Girls in Tuxes?? Not if This School Can Help It!

An openly gay girl in Mississippi wants to wear her tux in her senior pic. However, she is told that the photo will not be included. Why? Because it is against the "convictions" of the people who run the school, even though there is not policies in place to effect that women can not wear tuxes, or other masculine attire. Translation for those of you who don't have the pleasure of living in the south. "These weirdo q*ueers freak us out and instead of trying to find common ground, we are going to pretend that they don't exist."

Take the time to email the people with "convictions" and let them know that everyone's convictions are important (and in this case, protected by the first amendment), not just theirs.

Of course, this just affirms why I, an openly queer woman, am in law school and is busting her hump to open her own practice. This is the kind of thing I hope to have a small hand, if not a large one, in abolishing.

"Freedom is not the same thing as being Free" ~ PC

*edited because of my lack of grammar skills at bedtime, :)

Turning the Tables

The ABA journal posted this article about gays suing various people and intuitions that refuse to take part or be connected with same sex ceremonies. Among them are the eHarmony website, a Christian photographer that refused to take pictures of a same sex ceremony and state entities that want to bar services to gays.

Being part of the GLBT community myself, I understand the fight for equal rights and wanting to be treated fairly by everyone as the straight community is but this is absurd. For example, why force people to perform same sex ceremonies, photograph them or otherwise participate in them when they obviously do not want to. First, this is supposed to be the happiest day of your life. Why ruin it by having it performed by some sour faced minister that thinks you and your partner are repugnant forms of humanity that should and will burn in the fiery pits of hell for all eternity. I would prefer someone who actually was happy for me blessing my new life. Second, there are churches, officiants, party planners, photographers etc etc that would be THRILLED to get their hands on our "dual income- no kid" wallet. Let them and support those that support us.

But most importantly, when we force our beliefs and morals on the Religous Right we are, essentially, no better then them. How can we wave our fists and demand the right to marry without them throwing King James at us when we are going to march into their churches and demand they marry us? Now we are the asses forcing others to believe our way, when we have been fighting against that same thing for decades.

Lets do what we have been telling them to do to us for years. Leave your beliefs out of my life.