For folks like Samuel K. Beaumont, Sr., this year’s Defense of Marriage Acts, set to appear in November on ballots in Alabama, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Idaho, Virginia and Wisconsin, do more than legislate the definition of marriage. They perpetuate a cruel injustice that Beaumont knows well. The documentary film Tying the Knot chronicles the five-year legal battle Beaumont… return to article
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Reader Comments (4)Page 1 of 1 pagesI’m gay, out and an activist for human rights, in general. I’m also an EX-American. I got so tired of waiting to be treated as fully human in “my country”, that I chose a new one: Spain.
Life for lesbians and gays in America is a despicable denial of the fundamental rights granted by the U.S. Constitution. America remains a pathetic theocracy, with most of society still clueless that they are living in the past, while many other countries have surpassed them, as fully functioning democracies modeled after “our” constitution. Among so many other things, “Americans” have a great deal to be ashamed of, this not being the least of them.
Western europe is now where the secular, humanist and egalitarian democracy proscribed by America’s founders exists. America has fallen far behind. Until my rights are respected there, it will never be the place I call “my country”. I refuse to be another casualty of “American Christianity and Democracy”.
Steven Wanzell,
artist/activist/ex-American
www.wanzellarts.com.ar
Posted by wanzellarts on Apr 17, 2006 at 12:04 PM Clear as day.
The guy was dis’d because of who he loved. Even his loved one’s notarized will was ignored by the court, because of who HE loved.
A still-fashionable irrational prejudice. High time the world outgrew that shit.
Posted by Kuya on Apr 18, 2006 at 1:06 AM Kuya: Thanks for your support and compassion. I’m currently “fighting the right” in Argentina, preparing works for exhibition in seversl South American countries.
I’ve also submitted written testimony to the Argentine Congress, outlining how the passage of a national “civil union” law (currently being debated on the lower House floor) granting fully equal family rights to ALL here, will right a grave wrong against perfectly worthy citizens. The “buzz” is that it will pass through both houses, and become law.
Steven Wanzell,
artist/activist/ex-American
www.wanzellarts.com.ar
Posted by wanzellarts on Apr 18, 2006 at 11:19 AM Good luck, Steve, I hope everything plays out in your favor. It just seems axiomatic to me that every consenting adult has the right to choose who they will love and who they will legally unite with, even if their union doesn’t fit the religious model that others hold dear.
Of course they can choose to live within the limitations of those values if they wish, but to compel obedience by others is an unwarranted invasion. And when we’re talking about law, compulsion is exactly what’s in hand.
I’ll be happy to read of your success in the near future.
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