It's one thing to make an open and visible protest, to send letters and money and donate time and so forth, but to make a silent protest like not getting married because gay people can't -- all the politicians will see is that just about everybody getting married is anti-equality, and that will reinforce their beliefs.
My personal intention, if and when I get married, is to announce publicly at the ceremony that the ceremony is a spiritual, emotional, and practical one but that it is not being backed by a legal contract. I intent to tell all of my friends and relatives in attendance why I am doing this. I have a lot of pretty bigoted relatives and if even one of them thinks twice because of it I feel like I will have done some good.
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Date: 2004-12-14 20:29 (UTC)My personal intention, if and when I get married, is to announce publicly at the ceremony that the ceremony is a spiritual, emotional, and practical one but that it is not being backed by a legal contract. I intent to tell all of my friends and relatives in attendance why I am doing this. I have a lot of pretty bigoted relatives and if even one of them thinks twice because of it I feel like I will have done some good.