"We the People" stand together for marriage equality and religious freedom

Marriage equality and religious freedom are not in conflict. The constitution provides for a separation between church and state, meaning that no religious organization can be forced to perform or acknowledge same-sex marriage if they choose not to.

Some people are afraid of change. Don't let them take away what makes this country so great.

Let us all stand together for equality and freedom.

To sign the pledge to repeal Prop 8, please go to:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/Equality

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"We the People" was produced by volunteers on behalf of Courage Campaign Issues. Individuals appearing in this video are real people, including a carpenter, lawyer, priest, and a soldier discharged under the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy.

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[remix262]

Great video. In fact it's exactly what has been on my mind lately. I think a lot of people are led to believe that this issue is about gays vs. religion and it's absolutely not. We can all live together peacefully and respectfully. :-)

[LaborTV]

This is an excellent appeal to those who need to understand how to give rights, without taking rights away. Very Nice.

[TheStrong32]

@imreadyyo26 "cant you see its a despised act?"

Inter-racial marriage was a despised act also. At the time the Supreme Court decided Loving v. Virgnia, national polls showed that 73% of Americans were opposed to it. Many Germans were in favor of the Nazi's racial laws. Mere public opinion is insufficient reason for depriving a group of its civil rights.

[TheStrong32]

@imreadyyo26 " the founding fathers would have love to see women vote."

What hisorical basis do you have for that statement?

"women voting is beneficial in many ways to society. but what is productive and beneficial about gay marriage?"

It is beneficial to a free society when all of its members are treated eqally. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." LGBT citizens are beneficial contributers to society. They deserve equal treatment

[imreadyyo26]

@TheStrong32 the founding fathers would have love to see women vote. it is good that women are treated as equal when it comes to voting. but i disagree with you about them excepting gay marriage. women voting is beneficial in many ways to society. but what is productive and beneficial about gay marriage? cant you see its a despised act? dont you have a conscience? there are also people who love dogs and want to marry. lets make that happen too. backward people no morals

[TheStrong32]

@FreepShop "A bigot is 'one who regards or treats the members of a racial or ethnic group with hatred and intolerance.'"

I have no idea where you got this strange definition. According to Webster's New World Dictionary, bigot is, " 1. a person who holds blindly and intolerantly to a particular creed, opinion, etc. 2. a narrow-minded, intolerant person."

[TheStrong32]

@FreepShop Your definition of bigot is (inentionally?) incomplete. People can be the victims of bigotry based on religion, right? Religion isn't immutable either; but that doesn't give us the right to discriminate against them.

No, Blacks couldn't change their color; but is that the only legitimate criterion? If a Jew was able to hide his Jewishness in Nazi Germany, does that make his struggle against anti-Semitism any less valid?

[TheStrong32]

@imreadyyo26 "it is offensive to the founding fathers of this country."

What kind of nonsense it that? The Founding Fathers never inteded the Unied States to be frozen in time in 18th century. That's why they made a Constitution that could be amended. They intended the nation to change with the times. You seem to be making the arugment that, because the Founding Fathers didn't envision same-sex marriage, we cannot have it. Well, they couldn't envision women voting either, or racial equality.

[fxnooodle]

@TheStrong32 yeah! as proof that liberalism is a mental disorder!

[fxnooodle]

The Constitution DOES NOT separate State and Religion. Some States have official religion. Fkn liberal morons!