Wednesday, June 04, 2008

gay and lesbian civil rights: marriage

The right wing wants to continue depriving gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered people of the most basic of civil rights - the right to be married to the person you love. Family - and GLBT people can create families - is the basic building block of all societies. The right wing wants to keep GLBT people outside our society. All the arguments against the right of GLBT people to marry used to be used - probably by many of the same people - to prevent Blacks and whites from marrying each other. In human society, all people should be treated as equals - you can't be equal if you are deprived of your basic human rights. The right to be married to the person you love is as basic as it gets. The Human Rights Campaign has fought for civil rights for LGBT people. Today one of their major campaigns is for GLBT people to be able to marry. This is Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and transgender pride month. A great way to celebrate Pride Month would be to contribute to HRC. But wait! Due to the generosity of HRC board member Bruce Bastian if you contribute before June 16 your gift will be doubled (until the total reaches $120,000). So watch this video, get inspired and get out your check book.

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