Comments | mistress_frisky: YAY New Jersey!

mistress_frisky

YAY New Jersey!

Oct 26, 2006 12:18

Wow, talk about fancy footwork! They struck down the Domestic Partnership Act because "The Domestic Partnership Act has failed to bridge the inequality gap between committed same-sex couples and married opposite-sex couples. Significantly, the economic and financial inequities that are borne by same-sex domestic partners are also borne by their ( Read more... )

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I thought there'd never be a reason to praise New Jersey! madreluna October 27 2006, 11:04:45 UTC

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE!!!! Heard about it, knew it was supposed to come down, but hadn't had a chance to hear the result! I'm thrilled to hear that logic and law can trump fear! It doesn't happen very often. These little battles that come out on the side of humanity and sensibility give me a feeling of heading toward a sort of brotherhood utopia that hopefully can come in the next century. I only wish I could be here to see it. Americans are bombarded with messages of tolerance and diversity from schools and Hollywood these days. We just need it to be in the home, now. And I think it'll take another generation to take. When I was a kid, everybody on commercials and TV shows was white and straight with the exception of all black shows (Sanford and Son, Cosby, etc) and some very innovative rogues such as "Different Strokes" and "The Jeffersons". Now some of the most popular shows are about a black president with extreme integrity (24), gay friends (Will and Grace), and we are regularly hit with those "the more you know" ( ... )