To Senate Bill 68 and those who would pass it, I say, "WHAT THE HELL? How does this evolve us?!! Who are we as people that discrimination like this is even an option?!!!" I would probably follow this statement with a lot of swear words and possibly some tears.
I'm glad Jim put it so much more kindly and eloquently. He really blows me away sometimes (a lot of times).
"Hello friends. Sadly, right now in Kentucky they are trying to pass some harmful legislation preventing same sex couples from adopting, etc and we are seeing more and more of this kind of hateful action all over the map... Needless to say it is so very important that we all try to look out for each other's basic human and civil rights... I believe that no human being should ever have to suffer discrimination... a loving person/couple should be allowed to marry whomever they choose to love as well as lovingly raise children that need and deserve to be adopted and taken care of. I think if more of us speak out together about these basic civil rights issues perhaps we can move the world towards a greater understanding of universal love, sweet love and treating others as you would wish to be treated. There cannot ever be enough love in this world... Let's make more and more of it any way we can. Please check out the Fairness Campaign website for more info on what you can do.
Thanks, Jim James"
On a personal note, I was raised by white, Christian heterosexuals, and I've touched briefly on how that did not go so well... So, from experience, I have to opine that no home is perfect but love, and just... consciousness... about raising kids goes a long, long way, right? To those who want to give it a go... LET THEM GO!
The argument that these kids will be stigmatized by being raised by gay parents really irks me, too. If people would stop stigmatizing it they wouldn't have anything to worry about, now would they?!!
A similar bill is being proposed in TN for this session. I find myself confused, living in a country where this isn't found to be ridiculous and is seriously considered, and feel sad that one person's healthy love is considered more "right" than another's. Why, in a country that was supposed to be founded on the concepts of freedom and equality, are we still having to fight so hard for those things?
ReplyDeleteJim James does address this matter with the best approach. It is beyond my belief that we are in a country that can elect an african american president yet deny homosexuals rights. To deny adoption to gay citizens is to deny the rights of interracial births. It's ignorant and makes no sense whatsover than 'religulous' hypocrisy that these people be persecuted. Get over your ridiculous dogmas and allow these fellow americans to adopt children.
ReplyDeletelp: *sigh* I know. It's just ridiculous that it's still a struggle to have them seen as nationwide concepts. It took so long for women and then different ethnicities to gain anything even resembling equal rights (though we aren't really there yet), and we're still actively trying to deny rights of a group seen as "other" to the glorious standard of the older white man? It just seems like we would have figured this crap out by now, that civil rights are for all and not just the people you like. My country feels likes it's regressing instead of developing, and that's so worrisome.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you on the no-room-to-judge thing. Cohabiting couples (including straight ones) who do not intend to ever marry but to stay together tend to have more stable relationships than married couples in this country. The blanket "unmarried couples are unstable and bad for children" thing they're using to justify this just doesn't fly.
I like Mr. James' approach, as well. It's less angry and confused than my own. I'll quit blathering and go growl at my reps instead.