Some of you probably received this same email from Prop 8 organizers, but I thought this excerpt was great to hear and reminds me that not everyone is jumping on the band wagon to appeal something that has already been put to a vote. I was not planning on posting about Prop 8 again after the election, because I was treating it like when you are on summer break you don't say the S word, (school) but I liked this statement.
Elton John: Heterosexual Couples Have Marriage, Same-Sex Couples Have Civil Partnerships
USA Today published an article yesterday in which Sir Elton John spoke about his position on Proposition 8. John clarified his position on Prop 8 while attending the annual benefit for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. He was accompanied by his longtime partner David Furnish, whom he joined in a civil union in 2005. John was quoted as saying, "We're not married. Let's get that right. We have a civil partnership. What is wrong with Proposition 8 is that they went for marriage. Marriage is going to put a lot of people off, the word marriage."
John went on to emphasize that civil unions grant same-sex couples the same rights afforded to married heterosexual couples. He stated, "I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership…the word marriage, I think, puts a lot of people off. You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships."
2 comments:
Molly, love the quote. Now if he could just put it in a song so that the whole world could hear and see it that way! :)
That info was so good I had to put it on my blog. (I forgot to give you the credit so please don't put any copyright infringements on me :)
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