Civil Rights

[asterroc]

A nice "doctored" video about civil rights. California is facing a ballot question that would make gay marriage illegal, Question 8. The Yes on 8 people put out a video w/ people talking about what's wrong w/ gay marriage, yadda yadda. And then someone took that video and replaced every mention of "same-sex" with "interracial," and "gay" with "black," even re-recording the vocal track.

I am multi-racial, and I approve.

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I've changed back and forth a few times since then. Without any form of marriage/union, spouses would not have legal rights as a next of kin, such as making healthcare decisions when the individual is incapable of making them him/herself. (And healthcare directives are not good enough, as gay couples have been shown repeatedly in the past.) The word "marriage" has religious context, so we should rename it at the federal level to "civil union." But singles get a tax disadvantage.... So yeah, I do not have a well-formed opinion, I just keep waffling around.