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While there are a hundred reasons why straight people openly specifying that they are straight and also support the rights of GBLTQ people to marry their partners is a useful thing, think of the power of this:

Just saying that you support it. Without mentioning your own damn orientation.

Because I know it's not always or even often distancing when someone says, "I'm straight but I support gay rights," but trust me, trust me, trust me, trust me, when I tell you that's what it can feel like from over here.

Just try saying it without qualification. Picture _that_ as an LJ meme. You know?

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[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

I think it makes sense to say this if you are discussing the issue with an obnoxious het person.

Trust me, I'm not going to hit on someone just cuz she says she's for gay marriage without any qualifier :-P And that's the subtext.