If you're in Texas...
...please vote against Proposition 2 today.
If passed, this Constitutional amendment would permanently write discrimination into a document that is supposed to protect the rights of all who are governed by it. To borrow the words of my friend Sara, "This amendment is mean-spirited and written in such a way that it could invalidate the few documents that GLBT folks can have drafted by a lawyer to protect themselves...wills, powers of attorney, medical directives. There has even been debate about whether Proposition 2, as written, would invalidate ALL marriages in the state of Texas."
We have the opportunity today to speak out against those who don't understand us and who would rather we did not exist. It may take all of us, but the truth can prevail.
No matter what, we should continue to love our partners and God with all our hearts. That's something they can't touch.
If passed, this Constitutional amendment would permanently write discrimination into a document that is supposed to protect the rights of all who are governed by it. To borrow the words of my friend Sara, "This amendment is mean-spirited and written in such a way that it could invalidate the few documents that GLBT folks can have drafted by a lawyer to protect themselves...wills, powers of attorney, medical directives. There has even been debate about whether Proposition 2, as written, would invalidate ALL marriages in the state of Texas."
We have the opportunity today to speak out against those who don't understand us and who would rather we did not exist. It may take all of us, but the truth can prevail.
No matter what, we should continue to love our partners and God with all our hearts. That's something they can't touch.
posted by Jen Austin at 7:38 AM
2 Comments:
darn! i wish i was in TX, i'd so vote NO!
It's a sad day when the Bible you read, study & love is used by other "Christians" to discriminate against you? (Not you, Jen...)
I guess on gloomy days like today I have to remember what a wise friend said recently, "No matter how dire our circumstances or how badly we are mistreated...There is always hope."
Today I will choose Optimism. (Just let me mope a bit longer ;-) )
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