Headline: GAY MARRIAGE UNDER ATTACK!!!

Dateline 2008: Conservatives across the United States in an effort to hold on to their Special Right of marriage have used the tried and true tactics of the Republican party and put fear in to the hearts of voters. Fear that Same-sex marriage will allow gays and lesbians to use this new-found social status to wield power and "repress, marginalize, and stigmatize Americans who disagree"1

Unwittingly, these conservatives have uncovered the truth of what has been done to the GLBT community for as long as it has been in existence. For a reference point one only has to look as far back as Stonewall or a more contemporary happening with the Oregon Citizen Alliance attempting to proclaim homosexuality "unnatural, and perverse" and the rancor and violence that followed those attempts from their supporters.

As Dorothy Parker so aptly put it "Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common." The conservative groups that are fighting to keep "marriage" for themselves, are hurting the entire country by creating such a divisive environment. Not unlike John McCain in his attack ads. The truth is, Same-sex couples just want to be able to marry should they choose to do so - and not all of them choose to do so. Not unlike the heterosexual community. No, homosexuals are not looking to oppress anyone - there is far too much oppression in the world - much of which the GLBT community has experienced for far too long, to want to become the oppressor.

1-Prop. 22 Can Save Traditional Marriage in California
by Maggie Gallagher
05/29/2008