Thursday, June 5, 2008

Assimilation This!

My friend Jay Blotcher, a long time ACT UP activist and an all around smart and bad ass guy responds to those in the community who feel as though same-sex marriage is one step closer to assimilation:

Peep it.

5 comments:

RG said...

Amen to that my brother. Amen to that.

bigislandjeepguy said...

i second that amen.

Anonymous said...

Amen to that "Amen."

Anonymous said...

Wanting society's stamp of approval, it's 'greatest affirmation of credibility and respectability', and wanting to be part of it IS assimilation. Why run from the word?

Gay marriages will be just like straight marriages. Some will be good. Some won't.

Anonymous said...

Exactly! Telling people they should not get married is controlling in the same way as telling them they have to get married is. We have the choice where I live, and I haven't. But if our rights were under fire, my partner and I would be at city hall before you could say click your heals three...