This is a good essay on gay marriage and the homophobic Republican/Christianist nutbags who want to define it out of existence, but I really wanted to share this poem from the article.
Nov 19 2012
Nothing else matters
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Tony ∞ºQueer Duck Hivemind Minionº∞
19 November 2012 at 12:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That.
Was.
Moving.
It brought me to tears.
“Marriage is about love. Nothing else matters.”
Indeed.
Katherine Lorraine, Chaton de la Mort
19 November 2012 at 12:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That was beautiful
And before the “let’s just change the definition of marriage” people show up (you know who you are.) Don’t. Say. A. Word.
Beatrice
19 November 2012 at 1:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Excuse me, I think I’ve got something in my eye.
Enopoletus Harding
19 November 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Love!? But what of the approval of Rick Santorum? I am speaking sarcastically.
Rodney Nelson
19 November 2012 at 2:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Beautiful.
JohnnieCanuck
19 November 2012 at 3:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It seems so clear. How could anyone not understand this?
Powerfully said.
carlie
19 November 2012 at 4:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I usually don’t click to watch videos.
I’m so glad I watched this one.
DLC
19 November 2012 at 5:57 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is another of those situations where “letting the states decide” is morally wrong. 50 different versions of law with people wildly different in opinion does not make for a rational outcome. What’s needed is an American “Marriage Rights Act”, like the Voting Rights Act of 45 years ago.
yellowsubmarine
19 November 2012 at 9:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Wow. This.
Nepenthe
19 November 2012 at 9:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Me too Beatrice. The poet kicked up a lot of dust, I guess.
=8)-DX
20 November 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Heh, started sappy, ended up leaving ripped a scorched hole through any at least slightly feeling human.
Shplane, Spess Alium
20 November 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It was pretty, and moving.
I still despise marriage in general, and hate the way such a toxic institution is so deeply tied up with our cultural idea of “love”, but that was still a good poem.