Full Human Rights and Shakespeare for a new day....

[Shana A]

Full Human Rights and Shakespeare for a new day....
by: TruthandLove
Thu Jan 08, 2009 at 23:42:18 PM EST

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The daily hypocrisy of the Anti-Gay Industry has ceased to shock me.  It does however feed this feeling within me that right now is the time we all lay down our differences of opinion and claim our human rights that as American citizens, we already have.

Marriage is only one of those rights, as is employment, housing, medical/dental benefits, freedom from fear, freedom to love and the freedom to just be ourselves. 

Each of us need to believe that these truths do indeed apply to us just as they apply to every human being;  "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Is not marriage the pursuit of Happiness?  Is not a job, a decent home and the knowledge that our persons will not be attacked simply for how we were created?  Is it not also for our children's security and happiness that we wish our relationships to be legalized?