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Originally Posted by Bree
The Democratic candidate has already made it clear that he does not support gay marriage. Even if Kerry/Edwards did support it, it is highly unlikely that the US would ever adopt such a law - I just don't think that it will happen, and probably won't happen during my lifetime. I've come to grips with it. The government won't recognise my marriage, but I can still love Jek. To me, we are married whether the government, my family, or anyone else says otherwise.
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The Democrats are more likely to enact civil unions at some point in the future, while the Republicans wish to alter the constitution to disallow GLBT civil unions completely (iirc).
And even without that, Bree, there is so much more to this fight. There's a fucking war with people dying and shit. No, I don't think Kerry can magically fix it, but he'll have a better chance of fixing it than BushCo. We have rising fundamentalism in the world, and your current administration is helping that right along. Fundamentalism and terrorism go hand in hand. We need some reason in the world, and I'm very hopeful that Kerry has what it takes to bring things back onto a more sane path.
Please, please vote, Bree. You're a citizen of the world's sole superpower and are privileged to be able to have a say, no matter how flawed the system is.
You may feel like you're only one small voice, but you are a part of a collective - a national collective and an international one. Please help to make a difference.