Validation
Howard Dean's " You have the Power" points out that moderate Republican and Democrats have come to realize America is ruled by people pushing an intolerant agenda under the cover of "compassionate conservatism". Anti-woman, anti- gay, anti-civil liberties policies are proposed in the name of God.
The Vermont supreme court ruled that their marriage laws were unconstitutional because they were discriminatory. Married people had certain rights that unmarried or single people didn't. The court ruled Vermont laws were unfair to a significant number of people, who are not allowed to get married because they're gay or lesbians. Homosexuals are not fundamentally different than us except they fall in love with people of the same sex.
Discrimination can affect people down to their very core. Gays and lesbians want validation. Gay pride is about recognition of their identity, which is truly a life changing event for a group of people who have so often had to hide who they were. Their parents have known what it is like to have a child who is forever discriminated against.
Intolerance, and prejudice can be defeated if people can learn to see their common humanity. We should figure out our personal bias and try to keep them from doing harm to others.
Marion Milne, a Republican was so appalled by the outpouring of hate the Vermont civil union bill generated. She ended up supporting the bill because all that hate made her stop and say to herself: "If this is what gay people have to put up with, then I have no choice but to stand up for them." Marion Milne and other fine people lost their seats in the legislature, because they voted for the bill.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Vermont supreme court ruled that their marriage laws were unconstitutional because they were discriminatory. Married people had certain rights that unmarried or single people didn't. The court ruled Vermont laws were unfair to a significant number of people, who are not allowed to get married because they're gay or lesbians. Homosexuals are not fundamentally different than us except they fall in love with people of the same sex.
Discrimination can affect people down to their very core. Gays and lesbians want validation. Gay pride is about recognition of their identity, which is truly a life changing event for a group of people who have so often had to hide who they were. Their parents have known what it is like to have a child who is forever discriminated against.
Intolerance, and prejudice can be defeated if people can learn to see their common humanity. We should figure out our personal bias and try to keep them from doing harm to others.
Marion Milne, a Republican was so appalled by the outpouring of hate the Vermont civil union bill generated. She ended up supporting the bill because all that hate made her stop and say to herself: "If this is what gay people have to put up with, then I have no choice but to stand up for them." Marion Milne and other fine people lost their seats in the legislature, because they voted for the bill.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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