Will Marriage Fight Shake American Gays Out Of Complacency?

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscontent/122203marriageIssues.htm

The push by conservative Congressmembers and right-wing political activists to amend the U.S. Constitution to permanently ban same-sex marriage -- and perhaps civil unions and domestic partnerships -- could inspire a burst of gay activism that rivals such gay milestones as Stonewall and ACT UP, activists and commentators say.

"They'd better think long and hard before they push this because they're going to have a war on their hands," Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner told The New York Times. "A real movement for an amendment will electrify this community and bring about an entire new generation of dissent and civil disobedience."

"The fight against the Federal Marriage Amendment, as this ugly piece of work is nicknamed, is the Gettysburg of the gay rights movement," declares syndicated commentator Ann Rostow. "It's all or nothing. Because, if the right to marry is preempted by this constitutional travesty, our life partnerships will remain second-class, morally suspect, extra-legal, unrecognized and unequal for the indefinite future."

[BJ]

1. You know, if this country had nationalized health care...

...civil unions, or "gay marriage," wouldn't even be a so-called issue.

Did I misunderstand or did this whole "issue" of "gay marriage" actually have its genesis in attempts by longtime gay partners to secure medical health insurance for a partner who'd lost his or her benefits due to downsizing or prolonged illness?

[mitchtv]

3. you caught a part of the issue

Immigration is an issue that can't be addressed by VT or CA. Taxation another along with survivor benefits. My partner has my benefits,but there is still a way to go.

[mitchtv]

2. simple answer -NO

honey they would rather not pay their car tax in Calif , so they threw out the Gov who signed AB205 . What a bunch out here in the new gay capital Palm Springs.

[damnraddem]

4. Bye, bye, Log Cabin Republicans.

And the GOP may find that voters don't have to even come out of the closet to enter the voting booth.

[jonnyblitz]

5. you sure aren't kidding about complacency, Dwickham

Don't even get me started on THAT topic... :hi:

[beyurslf]

6. God I hope so. Terrible that it may take something so drastic to make

us vote. I know of my gay/les friends, only a handful vote. And, of those, it is a 50-50 split Dem to Rep. This issue could change all that.

[mitchtv]

7. kick

:kick: