I watched it and then I watched some of the related videos. I've been hearing for ages how there are all sorts of civil rights tied into the legal status of a marriage, but actually hearing some of those couples and parents talking about what specifically they're currently being denied was an eye-opener. How do the people arguing that denying marriage equality is to 'protect the children' even think they have a leg to stand on? If a parent isn't even allowed to take their kid to the doctor when their partner is away, or qualify for the standard 'surviving partner' benefits when their partner passes away, and could even have their kids taken away 'coz they're not the legal parent - how is that 'protecting' the children? Hell, even if I was anti-gay marriage for some reason, I'd vote for equality specifically because it affords better protection for children and families.
Whoever posted the videos of the rally said that 4000 people attended and pro-equality supporters vastly outnumbered the others. Here's hoping that's actually indicative of the voting body.
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Date: 2009-10-24 12:43 am (UTC)Whoever posted the videos of the rally said that 4000 people attended and pro-equality supporters vastly outnumbered the others. Here's hoping that's actually indicative of the voting body.