Today the mayor of Washington D.C signed a measure that recognizes same-sex marriages as legal! You GO Mayor Fenty! Here’s hoping everything makes it through Congress ok now so this nation can have another state that recognizes the civil rights of the gay community! 🙂
I saw a comment on the article about this on CNN, which is at http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/18/same.sex.marriage/index.html. The person who wrote it was referring to all the nonsense people spew about “defending traditional marriage”. I liked what they had to say:
“For everyone here stating that we shouldn’t be “redefining” “traditional marriage” which has remained the same for thousands of years, when you make that statement, can you please also mention which definition of “traditional marriage” you’re referring to … pick from this list please:
The one from 1691, when only whites could marry?
The one from 1724, when blacks could get married? (with slave owner permission)
The one before 1769, when the wife was property of the husband?
The one before 1899, when polygamy was legal?
The one before 1848, when the wife had no property rights whatsoever?
The one before 1965, when using contraception was not guaranteed to be legal?
The one before 1967, when interracial couples could not marry?
The one before 1975, when the wife could not have her own credit rating?
The one before 1981, when a husband had total control of joint property?
The one before 1993, when a husband could not be charged with rape?”