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Mildred Loving says it all (FUCK PROP 8)

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Behind the Aegis Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-26-09 04:24 PM
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Mildred Loving says it all (FUCK PROP 8)
Edited on Tue May-26-09 04:28 PM by Behind the Aegis
"Surrounded as I am now by wonderful children and grandchildren, not a day goes by that I don’t think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me to have that freedom to marry the person precious to me, even if others thought he was the “wrong kind of person” for me to marry. I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people’s religious beliefs over others. Especially if it denies people’s civil rights." source

Don't forget the words of wisdom from the wonderful Coretta Scott King !!!!
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   Amen n/t  FreeState   May-26-09 04:25 PM   #1 
   The Lovings...  Hepburn   May-26-09 04:26 PM   #2 
   Thanks for the pictures!  Behind the Aegis   May-26-09 05:04 PM   #5 
   Thanks! nt  earthworship   May-26-09 10:11 PM   #14 
   Very cool - thank you!  ruggerson   May-26-09 11:54 PM   #24 
   That is priceless...  QueenOfCalifornia   May-30-09 03:31 PM   #35 
   Cool. Can we PLEASE stop saying the two have nothing to do with each other?  Occulus   May-26-09 04:27 PM   #3 
   Noted and done.  Chovexani   May-26-09 10:13 PM   #16 
   EVERYone should read the opinion by Warren in Loving (link)  Lex   May-26-09 04:29 PM   #4 
   Well, *sigh* Lex, that applies to people, human beings, mankind,  bluedawg12   May-26-09 05:40 PM   #6 
   Oops  Lex   May-26-09 11:53 PM   #22 
   How nice would it be to read this some day?  Pacifist Patriot   May-27-09 02:18 PM   #27 
   Thank you. k+r.  ColbertWatcher   May-26-09 05:43 PM   #7 
   K&R&  Jamastiene   May-26-09 06:51 PM   #8 
   No dream is beyond the American people...  bluedawg12   May-26-09 07:02 PM   #9 
   k&r  Starry Messenger   May-26-09 07:04 PM   #10 
   kick  mtnester   May-26-09 07:15 PM   #11 
   K&R  Solly Mack   May-26-09 07:52 PM   #12 
   K&R  Chovexani   May-26-09 10:10 PM   #13 
   K&R  Canuckistanian   May-26-09 10:12 PM   #15 
   kick  cagesoulman   May-26-09 10:13 PM   #17 
   kick  bluedawg12   May-26-09 10:44 PM   #18 
   K&R  horseshoecrab   May-26-09 10:57 PM   #19 
   kick.  Starry Messenger   May-26-09 11:11 PM   #20 
   K-R  cboy4   May-26-09 11:11 PM   #21 
   kick  bluedawg12   May-26-09 11:53 PM   #23 
   Kick  HarukaTheTrophyWife   May-27-09 12:12 AM   #25 
   Words of Wisdom!  Behind the Aegis   May-27-09 01:51 AM   #26 
   K&R n/t  myrna minx   May-27-09 02:18 PM   #28 
   K&R  Kurovski   May-27-09 04:19 PM   #29 
      I was just dreaming about you, stranger.  myrna minx   May-27-09 04:44 PM   #30 
         Don't ask.  Kurovski   May-27-09 04:47 PM   #31 
            I'm sorry that the tangerine deity no longer butters your beans,  myrna minx   May-27-09 05:08 PM   #32 
               "Star-crossed."  Kurovski   May-30-09 02:16 PM   #34 
   kick  libnnc   May-27-09 08:29 PM   #33 
   Kick  bigwillq   May-30-09 03:35 PM   #36 
 
FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-26-09 04:25 PM
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1. Amen n/t
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue May-26-09 04:26 PM
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2. The Lovings...
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Behind the Aegis Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-26-09 05:04 PM
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5. Thanks for the pictures!
Back to page one and FRONT AND CENTER!
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earthworship (28 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-26-09 10:11 PM
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14. Thanks! nt
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-26-09 11:54 PM
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24. Very cool - thank you!
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat May-30-09 03:31 PM
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35. That is priceless...
and they even got the last name right too. :)
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-26-09 04:27 PM
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3. Cool. Can we PLEASE stop saying the two have nothing to do with each other?
Because the civil rights struggle of African-Americans and the civil rights struggle of GLBTs is quite clearly and unambiguously nearly identical to each other, as the horse's mouth above proves without question.

I expect everyone saying that they're not nearly identical to be castigated and dismissed henceforth. Please, everyone, help make that happen.
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-26-09 10:13 PM
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16. Noted and done.
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4. EVERYone should read the opinion by Warren in Loving (link)
Edited on Tue May-26-09 04:33 PM by Lex
It's not that long of an opinion, and it's well worth the read. You will see the similar arguments against interracial marriage back then the same as what is being used today:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR...

Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival. Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535, 541 (1942). See also Maynard v. Hill, 125 U.S. 190 (1888). To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual, and cannot be infringed by the State.




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bluedawg12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue May-26-09 05:40 PM
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6. Well, *sigh* Lex, that applies to people, human beings, mankind,
homo sapiens. For goodness sakes, that does not appply to homo sexuals.

Were not human.

Don't chya know?

:sarcasm:


Remember well this day. What goes around comes around.

Karma is a bitch.
:grr:




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22. Oops
I forgot. :cry:

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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-27-09 02:18 PM
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27. How nice would it be to read this some day?
Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of humanity," fundamental to our very existence and survival. To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as sexual orientation, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of U.S. Constitution, is surely to deprive the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, another person resides with the individual, and cannot be infringed by the State.
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7. Thank you. k+r.


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8. K&R&
a hearty K&R, at that.
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9. No dream is beyond the American people...
almost.
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10. k&r
That says it all.
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11. kick
:hug:
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12. K&R
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13. K&R
The Lovings opened more doors for freedom than they could have possibly imagined. Bless them both, and I have to believe they are still fighting with us.
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17. kick
kickin it
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:kick:
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:kick:
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26. Words of Wisdom!
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28. K&R n/t
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29. K&R
...I also want to be guaranteed a wealthy and amusing husband.

John Boehner just ain't cutting the mustard.
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30. I was just dreaming about you, stranger.
:loveya: How have you been?
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31. Don't ask.
Don't tell. :D :loveya:
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32. I'm sorry that the tangerine deity no longer butters your beans,
but the two of you were such star crossed paramours anyway. We'll find you a more suitable lord of the manor who has a nicer hot tub. :D
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34. "Star-crossed."
*sigh*

He was indeed the Orange Juliet to my Homo Romeo.

So very god dam sad.

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:bounce:
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