It's about time! Having our president affirm the rights for gays and lesbians to marry is just what he should do. These things are not just about politics; it is the right thing to do moving our society forward to have equal rights for all.
Lots of us have gays and lesbians in our circle of family and friends and we know they are just regular folks, working, raising families, loving each other. They should be able to have the same rights as heterosexual folks. We also have heterosexual folks in our families who are not married but are partners who often are raising kids together. All of these people, married or not, are worthy of respect and rights.
We need to be an inclusive society. So many of our families today include people of all colors and ethnicity. And now, we can get those loved ones who are gay or lesbian or transgender out of the closet.
We are all human!
We all have a fear of the unknown, and we have fears about our darkest secrets. Sexuality is a continuum and in every one of us there is doubt about how we measure up as masculine, feminine or maybe something else. It is a comfort to have a minister or politician or shaman tell us what to think and how to behave.
With Obama's sanction of gay marriage, the dialog can begin.
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