John Heron Project

So the new issue of Movement went to the printers on Friday, and it had a fabulous and well-researched article about the legality of same-sex marriage in the US and Canada. Which talked about Proposition 8, and the states that do allow gay marriage, and so on.

And then the state of Iowa goes and upholds the right of same-sex couples to marry. Just when I was celebrating getting an error-free mag out there.

Damn.

Anyway, it seems that Governor Mike Huckabee (one of last year’s presidential also-also-rans, remember, and wait a minute, Iowa’s not even the state he’s governor of) is not happy about the state doing this. he says it’s “an attack on the traditional family.”

I hear this a lot. And what I’d like to ask is: for the love of God, HOW!?

I mean, will gay people (and even lesbians these days, so I hear) getting married stop straight people getting married? Will gay people adopting stop straight people adopting… and maybe having kids? Will, by allowing gay people the right to make vows and be monogamous and faithful to each other, this act promote promiscuity and polyvalent non-heteronormative relationships?

Why is it even a threat? I honestly don’t understand.

Edit: “No, Senator McKinley. I will not co-sponsor a leadership bill with you.” It’s some Mid-Western state in the US, and it’s local politics. But that whole two minute speech has the mark of something historical. I wonder if people will be talking about it down the line. (via)

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