Literacy: Obviously not a strong suit for those ‘traditional’ marriage supporters
September 22, 2009
Just so we’re clear, here’s what the question will read for Maine voters, according to Ballotpedia: “Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?”
Now watch this video:
See the disconnect? Nowhere in the law is education mentioned. Which means that–gasp–the “fine” folks in the video are lying. Lying! And, it seems it is they who want to educate indoctrinate their own children into believing that there’s no such thing as gay people. Or there won’t be, so long as they can’t get married. Heaven forbid us scary gay people be able to file joint taxes, have hospital visitation rights, receive spousal benefits (like insurance, whoah), not have to have powers of attorney to make decisions on behalf of our loved ones, and gosh I don’t know, make a commitment of love to each other? Newsflash to anyone actually considering voting to deny gay people their rights: your precious children will learn about gay people sooner or later, and whether or not you like it, we’re visible, we’re proud, and we’re contributing to society and there’s nothing, I repeat nothing, you can do about that.
(h/t to Jeremy at Good-As-You for the video. Do go visit him, he’s got an excellent breakdown of the video.)
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