I urge the opponents of equality to step forward.
My name is Mae, and I have a unique perspective on the subject of same-sex marriage.
My mother is a lesbian, and oftentimes it seems as though the opponents of equality forget my perspective, forget their bigotry does not hurt only those who they intend for it to hurt. In preventing marriage equality, you prevent young people such as myself the right to feel at home in society, financial benefits, being accepted,and a myriad of other benefits. I have not yet heard a satisfactory argument on this subject, and would urge those who oppose human rights in such a vital way to step forward with your argument, as it pertains to the children of LGBTQ parents, such as myself.
“It doesn’t bother me to tell kids my parents are gay, It does bother me to say they aren’t married. It makes me feel that our family is less than their family.” Kasey Nicholson-McFadden
I am glad to see that there is no one, although I am afraid a certain member of this site has been less than kind, and I personally propose that we all report these disgusting displays of bigotry!
i have nothing wrong with lesbian/gay people, im bi myself but i have noticed some person not being so nice as well.
violetfro,
Firstly, I would like to thank you for bravely standing up to her. And secondly, I would like to urge everyone to report her! it's really easy, and if we all do it we can get her thrown off of this website.
I really like the opinion you have on your family. I often fear about my future family and if I will even under the law be allowed to have one. I'm a transgendered FTM(hopefully gonna go through the process soon of the transition) and I wonder how my partner and I will be able to have children and raise a family. I want to be able to provide for my girl, and future children. But I do not know if I will have the same rights as those who are married. or if I will even be allowed to marry in my home state of California. I know I'm young but things such as these bother me.
hopefully people will listen to us and to people like you, the children of homosexual couples and they will see what they are doing to our lives.
~Shane
That's wonderful, Shane! I wish we didn't have to put up with such bigotry, also the user that was spewing such nonsense seems to have calmed down.
I can't imagine being transgendered, feeling stuck in your body... it must be terrible! And the bigotry... I am queer, and have to put up with quite a bit of bigotry myself, but not only because of my own sexuality but because of my mother.
I agree with you, and hope that someday people will listen to me, to you. And someday, they will. Just look at history as an example, not so long ago interracial marriages were considered in exactly the same light as gay marriages are considered today.
If we stick with this cause, keep fighting, never give up, we will win, it is the natural progression, and although those who are bigoted may be able to slow the process down, they will never be able to stop it!
I am bisexual and I know that I deal with bigotry at home and out on the streets and this is why it makes me so agitated when people say "why are you choosing to be gay?" Why would a life of bigotry and to be looked down on by others who just don't get who I am. As many times as I run the idea of gay marriage over in my mind I can't see the fault in it. Marriage is supposed to be a time when you can say that I found the person I am looking for and I want to be with that person forever. We are all born free so why does that change, if the only thing that changes is our sexuality, am I not still human?