blader (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} gulsukat) wrote,@ 2004-02-25 08:55:00 |
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Defend the Sanctity of the Constitution
Don't let this happen.
The president launched a war today against the civil rights of gay citizens and their families. And just as importantly, he launched a war to defile the most sacred document in the land. Rather than allow the contentious and difficult issue of equal marriage rights to be fought over in the states, rather than let politics and the law take their course, rather than keep the Constitution out of the culture wars, this president wants to drag the very founding document into his re-election campaign. He is proposing to remove civil rights from one group of American citizens - and do so in the Constitution itself. The message could not be plainer: these citizens do not fully belong in America. Their relationships must be stigmatized in the very Constitution itself. The document that should be uniting the country will now be used to divide it, to single out a group of people for discrimination itself, and to do so for narrow electoral purposes. Not since the horrifying legacy of Constitutional racial discrimination in this country has such a goal been even thought of, let alone pursued. Those of us who supported this president in 2000, who have backed him whole-heartedly during the war, who have endured scorn from our peers as a result, who trusted that this president was indeed a uniter rather than a divider, now know the truth.
via the daily dish.
What's all this about?
One of the reasons why our Constitution has been so successful is because it has served to limit the rights of the state while guaranteeing the rights of its citizens. Now, George W. Bush want to change this. An amendment which promotes division and bigotry does not belong in our Constitution. The Constitution guarantees the rights of all, not just the majority. Such an amendment threatens the sanctity of our Constitution.
The only sanctity of marriage we should be defending is our own. So how about defending the sanctity of the Constitution before we go poking our noses into other people's business?
That's pretty screwed up. What can I do to help?
You can call your local US Senator and House Representative to tell them how you feel about writing bigotry into the Constitution.
If you're too lazy to do that, the ACLU has a page where you can send a free fax to your local Representative to show support against the proposed amendment.
Show your support!
If you would like to show your support, just paste the code below into your journal:
This links back here if your friends want to add the code.
 Defend the Sanctity of the Constitution. |
Don't let this happen.
The president launched a war today against the civil rights of gay citizens and their families. And just as importantly, he launched a war to defile the most sacred document in the land. Rather than allow the contentious and difficult issue of equal marriage rights to be fought over in the states, rather than let politics and the law take their course, rather than keep the Constitution out of the culture wars, this president wants to drag the very founding document into his re-election campaign. He is proposing to remove civil rights from one group of American citizens - and do so in the Constitution itself. The message could not be plainer: these citizens do not fully belong in America. Their relationships must be stigmatized in the very Constitution itself. The document that should be uniting the country will now be used to divide it, to single out a group of people for discrimination itself, and to do so for narrow electoral purposes. Not since the horrifying legacy of Constitutional racial discrimination in this country has such a goal been even thought of, let alone pursued. Those of us who supported this president in 2000, who have backed him whole-heartedly during the war, who have endured scorn from our peers as a result, who trusted that this president was indeed a uniter rather than a divider, now know the truth.
via the daily dish.
What's all this about?
One of the reasons why our Constitution has been so successful is because it has served to limit the rights of the state while guaranteeing the rights of its citizens. Now, George W. Bush want to change this. An amendment which promotes division and bigotry does not belong in our Constitution. The Constitution guarantees the rights of all, not just the majority. Such an amendment threatens the sanctity of our Constitution.
The only sanctity of marriage we should be defending is our own. So how about defending the sanctity of the Constitution before we go poking our noses into other people's business?
That's pretty screwed up. What can I do to help?
You can call your local US Senator and House Representative to tell them how you feel about writing bigotry into the Constitution.
If you're too lazy to do that, the ACLU has a page where you can send a free fax to your local Representative to show support against the proposed amendment.
Show your support!
If you would like to show your support, just paste the code below into your journal:
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This links back here if your friends want to add the code.
