Answer: NOTHING!There is absolutely, positively nothing wrong with the sight of these two happy lesbians toasting the opportunity to now say, "I do" and really be married. In Portugal.
Portugal? Yes, the socialists in charge of parliament in the European nation voted to allow same-sex marriages. This is in keeping with a constitutional measure passed in the early 2000s where equal rights were extended to ALL people. For the government, that meant marriage rights equality, too. This in a country that is reportedly 94-percent Roman Catholic, the RC Church being one of the leading opponents of marriage equality.
Meanwhile, in New Jersey, the state Senate couldn't muster up enough courage to approve a marriage equality bill. New Jersey has a civil unions law, but those laws are never completely equal in the rights they grant a couple. According to a Gallup Poll from 2004, New Jersey is 46-percent Roman Catholic. Lambda Legal Defense Fund, which has been working many of these marriage laws across the country, has vowed to take the issue to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Opponents say they're ready to fight back.
So, again, I am posing the question: What is wrong with the above picture?
2 comments:
There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that photo, nor two people committing to each other for life. It makes me sad that 40 years after the civil rights movement we still have inequality in our country. I hope people will open their eyes and realize we have far worse things to worry about than two people loving each other! BTW, I live in NJ and I'm very disappointed as well.
Thanks, RYD. Considering the fact that 10-percent of the country is unemployed, yes, we have bigger things to worry about than who other people love.
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