good photos. I'm surprised by how much national support there is. My husband's 1st cousin's wife's sister (did I lose you there?) was Jane Rule who is a novelist on gay topics (from the 40's) & moved to Canada so she could be more accepted with her partner. The same cousin has a gay daughter who lives in Seattle & she & her partner must of been at the protest.
I love the ground swell that is rising up around this issue. It's too bad some people feel we have to legislate love and it's unfortunate that religious organizations would waste so much money, that could be put to better use, on initiatives that take away rights. What a waste.
I really like the last three or four photos in this series. Here's hoping the movement goes forth and is successful.
This will go down as one of those divided heated debates. Me, personally, I see this as a right all should enjoy, both happiness and misery of a committed relationship. It matters not to me who marries whom.
I can however, understand the viewpoints of both sides and feel a compromise must be met.
Marriage by definition, is a religious sacrament and governed by the rules of church. Government stepped in and defined laws that enabled marriage, and also added rights, taxes et all.
What the government should do is simply find a different term for a gay/lesbian marriage something other than marriage, how about civil unity. Implement the same rules regulations, and taxes et all to this civil unity that marriage is granted.
Yes, I understand it's a matter of symantics. But that is at the forefront of the argument. The church can not argue against gay/lesbian civil unity where they can and will argue against gay/lesbian marriage.
tash: I'm sure they were! Did you see them in any of my photos? Maybe it's a bit hard to spot someone amidst 6,000 or so people!
dc: I agree! I had so many photos to choose from, it was very difficult to pick which ones to post.
dusty: I'm not a big fan of marriage in general having seen very few that work. I'm not really sure why people are so caught up in a name, but at the very least, everyone should have the same rights!
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good photos. I'm surprised by how much national support there is. My husband's 1st cousin's wife's sister (did I lose you there?) was Jane Rule who is a novelist on gay topics (from the 40's) & moved to Canada so she could be more accepted with her partner. The same cousin has a gay daughter who lives in Seattle & she & her partner must of been at the protest.
Hear! Hear!
I love the ground swell that is rising up around this issue. It's too bad some people feel we have to legislate love and it's unfortunate that religious organizations would waste so much money, that could be put to better use, on initiatives that take away rights. What a waste.
I really like the last three or four photos in this series. Here's hoping the movement goes forth and is successful.
This will go down as one of those divided heated debates. Me, personally, I see this as a right all should enjoy, both happiness and misery of a committed relationship. It matters not to me who marries whom.
I can however, understand the viewpoints of both sides and feel a compromise must be met.
Marriage by definition, is a religious sacrament and governed by the rules of church. Government stepped in and defined laws that enabled marriage, and also added rights, taxes et all.
What the government should do is simply find a different term for a gay/lesbian marriage something other than marriage, how about civil unity. Implement the same rules regulations, and taxes et all to this civil unity that marriage is granted.
Yes, I understand it's a matter of symantics. But that is at the forefront of the argument. The church can not argue against gay/lesbian civil unity where they can and will argue against gay/lesbian marriage.
Hope this makes sense.
tash: I'm sure they were! Did you see them in any of my photos? Maybe it's a bit hard to spot someone amidst 6,000 or so people!
dc: I agree! I had so many photos to choose from, it was very difficult to pick which ones to post.
dusty: I'm not a big fan of marriage in general having seen very few that work. I'm not really sure why people are so caught up in a name, but at the very least, everyone should have the same rights!
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