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w8liftinglady

(23,278 posts)
Fri Aug 3, 2012, 11:07 PM Aug 2012

Maybe THIS will give you some insight in to being Gay while Texan

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/same-sex-protesters-visit-dallas-county-clerks-office-seeking-marriage-licenses.html/

The 26-year-old didn’t wear something old, something new or something borrowed, but she did wear something blue — a T-shirt that said “Marriage Equality Now.”

In the face of the Chick-fil-A controversy, around 30 people showed up at the county clerk’s office this morning to protest the Texas state law forbidding same-sex marriage. They were back at 4 p.m. to support Major “Mark” Jiminez and Beau Chandler as they tried — unsuccessfully — to get a marriage license for the second time.

Wearing white ribbons for solidarity and holding signs that read “Dallas Demands Marriage Equality,” “Love Knows No Gender” and “Civil Disobedience for Civil Rights,” the crowd watched as the two men handcuffed themselves to each other and sat down on the gray carpet of the clerk’s office until closing time. Their hands stayed intertwined until the last possible moment.


Hopefully,you can access it through facebook and see the posts.OMG,the hate.
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Maybe THIS will give you some insight in to being Gay while Texan (Original Post) w8liftinglady Aug 2012 OP
I'm happy to see at least some supporting comments at the Dallas news like.... Fresh_Start Aug 2012 #1
Lol...that would be me.(#1) w8liftinglady Aug 2012 #2

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
1. I'm happy to see at least some supporting comments at the Dallas news like....
Fri Aug 3, 2012, 11:44 PM
Aug 2012

And it continues. This is a civil procedure they are trying to complete,folks,not a religious one. and we in texas remain in the 50's.
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Right on. What they are doing takes more courage than a hundred like-minded sheep eating sodium-filled fast food to support the status quo.
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Great courage and resolve. Well done gentlemen!
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I am proud of them for standing up! It's not fair that US citizens are not granted equal rights, this has to stop! It is going to pass eventually anyway, don't think you can oppress a group of people forever, history says it doesn't work that way.
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@ Kevin Stephison....really? Get real, it is to the same thing . Equal rights= equal rights movement. Sure looks the same. They have endured so much for so long. Living in silence,being hated,being discriminated, abused,even killed. They have suffered just as much for just as long,maybe even longer! Get it right. I'm tired of hearing about how the black man suffered and is still suffering the most. Blacks are not the only ones who get discriminated against. Don't get me wrong, I have black friends and white friends but it's time to recognize someone else's suffering for once.

I for one wouldn't continue to live there. I don't care what it has to offer otherwise, the hate would drive me away

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