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I have a new argument in mind when someone claims, “If you legalize gay marriage, you’ll have to let people marry their dog or a child or their sister or a whole group of people.” I just want the right to marry a man. Not a dog — no one has that right. Not a child — no [...] The Colbert Report The Colbert Coalition’s Anti-Gay Marriage Ad colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes I’ve always loved this clip, and I’m delighted that recent events give me an excuse to make a quick video around it. I’m preaching to the choir with this, but that’s okay. We need to build an army of well-informed gays and lesbians who are ready to correct the religious right’s lies in conversations with friends, family, and co-workers. Here’s some ammunition. We hear a lot stuff like this: “Among the likeliest effects of gay marriage is to take us down a slippery slope to legalized polygamy.” This argument is handy for people who want to mask their homophobia by claiming they have nothing against gays—they just think it’s dangerous to “redefine” marriage. How do we answer that? [...] I originally started this blog to document my experience in organizing a protest. I’ll have to write more about that, but in the meantime, here’s a video of the event, created by two filmmakers at FutureView Entertainment. I actually put this together around Christmas time, but better late than never. I’ve seen documentaries about Brown v. Topeka, and the producers always compare a spiffy 1950s whites-only school with a ramshackle “negro” schoolhouse. That made me think the Supreme Court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine because the equal part never really happened. But if you read the Brown decision, the Court believed the separate [...] Be the Light in the Night November’s election cast a wintry darkness over the lives of gays and lesbians throughout California. But light will cast out darkness, and we can be that light. Show your candle, show your flame, show yourself. Show the world what shines inside your heart, and light up the [...] |
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