Language of discrimination

     I'm reading this evening that the Federal Marriage Amendment has new, improved wording. The new version deletes a few words thereby making it possible for civil unions to exist. Goodness, how generous of them. That back seat of the bus is SO appealing.
     Really, the problem is not the wording, and that disgrace of a representative from Colorado doesn't get it. (She never will either so don't bother.) It's not the fact that we just want our equal civil rights, we want to be treated like American citizens, not second class people who just aren't good enough for marriage. Civil unions are fine and dandy, but not when they are lacking the full priviledges of marriage. I mean, a heterosexual couple can move out of state and take their marriage with them. A gay couple with a civil union cannot. There's a myriad of other inequalities associated with the difference between civil union and marriage. The most important being that it's "seperate but equal." (my ass)
     And here's my other problem with this amendment. It says to everyone that gays are not good enough, that we're not first-class citizens, and that we're not worthy of our human dignity. Know what that translates into? Hate crimes, teen suicide, mental and emotional distress, etc. When the government officially sanctions a viewpoint such as FMA, it sends a message to the people of the country, and unfortunately among those people are those like the ones who killed Matt Shepard. All they need is a little encouragement. Others are going to be kids in school who will torture young, gay kids like Robbie Kirkland who committed suicide because he couldn't take it anymore. And there's plenty of people out there who are just sick and tired of being the punching bag of the country, and it won't make life any easier for them. I know hateful language, even with deleted words, doesn't make life any better for anyone.
(source: New wording proposed for marriage ban)