No to H8

[ladyoflisquill]

ARRRGGGHHH!

Right now all I want to do is give the California Supreme Court wedgies because obviously that's the only kind of mentality they can undestand.

I gotta say Iowa (and state rep. Ed Fallon) got it right when they agreed.

"I believe strongly that what we are dealing with here is the defining civil rights issue of this decade. ... What are you trying to protect heterosexual marriages from? There isn't a limited amount of love in Iowa. It isn't a non-renewable resource. If Amy and Barbara or Mike and Steve love each other, it doesn't mean that John and Mary can't. Marriage licenses aren't distributed on a first-come, first-served basis here in Iowa. Heterosexual couples don't have to rush out and claim marriage licenses now, before they are all snatched up by gay and lesbian couples. Heterosexual unions are and will continue to be predominant, regardless of what gay and lesbian couples do. To suggest that homosexual couples in any way, shape or form threaten to undermine the stability of heterosexual unions is patently absurd. And I know, you'll say: 'What about the gay agenda?' Well, just as there turned out to be no Bolsheviks in the bathroom back in the 1950s, there is no gay agenda in the 1990s. There is, however, a strong, well-funded anti-gay agenda, and we have an example of its efforts here before us today."

--From a speech delivered on the floor of the Iowa House by state Rep. Ed Fallon in opposition to legislation prohibiting recognition of gay marriages performed in other states.

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[mapleshy.livejournal.com]

Very well said!

I can't believe the ruling, what the hell is wrong with these people?

[mapleshy.livejournal.com]

I was just on twitter and it really angered me the few tweets that were in support of prop 8.

I did find this though, I don't know what good it can do but its a petition for marriage equality - I thought it was worth spreading the word about anyway.

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/1million