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<font color=green>I shall call him Mini-Me<br><fon
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I am not a lesbian, although I have two very close family members who are gay and I work professionally with many gays/lesbians. Thus I was appalled, horrified, and generally downright incensed to find out that Amendment 2 will be on Florida's ballot. Apparently it's not enough that marriage is illegal for gay couples here. Now the nut jobs want it as part of the state constitution so it's much, much, much harder to ever repeal or change. Why do people feel the need to interfere in things that are none of their business? If two people love each other, what's the big deal about allowing them to marry? Just about the only reason I usually get when I press people is religion, and then I remind them that they're entitled to their beliefs but that religion has no place in state (or national) law. Mind you, I am a Christian but the God I worship doesn't judge people on the way He created them, and considering that He created the rainbow I suspect He's not as anti-gay as some people would like to believe
Sorry to rant, but I am just so furious. As a counselor to many gay/lesbian couples, I know how the ridiculous prohibitions on formalizing their relationship affects them. I've know people denied access to a partner in the hospital because they are not "related" and people kicked out of their homes and cut off from their finances because a partner died and the family stepped in and was able to legally do that. It makes me spit nails!!! I sure hope the Floridian gay community will get out there and make sure this stupid amendment doesn't pass, and I hope there will be plenty of "straight but not narrow" voters like me who will assist in the process.
Okay, rant over! Even therapists need some therapeutic venting once in awhile.
Sorry to rant, but I am just so furious. As a counselor to many gay/lesbian couples, I know how the ridiculous prohibitions on formalizing their relationship affects them. I've know people denied access to a partner in the hospital because they are not "related" and people kicked out of their homes and cut off from their finances because a partner died and the family stepped in and was able to legally do that. It makes me spit nails!!! I sure hope the Floridian gay community will get out there and make sure this stupid amendment doesn't pass, and I hope there will be plenty of "straight but not narrow" voters like me who will assist in the process.
Okay, rant over! Even therapists need some therapeutic venting once in awhile.