Comments on: The Shackles That Remain http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/05/the-shackles-that-remain/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:28:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jul http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/05/the-shackles-that-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-3597 Jul Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:13:27 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1715#comment-3597 I have to say that I cannot really see the celebrating…..I was astonished to read the facts of California’s Prop 8 – that a state that went so overwhelmingly Obama also voted to take away marriage rights for same-sex couples….how could this make sense? I thought this was an election about “change,” but it turns out…the one thing most folks can “unite” around is the sad reality that they don’t want all of us to be able to have the same rights that they do.

It makes me sick.

Jul´s last blog post..All Aboard to “Cougar Town!”

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]]> By: smakusillie http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/05/the-shackles-that-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-3596 smakusillie Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:12:12 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1715#comment-3596 Proposition 8, BANNING gay marriage was approved. To BAN it. Who do I hurt to have others treat me in such a way. I work, pay taxes, never been arrested, go to school to benefit not only myself but others that I may come across. I don't even need the word marriage, it is so tainted to me anymore. All I want is to enjoy all life's benefits and legalities that others do. Freedom: exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc. Freedom: personal liberty Freedom: exemption from the presence of anything specified Freedom: ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country. Freedom: a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed Freedom: the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership My personal favorite:::: Freedom: the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination The day that I see marriage as a SACRED entity is the day that I will not be pissed, disappointed or saddened. The divorce rate in the United States of America is about 50%, how is that sacred. I know people who have been divorced more than once. Give me a god damn break. If I cannot partake in this sacred entity then divorce should not be allowed. One or the other, can't have it both ways now. I laugh when people say this is a free country, for whom? Hypocrits. How about another important word. Equality. Equality: the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3596','smakusillie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3596','smakusillie','Proposition 8, BANNING gay marriage was approved. To BAN it. Who do I hurt to have others treat me in such a way. I work, pay taxes, never been arrested, go to school to benefit not only myself but others that I may come across. I don\'t even need the word marriage, it is so tainted to me anymore. All I want is to enjoy all life\'s benefits and legalities that others do.\r\n\r\nFreedom: exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.\r\nFreedom: personal liberty\r\nFreedom: exemption from the presence of anything specified\r\nFreedom: ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country.\r\nFreedom: a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed\r\nFreedom: the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership\r\n\r\nMy personal favorite::::\r\nFreedom: the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination\r\n\r\n\r\nThe day that I see marriage as a SACRED entity is the day that I will not be pissed, disappointed or saddened. The divorce rate in the United States of America is about 50%, how is that sacred. I know people who have been divorced more than once. Give me a god damn break. If I cannot partake in this sacred entity then divorce should not be allowed. One or the other, can\'t have it both ways now. I laugh when people say this is a free country, for whom? Hypocrits.\r\n\r\nHow about another important word. Equality.\r\n\r\nEquality: the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Proposition 8, BANNING gay marriage was approved. To BAN it. Who do I hurt to have others treat me in such a way. I work, pay taxes, never been arrested, go to school to benefit not only myself but others that I may come across. I don’t even need the word marriage, it is so tainted to me anymore. All I want is to enjoy all life’s benefits and legalities that others do.

Freedom: exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.
Freedom: personal liberty
Freedom: exemption from the presence of anything specified
Freedom: ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country.
Freedom: a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed
Freedom: the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership

My personal favorite::::
Freedom: the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination

The day that I see marriage as a SACRED entity is the day that I will not be pissed, disappointed or saddened. The divorce rate in the United States of America is about 50%, how is that sacred. I know people who have been divorced more than once. Give me a god damn break. If I cannot partake in this sacred entity then divorce should not be allowed. One or the other, can’t have it both ways now. I laugh when people say this is a free country, for whom? Hypocrits.

How about another important word. Equality.

Equality: the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

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]]> By: jen http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/05/the-shackles-that-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-3595 jen Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:12:19 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1715#comment-3595 Wonderful piece of writing - off to check out your website. As a fellow Arizonan my heart is both heavy and light this morning. So much gained, so much lost (here and across the country). Now, I believe, the real work begins.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3595','jen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3595','jen','Wonderful piece of writing - off to check out your website. As a fellow Arizonan my heart is both heavy and light this morning. So much gained, so much lost (here and across the country). Now, I believe, the real work begins.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Wonderful piece of writing – off to check out your website. As a fellow Arizonan my heart is both heavy and light this morning. So much gained, so much lost (here and across the country). Now, I believe, the real work begins.
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