Teeka Chu ([info]teekachu) wrote,
@ 2008-11-11 14:08:00
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Commentary on (the disgusting and hateful) Prop 8
[info]foxymoonheart put this on her journal and it nearly moved me to tears. I'm sharing it with you, too, as well as what she wrote.

I'm sure many have seen this already, but I really feel this video needs to spread, in hope of opening hearts and opening minds.




(For those who don't know, Prop 8 was a California proposition to ban the rights of same sex couples to marry, which passed recently.)

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[info]emiofbrie
2008-11-11 07:19 pm UTC (link)
I posted it to my LJ too, though as an attempt to weed out anyone on my friends list who feel that I and other gays and lesbians should be second-class citizens.

I think I may have lost one LJ friend over it, but I'm not sure. She posted something to her LJ that *may* be a response to my post, but is just obtuse enough to leave me wondering.

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[info]teekachu
2008-11-11 07:24 pm UTC (link)
Bleh...

Slowly, people will evolve in their thinking... at least, I hope. There's no room in my life for people that so willingly would prevent someone else from being happy, just because they don't agree with them.

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[info]ken_redtail
2008-11-11 07:31 pm UTC (link)
I just posted this in my own personal journal too. I think this sort of thing is what people need to hear. A third of the country already bans same-sex marriage, but it took California to shock us into rational thought.

This world needs love more than anything right now, in any of its forms, and I think we need to work on promoting it and not holding it back, even if it's something we don't necessarily agree with.

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[info]emiofbrie
2008-11-11 07:33 pm UTC (link)
Sadly, more than a third, in fact more than half... 30 of 50 states ban gay marriage by state constitution.

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[info]ken_redtail
2008-11-11 07:37 pm UTC (link)
You're right. I checked out the data.

Twenty-six states have constitutional amendments explicitly barring the recognition of same-sex marriage, confining civil marriage to a legal union between a man and a woman. Forty-three states have statutes restricting marriage to two persons of the opposite sex, including some of those that have created legal recognition for same-sex unions under a name other than "marriage." A small number of states ban any legal recognition of same-sex unions that would be equivalent to civil marriage

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[info]jecook
2008-11-11 08:31 pm UTC (link)
Arizona just passed one that turned the existing state law into an amendment.

While I do like the state I live in, it's things like this that make me want to leave it.

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[info]dingybatty
2008-11-11 08:32 pm UTC (link)
VERY good video. Thanks for sharing.

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[info]stoneth
2008-11-11 08:39 pm UTC (link)
I was devastated when I had heard how California of all places would allow this prop to pass. But as I understand there are still uncounted ballots that could still prevent the proposition from passing.

It's a very sad time when so many people are unified in the idea that taking away the rights of other people to be happy is seen as justifiable.

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[info]celtic_tiger
2008-11-11 08:54 pm UTC (link)
I wept when I watched this

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[info]gas_mask_dragon
2008-11-11 09:03 pm UTC (link)
Thank you for sharing this with us.

Theres not much else I can say that needs to be said.

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[info]rmoorcat
2008-11-11 10:22 pm UTC (link)
and how much money did the Mormons pour into this? and they are tax exempt.

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[info]wolf_nymph
2008-11-11 11:25 pm UTC (link)
Wow... That was very moving, thank you so much for sharing. I can't say anything other than what he said. <3

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[info]jurann
2008-11-12 04:29 am UTC (link)
Too true. Thanks for sharing, Teeks. =)

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[info]vesuvius
2008-11-12 03:14 pm UTC (link)
I think its likely that the balance was tipped by people that just voted 'yes'. It would be interesting to see if a converse proposition would pass.

There was a proposition on the ballot in PA to put the state in debt by millions of dollars to have money for roads and schools and other things listed. I had heard nothing of it and did not know the pros or cons, yet there was no option to abstain, just 'for' or 'against'.

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[info]maskusinc
2008-12-10 07:40 pm UTC (link)
Great vid. When I saw this, I forwarded the link to some that needed to see it. Don't know if it had an effect, but I hope so.

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[info]maskusinc
2008-12-10 07:44 pm UTC (link)
You may be interested in this video: http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/11/video-ban-divor.html

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[info]teekachu
2008-12-10 07:51 pm UTC (link)
Ohhh, good video! I hadn't seen that one :D

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