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hawkwing_lbIt is bad enough that Ireland does not treat all of its citizens as entitled to full and equal rights. It is worse when I open a paper to see this editorial, by one David Quinn:
"Like California, we should ban same-sex marriages".
I now have a fury that will not die.
If any of you have sufficient time and inclination on your hands, I hope you will join me in writing to the Irish Independent to educate them regarding the injustice and bigotry of this position. I will be writing myself, to explain to Mr. Quinn quite precisely why his prejudice is unacceptable, and why claiming 'traditional marriage needs to be protected oh noes!' is not an acceptable position to take.
I mean, fuckit. I'm the only child of a single mother. No, correction. The bastard child of a single mother. From where I'm sitting, exalting 'tradition' and 'marriage' is nothing but an excuse for fucking up other people's chances at happiness.
And one hell of a lot of my friends are gay, or otherwise queer, and they damn well deserve the same rights and protections under the law as anyone else.
So please, drop the Independent a line at independent.letters@independent.ie, or at their snailmail address, The Irish Independent, Independent House, 27 – 32 Talbot Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
Because while I've seen a lot of things from the Indo, this is the first time I've seen blatant bigotry. And I would very much like my country to join the civilised world, as represented by such places as Iceland, Canada, the UK, Spain, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands - hell, in this matter, even South Africa - to name a few.
"Like California, we should ban same-sex marriages".
I now have a fury that will not die.
If any of you have sufficient time and inclination on your hands, I hope you will join me in writing to the Irish Independent to educate them regarding the injustice and bigotry of this position. I will be writing myself, to explain to Mr. Quinn quite precisely why his prejudice is unacceptable, and why claiming 'traditional marriage needs to be protected oh noes!' is not an acceptable position to take.
I mean, fuckit. I'm the only child of a single mother. No, correction. The bastard child of a single mother. From where I'm sitting, exalting 'tradition' and 'marriage' is nothing but an excuse for fucking up other people's chances at happiness.
And one hell of a lot of my friends are gay, or otherwise queer, and they damn well deserve the same rights and protections under the law as anyone else.
So please, drop the Independent a line at independent.letters@independent.ie, or at their snailmail address, The Irish Independent, Independent House, 27 – 32 Talbot Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
Because while I've seen a lot of things from the Indo, this is the first time I've seen blatant bigotry. And I would very much like my country to join the civilised world, as represented by such places as Iceland, Canada, the UK, Spain, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands - hell, in this matter, even South Africa - to name a few.
