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10/31/2008
Fine, you're 'dad.' But your bias is still 'cruel & nasty'
The above is a photo from a recent "yes on 8" rally. And you know what? It really demonstrates to us just how unconcerned with intellect our opposition is on this issue!
Now, the sticker is clearly a reference to the recent "Party A & Party B" controversy, in which a heterosexual couple (who were also at the rally) made a stink about the fact that California's licensing forms temporarily referred to marrying couples using benign, gender-neutral language. And even though the forms have since been updated so that anyone can refer to themselves as "bride" and "groom" if they so choose, the anti-gay side has refused to let the thing go. They are still using it as some sort of evidence that those darn pesky gays are trying to alter their lives, even going so far as to present the civil licensing concept in the context of religious ceremony. To be blunt: It's a brainless argument.
But let's go back to the photo. This shirt-sticker applies the "party A pooping" to a completely different arena: Parenting. And in the most aggressive of fashions, this dude declares himself to be "dad." But who the hell is trying to deny him of such? In what possible way are we gay folk working to call this guy "party a." Even if a particular licensing form did ask he and his spouse to identify as parties (a request not uncommon in legalese), why is their parental role so shaky that they feel their "mom" or "dad" roles threatened? We don't care if heterosexual parents refer to themselves as "Jesus-infused bastions of parental excellence," just as long as they aren't trying to keep us out of the civil equality party!
So essentially what we have here is a guy fighting one certain political battle with a tag line that is not even remotely apropos to the situation at hand. His sticker might as well say, "I refuse to dress up as Dracula -- My costume choice is Frankenstein." Because for all intents and purposes, his choice of Halloween garmenting has as much to do with whether or not Californians are going to remove the right of same-sex couples to marry as does his choice of parental nomenclature!!
The photo (and many others) can be found here: Prop. 8 Rally, Sacramento, CA [Save California]
Your thoughts
So he thinks that when filling out a marriage licence, you should put down "Dad" and "Mom"?
So either he's in favor of premarital sex, or he's awfully presumptuous about his future. :)
I've said it before, but I'll say it again:
Homophobia makes you stupid!
Posted by: Bill S | Oct 31, 2008 11:47:28 AM
Well Bill that was my immediate thought too. However, I'm assuming these are part of a whole "yes on 8" campaign, and that this one applies to adoption. So I gave them the benefit of the doubt that at least they are referring to a parental concept, even if it is, obviously, a wholly different matter.
Posted by: G-A-Y | Oct 31, 2008 12:15:59 PM
He refuses to be known as "part A" and refuses to recognize us as anything.
Posted by: Patrick Boehner | Oct 31, 2008 1:04:44 PM
Has anyone proposed changing bride and groom, or Party A and Party B, to Mom and Dad????? what would be the purpose of that unless you happen to be one of Sarah Palin's kids?
Posted by: keltic | Oct 31, 2008 2:14:48 PM
Again, keltic, I'm assuming this is one of many types of stickers being used by "yes on 8," with the implication being that our "agenda" is going to affect parenting (perhaps in areas like adoption). Although it's not really like these folks need even a semi-logical basis to say what they say.
Posted by: G-A-Y | Oct 31, 2008 2:20:20 PM
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