Land of the Free. Home of the Hetero.
Here are bits and pieces of a Harrisburg Patriot News article from Wed, June 7, 2006. The article content is between the dashes. Yes 2006, not 1906. A proposal passed in the PA state House yesterday.
--The House voted 136-61 to propose adding language to the state constitution that would ban same-sex marriage and the legal recognition of any union "identical or substantially equivalent" to marriage. The bill goes to the Senate, where it would need to pass in identical form. The same bill would have to pass both chambers again in the next legislative session and then win voter approval in a referendum before it could become part of the constitution.
"Without the marriage-protection amendment, what ultimately will marriage and the family look like 30 years from now?" [Rep. Scott] Boyd [R-Lancaster, the bill's sponsor] asked. "Nobody knows, because we have simply not experienced the effects of this newest sexual revolution." --
Can you believe this? First off, what are they so afraid of? Rep. Boyd is apparently afraid that 30 years from now we're all going to be gays jumping around, gettin' married and ruining society.
The law that is in effect right now is discriminatory. Not only does it ban gay marriage, but it also revokes the civil rights of individuals, in this case the economic and personal privileges associated with marriages. A law passed that REVOKES civil rights. I love PA, but I'm not proud to be in a state that condones that. The new proposal intends to make it impossible for judges to declare this discriminatory law unconstitutional by making it PART of the constitution. The legislature is essentially trying to write discrimination into our constitution.
Is this America? Land of the free? Home of the hetero? Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses unless they're gay and want to get married? There haven't been laws passed in America that LIMIT civil rights since the days of segregation. The climate in Washington is one of arrogance, secrecy, religious law, and intolerance. Of course, the Senate voted on a similar federal constitutional amendment and failed to pass it, but the fact that this type of debate can even be raised (not to mention the discourse on illegal immigration) shows what little progress we've made in this country regarding tolerance and acceptance.
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posted by TW @ 11:55 AM
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1 Comments:
a few points I would like to make in the form of a list:
1. it scares the crap out of me that these people are f-ing with our constitution...it's not enough that individual states ban gay marriage, we have to ADD A CLAUSE TO THE CONSTITUTION to further discriminate. it's insane to me.
2. honestly, what do they seriously think will happen if gay marriage is allowed? are they really afraid that the "structure of family" will break down or something? no. that explanation is a cop out. they're just afraid that one of the "gays" might accidently touch them out in public and they might get the gay disease. the less rights they have, the more they can be caged. it makes me sick.
3. and just think: a constitutional clause banning gay marriage, then what? what other rights will be questioned? I think we should all be afraid...very afraid.
4. also, is anyone else really bothered by this statement?
"Nobody knows, because we have simply not experienced the effects of this newest sexual revolution"
one of the main consequences of the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s was the rise of HIV/AIDS. using the term "sexual revolution" synonymously with "gay marriage" is directly linking the idea of two gay people marrying to such consequences as AIDS. i.e., if we let gay people get married, we're all going to die.
that is all :)
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