This is an opportunity not to be missed!

[icarus]

I found this in daily_snitch and quickquote (friend both daily_snitch and quickquote and you will never be bored again). Note, when I talked to one of the editors of QQ, electricandroid, she suggested that my fandom interests - discussions of uses of Dudley's weight in fanfiction - probably run more in the direction of the Daily Snitch. Now that's class.

Do not miss this!

Aja (and others) are offering fic in exchange for you putting your slash where your mouth is -- gosh, that sounds filthy.

Call your senators. Tell them to stop this Gay Marriage Amendment madness.

Frankly, to my mind, this is a less a gay rights issue than an abuse of the Constitution. Constitutional law was never intended to be hastily made, without much thought of the long term implications and consequences.

If there is anything concerning marriage added to that document, then we are accepting a degree of legal control of our personal lives that is unprecedented. It could be used as a basis for all sorts of control of marriage.

If Marriage is defined by the union of a man and woman, is it also defined by being sanctified by the Christian church? Will our country not recognise court weddings, or say, Muslim marriages that might include more than one man and one woman? Will Buddhist weddings not be recognised?

This is the kind of territory we're getting into.

Say no. The Constitution is to guarantee freedom. Not restrict it.

Comments

[ragnhildholm.livejournal.com]

The whole idea of people controlling who you can marry is ludicrous. Or at least it is to me. I wish it were to everyone.

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

How ironic *g*.

I think you put it more eloquently that I did, though. (and to be honest, I did it cause it was right, more than for the slash.)

[abeguilinglark.livejournal.com]

...My congressmens' line is busy. And I've yelled at the voice mail service for a good 5 minutes...What do I do now?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

1-800-839-5276.

Try that. Also leave voicemails, making your first sentence: "My name is X from X, and I'm calling to ask Senator X to vote against the Federal Marriage Act because...."

Since in a voicemail they'll likely listen to just the first sentence, get your point in early and don't be long-winded.

Icarus

[fourth-moon.livejournal.com]

Wonderful action. (I'm useless, of course - wrong nationality.)

And yes, that "put your slash where your mouth is" - sounds delightfully filthy. ;)

[harveywallbang.livejournal.com]

AHHHH... them trying to ban gay marriage has got me all fired up. i hate politics, but mon dieu... honestly, you're right. much better put than i could come up with... it is to gurantee freedom...freedom, not restriction...wahhh, and i'm taking a summer government course.. wow, if this subject comes up, i may lose it...

[haku-kaen.livejournal.com]

No way it's going to pass. If it was a bill it might stand a chance (though I really hate thinking that), but since it's a constitutional amendment they need a 3/4ths majority for it to pass, and they don't have that. Here's a list (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1163292) of 34 senetors who've announced that they're voting against it, that's all we need, and I'm sure there'll be more then just those voting against it in the end. Still I already called Levin and Stabenow a while back since they aren't on the list, just in case one or two of the people on the list suffer massive brain damage.

If enough of the people who've said they're opposed to it chicken out, and it somehow gets past the House it will need to be ratified by the States. There're so many people out there that're opposed to touching the constitution on general principle that the states will shoot it out of the water. It'll never make it.

Frankly, right now I'm more worried about the counterterrorism officials who want to be able to postpone the election () in case of an attack. You know how in certain sci-fi novels take place in police-states where elections are perpetually suspended because the State's in a perpetual state of emergency? Yeah.

[haku-kaen.livejournal.com]

Hmm, my second link disappeared. U.S. Mulling How to Delay Nov. Vote in Case of Attack (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20040711/ts_nm/politics_election_terror_dc)

[dont-callmebabe.livejournal.com]

Err... you forgot to mention the Jewish weddings actually...;b
But you're right, that's nonsense.
I'm not onto the whole wedding thing myself, really, (not the same culture ^_^;) but everybody should be allowed to do it.
FREEDOOOOOMMMM!!!!