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Saturday, February 07, 2009

Love Will Prevail


"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

4 comments:

John Howard said...

Very effective video, but it also misses the point about the legal meaning of marriage. No one wants to separate those couples, but how many people think they should have a right to attempt same-sex conception?

It's a highly unethical way to pursuade people to allow same-sex conception and all the other various genetically modified conceptions that would necessarily follow through the door opened by same-sex conception.

Those couples, like you and Eric, don't need the right to attempt to conceive together in order to have full human dignity and love and respect and full protections in all other areas. But a married man and a woman certainly DO need the right to attempt to conceive together to have full human dignity and love and respect. And insisting that same-sex couples do need conception rights in order to have full dignity and justice actually insults same-sex couples because it implies that without technology, without Big Pharma and government research and funding, then same-sex couples aren't equal and can't claim equal dignity.

And no, there's no way to symbolically extend the right to do it, but then prohibit the couple from attempting it.

Dale Carrico said...

John Howard: insane as it ever was.

Robin said...

Oh for fucks sake, HE'S BACK.

And it's still cut and paste nonsense that has nothing to do with anything!

Reading John Howard is like reading alternate-reality fantasy stories. They only make sense if we're pretending we live in a different world where there is very VERY little overlap with this reality.

John Howard said...

Really, Robin? There's no need to be all metaphorical about this, the subject is clear enough.

You think whether or not we allow conception using genetically modified gametes has nothing to do with anything? You think equal benefits and protections and federal recognition have nothing to do with anything? You think being prohibited from conceiving with your spouse using your own genes has nothing to do with anything?