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[nonelvis]

Stolen from someone else on my flist, but some of you may not have seen this yet; I certainly hadn't.

I would really like to make every person who supported Prop 8 watch this video and explain themselves. I dare them to defend their mean-spirited actions, and tell me why allowing two men or women who love each other to marry somehow harms or lessens my heterosexual marriage, and will cause the downfall of society. Because the last time I checked, society was still here in Massachusetts, and so is my perfectly happy marriage.

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[nonelvis]

You and me both. As usual with the ultra-religious, logic fails to apply.

[chanfaina.livejournal.com]

I generally agree with you, and you know how much of a hot-button issue this is for me, but I do need to point out that it's just some (I will even go with "most") of the ultra-religious folks who are being irrational. I know a bunch of ultra-religious Christians and Jews (congregants, plus a minister and a rabbi) who believe in such radical notions as love, forgiveness and tolerance. And there were a lot of vocal Mormons who stood up in favor of equal rights -- opponents of Prop 8 delivered stacks of ribbon-bound petitions and carnations to the church headquarters (http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=13315&from=rss), and continue to to take action against discrimination (http://signingforsomething.org/blog/). (Some have even resigned from the church, which is a hell of a poweful statement.)

[nonelvis]

Fair enough. I probably should have been more precise, or omitted the reference to the ultra-religious, even though most of them are really pissing me off right now. (Well, pissing me off in general, I suppose.)

[chanfaina.livejournal.com]

Oh, you and me both. [And let's not forget the bigoted athesists and agnostics. What's their excuse?]

[nonelvis]

Ignorance and stupidity.