because it needs to be said louder.

[acroyear]

Dude! Joe's Jottings, Mostly Junk - is it just me?:

Keep in mind, 40 years ago I would not have been allowed to marry my wife.

She's not white.

No argument has yet to be presented that doesn't smack of hiding bigotry under the pretext of "tradition". No argument has been presented that actually demonstrates how current relationships and marriages "lose their value" under the new policies of gay marriage (particularly given the rediculous divorce rates already taking place).

Exactly as it was for every other ancient tradition that has passed beyond its time, like interracial marriage and slavery.

I have to fight this bigotry, or else my own marriage is pointless and those who fought to make it happen fought in vain.

My marriage LOSES value if those who wish to marry can't.

Comments

[scaleslea.livejournal.com]

She's not white.

Um... no one is. There are no "white people". Never have been.

Even the term "caucasian" only refers to a particular tribe of people originally from the Caucuses.

Doc

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

don't get into the semantics argument about how science views it today.

at the time there were legal definitions, definitions which in spite of everything still exist today - kids still put down "caucasian", "african-american" (even though australian natives are also "black"), "hispanic", "asian" (even though people from India are not people from China/Japan and in detail, the Chinese and Japanese couldn't be more different).

until governments get rid of those kinds of forms entirely (which they claim to keep because the minorities ask for them in order to get a fair share), then I am "white" and Cyd is "not", and our future kids can put down whatever they want.

human is human to humans, but people belong to a race to this government and until that changes, it makes a difference.