Fantastic gay marriage article

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ULTRAGOTHA said:
The Right has now doubled down to piss off adoptive parents, too.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/war-on-adoption

Hmm. Straight, protestant, white, middle or upper class married couples with biological children seem to be the only demographic they care about at all. That's not a large base to rely on.
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If they keep this up, they won't have any friends left at all. They seem to be on that road.

One can only hope.
 
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Kim Fierce said:
Some days you are just minding your own business, having to get some blood work done at the doctor, and next thing you know you are getting quizzed about your whole life. *sigh*

I took my son with me to the doctor, I have to get a procedure done next week and they wanted some blood drawn, just supposed to take a minute. So I go in, and while a receptionist is taking my information, she asks some normal questions about my address, and the relationship with my emergency contact.

My emergency contact is my wife, but I say she is my girlfriend to try to speed things along, since she is not my legal wife and referring to her as such usually results in a lengthy explanation. The lady is surprised and says "You have the same last name?"

"Yeah, I got my name changed in court."

"Oh, I didn't even know you could do that. YOU changed your last name?"

"Yes, so we could all have the same last name," I say, including my son. I don't mind this too much, as apparently I am enlightening someone on the ways of gay families, letting them know something they may not have previously realized.

Then she says, "So if it doesn't work out, you're stuck with that name."

*Sigh "Yeah, just like everybody else."

She seems to realize here this didn't sound quite right and went into a story about how her mom changed her last name back to her maiden name but I am already zoning out, and my son is talking to me about the colors of the fruit snacks he is eating, so I decide I would rather have that conversation lol.
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Wow. Just . . . wow.
 
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/paul-ryan-gay-adoption_n_3188254.html

Paul Ryan still does not support gay marriage, but does support gay adoption. Sheesh.

I could almost sympathize with people who were against gay rights if they could at least be consistent. But nooo. First they announce on ESPN that they think a person is a sinner, then they backtrack. Keep your message the same at least lol.
 
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I'm a straight white male caught at the intersection of "it's none of my business" and "who gave these idiots the right to choose who other people can marry?" I really don't want to have to care about equal marriage, because there should be no reason at all for me to be involved in the marriages of people I don't even know exist as individuals. But, as long as there are those willing to push their beliefs on those who don't share them, and can't see how that strips everyone of dignity and equality I don't have a choice.

Then again, I think sexuality is as much or more about the kinds of people someone falls in love with than what they want to do in the bedroom.
 
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