givemeabreak's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who Are You To Decide??? Oh, I cannot stand it anymore. I hate the idiot in power. He must go. He must go now. Wait, now is not soon enough. He should have went yesterday...or maybe even last year. Every single time I see him on television I ponder at how someone so ignorant got so far in life. My four year old niece speaks more eloquently than that jackass. While at work this morning, I caught his little speech about amending the Constitution to ban gay couples from getting married. Are gays really such a threat? Is it that whole perceived "gay agenda" that scares the conservative christian right into taking action to control our lives? Isn't it enough that you bang your bibles over our heads and tell us that we are going to hell? Now you want to forever amend one of our foundational documents of America into saying that we can NEVER have the same rights and privileges as heterosexual couples. One of the first things given to me when I came out in 1996 was a postcard which I have proudly posted in my house everday since. It states: BECAUSE gay men and lesbians are discriminated against in housing and employment AND because how we act is more important than who we are AND if we get harassed it's our problem AND if we get attacked we provoked it AND if we raise our voices we're flaunting ourselves AND if we enjoy sex we're perverts AND if we have AIDS we deserve it AND if we march with pride we're recruiting children AND if we want or have children we're unfit parents AND if we stand up for our rights we're overstepping our boundaries AND because we are forced constantly to question our own worth as human beings AND if we don't have a relationship with someone of the opposite sex we haven't given it a chance AND if we have a relationship with someone of the same sex it is not recognized AND we are told our love is not "real" AND if we come out of the closet we're just going through a phase AND because lesbian and gay history is virtually absent from literature AND because homophobia is sanctioned by the Supreme Court AND...For lots and lots of other reasons, I AM PART OF THE LESBIAN & GAY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. All I can say is get out and support a campaign to get Bush out of office. Vote and have a voice in what happens in our country! Someone, please take my soap box. 9:08 p.m. - Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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