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they say you're a troubled boy, just 'cause you like to destroy
what's wrong with a little destruction?
Created on 2004-09-22 12:08:08 (#4615479), last updated 2008-05-25
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Basic Info| Name: | kateablepas. |
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| Location: | Jackson, Michigan, United States |
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Dawn: Do you love me?
Brad: I think so.
Dawn: with the bonnet?
Brad: uhh.. neh..
Dawn: It's over Brad. I had a fire and almost died, and he came, and he almost died, 'cause he cares about the same things, and that shows that there's no nothing - even when you die - and he LIKES the bonnet."
the quasi journal of a white, queer, able bodied, agnostic atheist -- but member of a church -- 23 year old woman. I love a few things, I like a lot of things, I hate many things, and I'm entirely uncomfortable with miniature golf and the smell of fish.
PRISONER ADVOCACY
PrisonerAdvocacy.org is a service of the Michigan office of The American Friends Service Committee Criminal Justice Program. Michigan's Criminal Justice Program advocates for the rights and privileges of over 1,500 Michigan prisoners each year. The principle motives behind our work are to:
* Ensure that prisoners and their families are able to obtain their rights and privileges,
* Erode the barriers between those inside and outside of prison, and
* Advocate for humane conditions and treatment of prisoners housed by the State of Michigan.
RIGHT TO VOTE
campaign to end felony disenfranchisement.
BEYOND MARRIAGE
Marriage is not the only worthy form of family or relationship, and it should not be legally and economically privileged above all others. A majority of people – whatever their sexual and gender identities – do not live in traditional nuclear families. They stand to gain from alternative forms of household recognition beyond one-size-fits-all marriage. For example:
· Single parent households
· Senior citizens living together and serving as each other’s caregivers (think Golden Girls)
· Blended and extended families
· Children being raised in multiple households or by unmarried parents
· Adult children living with and caring for their parents
· Senior citizens who are the primary caregivers to their grandchildren or other relatives
· Close friends or siblings living in non-conjugal relationships and serving as each other’s primary support and caregivers
· Households in which there is more than one conjugal partner
· Care-giving relationships that provide support to those living with extended illness such as HIV/AIDS.
The current debate over marriage, same-sex and otherwise, ignores the needs and desires of so many in a nation where household diversity is the demographic norm. We seek to reframe this debate. Our call speaks to the widespread hunger for authentic and just community in ways that are both pragmatic and visionary. It follows in the best tradition of the progressive LGBT movement, which invented alternative legal statuses such as domestic partnership and reciprocal beneficiary. We seek to build on these historic accomplishments by continuing to diversify and democratize partnership and household recognition. We advocate the expansion of existing legal statuses, social services and benefits to support the needs of all our households.
We call on colleagues working in various social justice movements and campaigns to read the full-text of our statement “Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision,” and to join us in our call for government support of all our households.
Dawn: Do you love me?
Brad: I think so.
Dawn: with the bonnet?
Brad: uhh.. neh..
Dawn: It's over Brad. I had a fire and almost died, and he came, and he almost died, 'cause he cares about the same things, and that shows that there's no nothing - even when you die - and he LIKES the bonnet."
the quasi journal of a white, queer, able bodied, agnostic atheist -- but member of a church -- 23 year old woman. I love a few things, I like a lot of things, I hate many things, and I'm entirely uncomfortable with miniature golf and the smell of fish.
PRISONER ADVOCACY
PrisonerAdvocacy.org is a service of the Michigan office of The American Friends Service Committee Criminal Justice Program. Michigan's Criminal Justice Program advocates for the rights and privileges of over 1,500 Michigan prisoners each year. The principle motives behind our work are to:
* Ensure that prisoners and their families are able to obtain their rights and privileges,
* Erode the barriers between those inside and outside of prison, and
* Advocate for humane conditions and treatment of prisoners housed by the State of Michigan.
RIGHT TO VOTE
campaign to end felony disenfranchisement.
BEYOND MARRIAGE
Marriage is not the only worthy form of family or relationship, and it should not be legally and economically privileged above all others. A majority of people – whatever their sexual and gender identities – do not live in traditional nuclear families. They stand to gain from alternative forms of household recognition beyond one-size-fits-all marriage. For example:
· Single parent households
· Senior citizens living together and serving as each other’s caregivers (think Golden Girls)
· Blended and extended families
· Children being raised in multiple households or by unmarried parents
· Adult children living with and caring for their parents
· Senior citizens who are the primary caregivers to their grandchildren or other relatives
· Close friends or siblings living in non-conjugal relationships and serving as each other’s primary support and caregivers
· Households in which there is more than one conjugal partner
· Care-giving relationships that provide support to those living with extended illness such as HIV/AIDS.
The current debate over marriage, same-sex and otherwise, ignores the needs and desires of so many in a nation where household diversity is the demographic norm. We seek to reframe this debate. Our call speaks to the widespread hunger for authentic and just community in ways that are both pragmatic and visionary. It follows in the best tradition of the progressive LGBT movement, which invented alternative legal statuses such as domestic partnership and reciprocal beneficiary. We seek to build on these historic accomplishments by continuing to diversify and democratize partnership and household recognition. We advocate the expansion of existing legal statuses, social services and benefits to support the needs of all our households.
We call on colleagues working in various social justice movements and campaigns to read the full-text of our statement “Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision,” and to join us in our call for government support of all our households.
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