So is it just me or is anybody else feeling kind of bummed that Gay Pride Month is over?
On the other hand: I live for the day (note: I plan on living into my nineties, but let's not wait until the last minute here, people ...) when Gay Pride Month is no longer necessary.
When being gay is no longer worthy of comment nor seen as an alarming "lifestyle choice"--and a "promiscuous" one at that, like heteros haven't led the world in promiscuity since the dawn of humanity.
When marriage returns to being a religious rite at the house of worship of your choice, and the state recognizes the union of any couple of legal age, regardless of gender, in a civil partnership and affords all such united couples the same legal rights, because the state really has no business sanctioning a religious ceremony in the first place but does bear a responsibility to--and holds a vested interest in, for the sake of societal stability and to at least try to measure up to its ideals--the granting of equal rights for all.
When "God bless America" isn't code for "God bless all the white heterosexual couples of the religious right and help them to have lots and lots of kids so white heterosexuals can remain the majority group--as if just birthing kids guarantees that said kids will grow up to be heterosexual religious bigots like their parents (because hey! at least 10% of 'em will likely be gay!)--and can continue to run this country right into the ground under the ignorant, prejudiced, and infinite idiocy of the likes of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck."
When it is understood and appreciated by all that "the land of the free and the home of the brave" was bought and paid for by the blood of a variety of sexual orientations. Yes, Rush Limbaugh, you have the freedom to run your mouth to condemn gays because gays have died to preserve that freedom. Even for you.
When "... with liberty and justice for all" really Means. Exactly. That.
So please:
Before I'm too old to hear it--
Let freedom ring.
Hey! Keep celebrating gay pride this month
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We're less than $2,000 away,
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by purchasing a T-shirt in honor of our Ride for Life project!
We exceeded our $7,500 donation goal,
so now we're aiming for $10,000!
We're less than $2,000 away,
and we have until July 31 to get there!
Shirts are $20 each including shipping,
and $10 of that goes directly toward AIDS/LifeCycle!
Everything you need to know about ordering is here!
PLEASE KEEP VOTING HERE for Johnny to win
the 2010 Readers' Choice Skater of the Year Award
(voting ends July 15)!
(voting ends July 15)!
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