Comments on: On Proposition 8: Vote No and Retain Some Shred of Humanity, Vote Yes and Feel the Monstrous Ooze Running Through Your Veins http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/10/28/on-proposition-8-vote-no-and-retain-some-shred-of-humanity-vote-yes-and-feel-the-monstrous-ooze-running-through-your-veins/ The Gay Recluse: Observation, philosophy and other notes on the beauty and dissonance of life in the city Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Gay Recluse http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/10/28/on-proposition-8-vote-no-and-retain-some-shred-of-humanity-vote-yes-and-feel-the-monstrous-ooze-running-through-your-veins/#comment-2070 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:23:10 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=2236#comment-2070 That’s an interesting point, John — thanks for sharing. I’m not sure I would agree that you owe the country “nothing” but perhaps a discrimination discount would be in order?

]]> By: johnbisceglia http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/10/28/on-proposition-8-vote-no-and-retain-some-shred-of-humanity-vote-yes-and-feel-the-monstrous-ooze-running-through-your-veins/#comment-2069 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:15:41 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=2236#comment-2069 I sincerely hope PROP 8 fails miserably.

BUT – if it DOES passes, is everyone prepared to spend another ba-zillion dollars on PR and possibly wait 20-30 years to “win” equality in CA?

AND – if it does NOT pass, which state will we focus on next so we can spend another ba-zillion dollars to purchase civil rights?

I know I am virtually alone here (except for Charles Merrill and his partner), but I think all of you are insane. Truly crazy….one step away from writing-on-the-wall-with-your-feces crazy.

Because if ALL of us truly believed we WERE equal, we would not be so patient as tax-payers and U.S. citizens. We’d simply KNOW we ARE equal, and refuse to pay into a system that not only denies our familes civil marriage but doesn’t even acknowledge our existence (wait for the 2010 census).

I’m 43, and I will NOT wait until I’m 73 for fair and equal treatment. It’s OK for the country at large to be ignorant, bigoted, mid-guided, and mid-informed. But that’s not my fault. So until people GROW UP and show my family the same “civil” respect heterosexually-identified families are given, I owe this country and the IRS nothing.

How many times do I need to say this?

TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION AIN’T GWANNA HAPPEN!

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