A Final Word
Civil Marriage is the most important recognition society can grant a committed couple. Denying that to lifelong couples is simply unfair. It denies us vital protections when we need them most.
Our marriages don’t threaten anyone else…not churches, and certainly not kindergartners. Those arguments are scare tactics. Denying our marriages doesn’t make sense for society either. Every committed couple should be encouraged to be fully and legally responsible for each other.
Over the past 23 years, my partner and I have been domestic partnered and civil unionized. We even traveled to Canada when they started performing marriages. But all those steps were either second best or marriage in exile. We want to be married right here in our home state. Don’t take that away. Vote NO on Prop 8.
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I agree totally with everything you've said. Of course, I'm an old gay man who's buried the three loves of his life with no legal standing to protect my interests and families who turned up after the bills were paid to sue in court to throw out my loved ones' wills. I lost, sad to say.
One thing I would like to add is this. My home dictionary is a 1996 edition of Websters. "Marriage" is defined in it as "10 the state of being married; wedlock. 2) the act of marrying or the state of being married. 3) close union ." The word "Marry" is defined as: 1)to take as a husband or wife. 2) to unite in matrimony. 3) to become closely united." Since "husband" is not gender specific, nor, in English, is "wife", the claim that the definition is being changed is poppycock -- just like almost every pro-Prop 8 claim we've heard.