rove, they wouldn't be shooting themselves in the foot like this.
Strategy aside, the FMA was unjust and an infringement on the 10th Ammendment. I'm glad it fell and I wish it fell by more.