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| If you oppose same sex marriage, this video may change your mind. |
We have been married 17 years, been together for 20, and it is FUCKING HARD. During the course of our marriage there have been the good and bad times. We have been blissfully happy,
wanted to murder each other and wanted to throw in the towel. But we made it
this far.
We don't need a piece of paper to tell us we are married or to let others know we are committed and love each other.
But apparently you DO need a piece of paper to be treated
equally in the eyes of the law. For example- regarding filing taxes jointly, covering one
another on health insurance, addressing parental issues and even visiting a
sick or dying partner in the hospital.
There are some that say marriage is between a man and a
woman and God. To that I say- not anymore. And we made it that way. We as a
nation have evolved to a place where marriage is more about different
withholding rates, child income credits and astronomical health insurance
premiums than the original intention of merging families for a dowry and procreating. If two people love each other and are dedicated to spending their
lives together through the good, bad, ugly and fucking hard times, who are we
to say no? No, you aren't good enough to reap these benefits. How dare we?
Why is it ok for men and women to marry and divorce and
treat marriage like a disposable novelty, reaping benefits of marriage only to
turn around and destroy each other in divorce with hate and child custody
battles and evading child support? To be fair, many marriages are successful,
but why are so many allowed to make mockery of it with divorce and spiteful antics
while other dedicated, loving couples aren't given a chance simply because they share the same anatomy?
If your child wanted to try out for a team and was told
no because she is a girl, you would scream sexism. Not equal. If you
thought your ethnicity prevented you from accomplishing something, you would
scream racism. Not equal. If
you were told you couldn't vote because you are a woman, marry because you are white and your fiance is black, sit in a diner with people of other races and ethnicities or sit where you please on a freaking bus, you would say---> N O T E Q U A L!!! How can we claim liberty and justice for all while intentionally excluding a group of citizens from being allowed to participate in and benefit from the laws of our nation?
Fortunately, history is on the side of people fighting in support of same sex marriage. It is the natural progression of things. It is the right
thing to do. Allowing same sex couples to marry will not impact my marriage in
any way. If anything, I feel a sense of shame that I am privy to rights that my
fellow humans are not.
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| Word to your mother. |
Still, some oppose it and mostly cite religious beliefs. And if that's how they feel and they think same sex marriage is wrong, or being gay altogether is wrong, that's their right to believe. But let's not forget this country was founded by people who wanted to practice religion as they wished- so why is it not ok to persecute them for their religious beliefs, but it is ok to persecute people for their feelings and deny them their inalienable human and civil rights? IT'S NOT OK. You can't have it both ways. Perhaps there needs to be biblical marriage for all those who view marriage as a religious union between man, woman and God and legal marriage for those who want government
recognition and equality in tax filings and insurance coverage, etc. Those choosing a biblical marriage can keep their godly union, but pay the higher single
tax rate and not reap any lawful benefits.
There is separation of church and state specifically so
these types of issues don't arise. So religious rules and beliefs do not guide
lawful and government decisions to negatively impact our citizens. And that's
something traditional marriage proponents don't understand. They don't have a say in the matter. The
constitution provides them with freedom of religion and to believe as they
choose- it does not provide them with the right to define marriage to our
lawmakers.
Making this point even more- churches do not pay any
taxes. No federal or local taxes on their income. No property taxes on their
churches or fellowship halls. All these mega-churches building huge, obnoxious
buildings on vast amounts of land, filling them with state of the art
electronics and technologies, paying celebrities and the like to speak and entice more followers into the church.... pay no taxes. Yes, pastors and church employees pay income tax on any salaries they receive, but as an organization, income received or properties owned are not taxable. So why then are church organizations allowed to lobby and dictate to
our government what laws and rights its citizens are entitled to? Last time I
checked, citizens paid income and property taxes to the government so shouldn't they be entitled to the same rights
as the rest of the nation's residents?
And while we are on the subject of taxes- income tax was
not implemented until 1913, so really before then one could argue marriage was primarily a
religious union. But fast forward 100 years to 2013 and we now have more people marrying in civil ceremonies such as at the Justice of the Peace and by non-religious affiliated individuals certified by law to marry couples, with no mention of God or
religion whatsoever. So with this information alone (people marrying in non religious-civil ceremonies) the argument can no longer be made that marriage is solely a godly union.
And I know it sounds like I'm raging on religion and churches. That's not my intention- my intention is to use satire and sarcasm to show how hypocritical and ridiculous the fact that two people who want to marry (and receive lawful recognition and benefits) cannot marry primarily because a large group says it is against their beliefs. God forbid the Atheists start trying to get rid of churches and religion stating it is against their beliefs.
So here's hoping the near future will bring true equality to all citizens and humanity. Because I'm all for equal rights and I love the idea of more people joining my personal hell also known as marriage. Suckers!
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