Have we got a party planned when same-sex marriage is a given instead of a hope in every state... But in the meantime we just have to gloat a little. Between pimped-out rally signs, viral videos and witty T-shirt slogans the gays make for protesting look…dare we say….FABULOUS. Leave it to our boys, girls and grrrrls to fight fire with Broadway which is exactly what a group of college students did to protest North Carolina’s inequality bill, also known as Amendment One. We suggest you read on to check out the musical, unless you’re one of the chosen who will find himself with an NC ballot this May. In that case we’re demanding.
Inspired by Dustin Lance Black’s Prop 8: The Musical, two NC Chapel Hill students as well as another student from NYU created and released their version this past December to urge NC voters to punch the “Oh Hell No” hole on the Amendment One portion of the ballot this May.
Actor and assistant director in this musical feast, Joe Ehrman-Dupre, told the NYU Local, “We wanted to get voters in North Carolina to realize the importance of their vote within the larger frame of the state.”
While the video focuses on legalizing those gay weddings in the Outer Banks (or wherever it is gays marry in North Carolina), Ehrman-Dupre wants us to know this video is not just for Carolinians. “Even if you aren’t a citizen of North Carolina, you are or can be supporters of marriage equality, a right being threatened all across our country.”
Well, as assistant director and actor in NC Amendment One: The Musical, I must say that your comment proves that in many American's eyes, members of the LGBTQ community are second-class citizens. You think that your God has sanctioned you to judge us and would not allow or appreciate the bringing together of loving families? I just think that's depressing. Our argument hinges on the assumption that our nation was founded based on a variety of freedoms, including religious, and that we are not a Christian nation.
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... written by Jordizzle,
January 26, 2012
Having read "A History of the Right to Vote" yesterday, Safia, your "repercussions" argument is either a paranoid fear or a clever disguise. That is the exact same argument racists made against allowing blacks suffrage. The though was what is next? Dogs? Children? It is logically unsound to assume that the government would force churches to do just about anything. They are private organizations. They are free to do as they please. Allowing gay marriage does not give the government the right to stop religious officials from being bigoted and close-minded because that is freedom of speech. Rest assured that you aren't legally bound to tolerance if gays have the right to marry.
