I've been struggling with what to say in this space about the harsh irony of the simultaneous breaking of a racial barrier at the highest levels of our government and the denial of a whole host of rights to about ten percent of our citizens. I've decided Tom Toles' cartoon says what many of us are feeling quite nicely.
But I don't believe this is the end. I believe marriage equality will come. Just not today.
Brilliant friend. Sad, horrible, awful, brilliant.
ReplyDeleteSadly, that irony is lost on some. The more I learn about the people who funded Prop 8, the more I realize we need to rethink marriage being controlled at the state level. Civil rights should not be different from state to state.
ReplyDeleteSigh. Yeah.
ReplyDeleteOh, I know! And the horrible irony that the high African-American turnout is one of the main reasons why Prop. 8 passed. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteA bigger cage is still a cage. It's like giving gay couples some extra rights whilst not allowing them the true freedom of marriage. That's why I always buy free range chicken and eggs. It costs a lot more but then, who wants to be known as a cheapskate?
ReplyDeletethis. is excellent.
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