Posted by wheeler on January 10, 2005, at 15:03:28
In reply to Re: Do we push for full marriage rights? » wheeler, posted by ghost on January 10, 2005, at 14:26:11
Maybe I'm a little bias, but I don't think we should settle for anything less.
Recently, Cheryl Jacques headed up the HRC, but she left due to 'policy-conflicts'. My understanding is that her main goal was to push for full marriage rights. However, after 11 states passed the One Man/One Woman Marriage laws the HRC wanted to back down on the marriage goal. They wanted to start settling for less. She didn't want to back down, hence the 'policy-conflict'!
Obviously I don't want to hinder progress, but it seems like it's too late to start backpeddling. We(I) don't want less or different rights, we(I) want the same.
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