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mechante_fille ([personal profile] mechante_fille) wrote2009-10-23 12:18 pm
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11 days and counting until the gay marriage vote in Maine...

Hey, all. This is obviously rather big in my life atm, and while I don't want to burn you out on news of the election, it is only for a week and a half more. Please take a moment to watch this video, or at least run it in a background tab. I know I'm preaching to the non-resident choir for the most part, but still.

Phillip Spooner: WWII vet, Republican, proud father of his late, gay son, supporter of gay marriage. Here is his testimony.

I didn't embed b/c lj friend's page cookies seem to screw that up, so you'll have to click to view. My apologies for the inconvenience.
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[identity profile] dmlpacker.livejournal.com 2009-10-23 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
He (and that speech) made me so happy. He seems like such a sweet, incredible man. I hope no one causes trouble for him.

[identity profile] maderr.livejournal.com 2009-10-23 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)

I really do hope all goes well in your state ^___^ It would be sad to see such an awesome thing get shot down.

[identity profile] theotherdibbler.livejournal.com 2009-10-24 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
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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