Today was such an inspiring day. I felt like our last class ending with the rants of my fellow classmates tide nicely to the extremely relevant protest/rally happening today. So many LGBT supporters grabbed the loud speaker phone and reminded all of us angry about proposition 8 that there is hope for our future and for the rights of all citizens to be granted. Lots of speakers asked the queer community to COME OUT, so that all of the people we interact with will become potential supporters for the rights of the queer community. Having been in relationships with women, and knowing that I could potentially want to marry a woman someday, I know that I support gay marriage, but I think its important that others recognize this right and do not vote against two committed individuals joining in the bond of marriage.
I liked what a lot of speakers talked about--recognizing the religious communities, the christians and others who DO support gays and gay marriage, rather than spreading a message of hatred from the queer community back to the religious community. we need to support one another and work together. And until full rights are granted to the queer community, we are not standing together as a nation, we are dividing ourselves. I have complete hope, just like I did for Obama becoming president, that our country is turning the corner, that by the time I am 25 gay people will be allowed to get married, but its going to take a lot of work and a lot of educating others. And its going to take me being more open about my own sexuality for the sake of the rights of others... despite how hard that can be, it really IS important. These speakers really motivated me, I have lots of ideas about how to educate and spread the word. I'm excited for being a part of another huge civil rights accomplishment--granting the right to marry to all individuals in the US!
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