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g********d
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Iowa Son Takes a Stand for Marriage
By Advocate.com Editors
University of Iowa engineering student Zach Wahls stood up to the Iowa House
of Representatives the day before it ruled to allow voters to decide if
marriage rights for gays and lesbian couples across the state should be
repealed.
"Actually, I was raised by a gay couple and I'm doing pretty well," Wahls
says in his speech.
Wahls argued that overturning the Iowa supreme court's decision to legalize
marriage equality in 2009 would be the first time in state history that
discrimination would be codified in the constitution. He also said that
while the legalities of marriage may harm his parent's rights, it won't
break their family apart.
"My family isn't so different from yours," he said. "After all, your family
doesn't derive its sense of worth from being told by the state,'You're
married, congratulations.' No. The sense of family comes from the commitment
we make to each other -- to work through the hard times so we can enjoy the
good ones. It comes from the love that binds us. That's what makes a family
. So what you're voting on is not going to change us."
g********d
发帖数: 4174
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Name: Chad
Date posted: 2/1/2011 10:36:31 PM
Hometown: Des Moines
Comment:
I and my spouse witnessed Mr. Wahls' speech in person. There were many
effective and passionate speakers in defense of equal rights. We were both
particularly impressed with Mr. Wahls. He showed respect to the opposition,
stuck with the facts, but was passionate in his argument. Although we are
disheartened at the possibility of losing all of the rights that come with
marriage at the State level, we left the Statehouse that cold wintry evening
feeling uplifted after listening to so many thoughtful and loving words on
behalf of what is right and just.
g********d
发帖数: 4174
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http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/09/15/Opinions/18772.html#
The gay marriage "catastrophe"
BY ZACH WAHLS | SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 7:20 AM
A recent study on same-sex marriage confirmed my already strident pro-
equality view on the issue.
The nonprofit Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, led by University
of Iowa journalism Associate Professor Stephen Berry, found that nearly a
year and a half after the unanimous Iowa Supreme Court ruling — surprise!
— marriage in Iowa remains strong. In fact, since the Varnum v. Brien
decision, divorces have declined to their lowest per capita level since 1968
, at 7,286.
I'm just going to take a moment to revel in that.
One more second.
Swanky.
The Varnum decision directly affected my family. My mothers were married for
the second and third times last year. (The first time was a commitment
ceremony in 1996, the second time was the legit marriage in early October
2009 — so Mom 2 could get on Mom 1's health insurance after she lost her
job — and the third time included the whole ceremony, with family and
friends, later in October.)
And 14/one year(s) later, they're still going strong, despite having to deal
with a debilitating disease (multiple sclerosis), a brief period of
unemployment, and raising my younger sister and me. And, believe me, that
last one is the real testament to the strength of their marriage.
Still, all is not well and good in the heartland. Since Bob Vander Plaats, a
candidate for GOP nomination for governor, was defeated, he has turned his
focus to the retention votes of three members of the Iowa Supreme Court.
Now, Vander Plaats is a good guy. He worked as a high-school principal,
managed a nonprofit, and has been endorsed by Chuck Norris. I really wish I
could sit down with him and talk to him about why he is so vehemently
opposed to same-sex marriage.
On the campaign trail, he said that were he elected governor, he'd issue an
executive order to halt gay marriage, even if it meant he'd be impeached. Do
social conservatives really feel like their own marriages are under assault
? Are they trying to protect us, the kids produced by these relationships?
Last fall, I had the opportunity, courtesy of Iowa Public Radio's "The
Exchange," to talk with a Tea Partier about this very topic. When I
mentioned that two lesbian women raised me, her face turned to shock and
then concern. She asked if I ever had yearning to meet my father — an
anonymous sperm donor.
My answer was — and remains — "no." And no, I don't feel damaged or that
my childhood was somehow scarred. Maybe I have, in some way undetectable to
me, been permanently harmed by having two moms. I guess I can't be sure.
The truth is though — and this is something that the aforementioned study
also reported — we live pretty boring lives.
We do chores. We play board games. We get bored. We celebrate Christmas. We
mow our lawns and sweep our garages. We have fights, and we have catharsis.
We have faith. And, as I pointed out to my mom (the biological one) the
other day, the addition of a marriage certificate to our family doesn't
really feel a whole lot different. (She agreed.)
Like our fellow Iowans, we want only to live and let live. At the point that
92 percent of Iowans say that same-sex marriage hasn't affected their lives
(as a Des Moines Register poll found last fall), when Iowa divorce rates
have reached a 42-year low, and social conservatives have yet to produce a
single argument that demonstrates why civil marriage isn't a civil right,
you have to wonder what's motivating these people.
Beats me.
L*******e
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这段录像我看了,觉得还蛮感人的,简直就是Kids are all right的现实版啊。
我建议以后抓发新闻标题还是中文比较好。点击率比较重要吧,同一个帖子,我转到rainbow 或者
queer都是这里的7-8 倍
g********d
发帖数: 4174
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多好的一家子,很感人。
g********d
发帖数: 4174
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懒了。也是你贴的VIDEO吸引人。还有在同女和RAINBOW看了,自然就更不想来这儿看了。

rainbow 或者

【在 L*******e 的大作中提到】
: 这段录像我看了,觉得还蛮感人的,简直就是Kids are all right的现实版啊。
: 我建议以后抓发新闻标题还是中文比较好。点击率比较重要吧,同一个帖子,我转到rainbow 或者
: queer都是这里的7-8 倍

m******8
发帖数: 2153
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这个好酷, 以事实说话,有说服力.顶.
k*****e
发帖数: 22013
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哪个演讲真是很打动人,
facebook上到处都是了。
看人家家的小孩,年纪轻轻,才19
就这么成熟,学习好,还有能力,一比咱真是差远了。
我看我去认两个les当干妈还比较有前途。

【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: 多好的一家子,很感人。
X*******H
发帖数: 720
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举手~~~

【在 k*****e 的大作中提到】
: 哪个演讲真是很打动人,
: facebook上到处都是了。
: 看人家家的小孩,年纪轻轻,才19
: 就这么成熟,学习好,还有能力,一比咱真是差远了。
: 我看我去认两个les当干妈还比较有前途。

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