"Left Alone" - A Freedom to Marry short

This short was created to showcase that the freedom to marry is not just about the sanctity of marriage, but a lot more. Thousands of people have lost everything because the federal law does not protect them in case of a loss of a loved one. But it doesn't have to be that way. We all can do something about this problem and protest by demanding the right for every human being the freedom to marry.

http://www.freedomtomarry.org

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*Inpsired by Felicia Miller & Donna Payne of HRC

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• freedom to marry
• equality
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[elhefe1138]

i thought this was a video of the band "Left Alone"...

[f0r3v3rb3tru3]

Wow this was so touching. ;[

[PLmoms]

I was referring to the definition, look in Websters.

Still, the definition wasn't necessary because marriage was, as you mention, about women/children as property. The Church did not encourage marriage until the 12th century (my memory could be off by a century or 2 ;-) Gay marriage wasn't an issue because, well...who would own who? There wasn't an equality issue, it was a property issue. Marriage was totally different than it is today. Today it is about love and legal responsibilities.

[wood9670]

I am not being disingenuous here but could you please refer me to cultures and societies before the 20th century where the marriage has been defined as being gender neutral.

I don't just mean a society where one sex is viewed as inferior to another (property), or where their are multiple partners (I believe polygamous marriages are still marriages), or that one or more the members is a child, ect.

[wood9670]

So you are saying people are not following the law either because they don't know it or don't respect it.

Law suits would solve that problem pretty quickly I believe.

[wood9670]

I don't believe straight couples deserve anything. Marriage predates the State or religion. People are going to get together, have sex, and raise children whether one likes it or not. A rational society would wish to funnel this behavior into a productive fashion in order to protect children and society at large.

If the government tomorrow stripped all married couples of State benefits I would be upset but the action wouldn't be unjust, simply stupid.

[wood9670]

Your examples involve cultural systems of oppression but in no way demonstrate that marriage has ever been understood to be anything other than bu-gendered.

A forced marriage is still a marriage. All institutions can be perverted, corrupted, and abused.

[PLmoms]

I went home drugged up and no instructions because my DP wasn't considered "family". there are tens of thousands of stories, worse than mine. The ONLY way of achieving equality is by having equality. Why do you deserve marital status and I do not? What makes you better than me?

[PLmoms]

Marriage is not being redefined. There are several definitions of marriage and they don't all require male and female.

"If it's not called a marriage, it isn't a marriage". It's something different. DP is a step in the right direction, but falls short.

I was in the hospital in Mar 2008. The nurse wouldn't give my DP any post-op instructions because she didn't understand DP laws. Do I sue? Of course not. Do I talk to people about how my relationship is deserving of being treated equally. Yes.

[PLmoms]

Why do straight couples deserve these "special benefits" and gay couples do not? Why the segregation?

Gay families need these same protections.