Gay Marriage Is All About Values
An awesome post... I thought I’d share it with all of you. We have to keep hope alive!
[...] The fact is gay marriage does matter. It matters to millions of gay Americans who have or are intending to have a life partner, someone to share their lives with. It matters when one person in gay couple gets sick and the other person can’t visit because he’s not a legal relative in the eyes of the state. It happens when one partner can’t get the other’s social security benefits when the other one dies. It matters.
A few weeks back, Log Cabin President Pat Guerriero was in town. My friend and fellow Republican, Mark, was able to get him on a local radio station that has a lot of conservative programming. He shared a story of two gay men in Vermont who have been partnered for 50 years. One served his country in war. The other was a teacher. They are both in their 80s. One is very ill and will die soon and as it stands now, the surviving spouse won’t get the dying man’s social security benefits.
That is a moral issue. These two men have given of themselves to help others and this is how society treats them. (source)
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Actually 'jewish nazis' are very common (also known as 'Yude-Nazis' They may hate the terminology, but their actions speak for itself (particularly in Israel). I know, I came from that culture.
Dan
I wouldn't keep hope alive based on that. Trying to get the Christian right to embrace fairness ... well, you'd have better luck teaching particle physics to a Basset Hound.
And as for 'gay republicans' ... well, that makes about a much sense as 'jewish nazis'.