Tag: marriage
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Marriage Equality
Another marriage equality video, this time from a campaign in the UK. They’re not real soldiers but it’s still a great short video. The best way I can sum it up is to quote the commenter cjmandrake “Remember, they aren’t special rights, they are equal rights.”
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Wedding Bells Abound
It seems like wedding bells are ringing for everyone anymore. In October I had accepted a job offer after applying to a different part of Purdue University. In talking with my new manager, I found out she wasn’t married but had been with her boyfriend about as long as Justin and I have been. Apart…
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Freedom From Religious Persecution
The United States was originally founded because the first immigrants from Europe were searching for freedom from religious persecution. How fitting that today, hundreds of years later, their descendants are persecuting others based on that same religion. As a gay man, I have limited rights in the country I was born despite the fact that the founding…
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It’s Time
There’s a new ad going around in Australia which is probably the best ad for marriage equality that I’ve seen yet. The video is embedded below, but it shows normal life and how two people want to just be together. It’s not about gay marriage, people. It’s about marriage. Such a simple video, such a powerful message.…
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The Sanctity of Traditional Marriage
Quick post to display an infographic I found via a blog I follow. Religious extremists like to state that allowing marriage equality (which doesn’t mean a holy marriage but rather a civil that grants all of the same rights and responsibilities) will be going against “traditional” marriage. Let’s take a look at “traditional” marriage through…