JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR

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If you think that my equality under the law - MY CIVIL RIGHTS - is legitimately and appropriately the subject of a vote...

If you think that LGBTQ people shouldn't have the right to marry people of their choosing or be protected from things like job and housing discrimination...

GET OUT OF MY LIVING ROOM.

This journal is that living room, and I am not here to entertain you while also begging for crumbs of respect.

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[eandh99.livejournal.com]

The win in Washington consoles a little for the loss in Maine, but not much. I stopped coming to the US (I'm Canadian) during the Bush years, and I find myself still feeling afraid to travel there with my partner and our kids. Canada doesn't let the majority legislate away the rights of a minority - so why don't the American Bill of Rights and judiciary protect people like me who live only a few miles south? We've had domestic partner benefits since the early 90's, were able to adopt as a couple in 96, got legally married in 2003 - and the level of hatred and bigotry that surges around these anti-gay campaigns makes me physically sick at the idea of crossing a border that's only a few miles from my house. What makes the US so different from other Western Countries in this regard - is it just the power and money the big churches have? Well, then, thank the Universe that Canada's sinking into religious apathy then.