You Know.. You Love to Love Me..

Nov 05 2009 ∞
“ I’m not gonna tell you how to vote, but I’m just gonna say: if you vote against same-sex marriage, and you vote against domestic partner benefits, you don’t like gay people. That’s the simple fact. … Cause there are a lot of people who like to make this argument: “oh no, I’m fine with gay marriage, I just think that structurally, if we were to approve it, it would create a lot of—ya know, uh—do we have enough justices of the peace to handle all that?! Uh and uh what? Kind of—oh! I’ll just marry a dude so then we can have insurance?” This isn’t I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. That’s not gonna happen. So for the people that oppose these things, that’s fine, you’re entitled to your opinion, but let’s just not confuse ourselves about what’s going on. … If you’re voting against more rights for people who happen to be gay, you don’t agree with the gay lifestyle. That’s how this thing breaks down. It’s not anything else. And then, if you, ya know, will say that is actually your motivation about it, I appreciate you at least being open about it, but then I would say: think about what side of history you’re going to be on. This is, I think, a civil rights issue, and I think in 20 years, there is not going to be anybody who is excitedly proclaiming that they were against domestic partnership benefits back in 2009. [It’d be] sort of like being Strom Thurmond or somebody who has to say, “well, yeah, I was for segregation, but that was a long time ago.” It’s gonna be something that you’re not talking about at parties, probably.
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Luke Burbank, on Maine’s Question 1 and Washington State’s Referendum 71, November 3, 2009 (via popquizkid)

Very well said. My only gripe with this is that I hate the term “lifestyle.” Homosexuality is not something chosen, as many people think, I didn’t chose it nor did any other gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered person I know. To me it’s as if someone is saying you chose to live a “black” or “Mexican” lifestyle it just sounds ignorant. I can be Mexican and live a life that people would not consider “mexican,” it should not be something that determines how you live your life. Whether it is inherent or the cause of something else, it shouldn’t matter because for the most part it’s something permanent that does not change… So people please don’t take a shit on me just because you fail to see outside your beliefs, and condemned those who you do not agree with…

-RawRmoan

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