Mexico city can has gay marriage!
Dec. 22nd, 2009 12:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sparkindarknessMexico city has has just passed the marriage equality bill 39-20 which will bring their civil unions law (like most civil unions law, the previous law did not convey the full rights of marriage) to fully fledged marriage - as it should be
And this is important - as we can see that seperate always manages the first - but never manages the second.
As was found in New Jersey despite civil unions having all the rights as marriage - on paper - New Jersey couples with civil unions are treated differently from those who are married in part thanks to the continuing homophobia of the US federal government
The new healthcare bill in America seems to be setting records of wishy-washyness and half measures - and it certainly threw women under the bus with it's grossly anti-choice inserts. But it also takes a stab at gay people - preserving the 'gay tax' on health benefits'
I say it again, these legal protections for our families are important - even more important than for heterosexuals. Because your relationships will be respected ANYWAY. But people will take any excuse to see our love as lesser, as 2nd rate as beneath 'proper' heterosexual love. And is it any surprise that they do? When religions and nations across the world agree with them and support it in their dogma, their speeches and their laws
Our lvoe has value - and is as deserving of the same protections and rights as heterosexual love.
And this is important - as we can see that seperate always manages the first - but never manages the second.
As was found in New Jersey despite civil unions having all the rights as marriage - on paper - New Jersey couples with civil unions are treated differently from those who are married in part thanks to the continuing homophobia of the US federal government
The new healthcare bill in America seems to be setting records of wishy-washyness and half measures - and it certainly threw women under the bus with it's grossly anti-choice inserts. But it also takes a stab at gay people - preserving the 'gay tax' on health benefits'
I say it again, these legal protections for our families are important - even more important than for heterosexuals. Because your relationships will be respected ANYWAY. But people will take any excuse to see our love as lesser, as 2nd rate as beneath 'proper' heterosexual love. And is it any surprise that they do? When religions and nations across the world agree with them and support it in their dogma, their speeches and their laws
Our lvoe has value - and is as deserving of the same protections and rights as heterosexual love.