Letter to the Boston Metro

[juldea]

In recent days, both President Bush and Governor Romney have attempted
to make a case for defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman
on the grounds that marriage exists mainly for creating and raising
children. This platform is a slap in the face to the thousands if not
millions of childless or childfree couples in the United States. Many
married couples either choose not to have children or physically
cannot, and the current rhetoric insinuates that their marriages lose
validity because of a lack of offspring in their lives. An infertile
couple is no different with regards to procreation than a homosexual
couple - and yet I see no section of this amendment requiring
prospective spouses to prove their fertility in order to receive a
marriage license. If the talking heads are going to base the
definition of marriage on ability to breed, logic dictates they take a
stand against childless couples as well as homosexual couples.
Choosing to exclude only one of these groups without mentioning the
other simply makes obvious the true agenda behind the exclusion - a
veiled attempt to lower a segment of our population to second-class
status simply because of whom they love.

My Name
Somerville, MA
Contracts Administrator
26 years old

Comments

[idonotlikepeas]

Best letter ever!

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I'm quite proud of it. :)

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

me and my "structural purposes only" uterus applaud you!

[tpau]

tahtis liekthe best description i ahve ever heard... though... am nto sure uterus actually has any structural purpose...

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

It does... it helps (I've been told by medical people who say they studied this stuff) keep some stuff anchored to the bottom of your abdominal cavity. Or something. Like that.

[tpau]

heh neat

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Here's what a quick google found: Keeping the uterus seems to be preferred unless there is a specific reason to get rid of it (ie fibroids), but some people have them removed "just because" anyway.

http://www.wdxcyber.com/nmood13.htm

[tpau]

i bet it's prefered jsut in caeyou descide to have babies after all, nto for any real reason...

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

No... that page mentioned prolapsed vaginas to be an issue without the uterus helping hold it up (OW! and also, ew) along with sex drive/enjoyment issues, along with uneccesary cutting into your body.

I'd rather just get my tubes cut, personally. I suspect, however, that once I get off the hormanal BC, my ragin PMS and endometriosis like symptoms will come back.

[starfireming.livejournal.com]

Gah. I hate hormones. I think I will try to adopt rather than the DIY way, just because I act badly when hormonal. I ♥ the Ring!

I have a friend who was spayed recently, for, I suspect, less than necessary reasons. Apparently total hysterectomies are more common than needed. Menopause is no good at 23.

(Yet if you ask them to spay you they won't.... Sheesh!)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Hell, I don't know that mine isn't for the same purposes only until it's proven otherwise... *eep*

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

Cool. You should send it to the Herald, too.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I don't want my name touching the Herald.

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it might be seen by more people whose opinions need to change.

[princesscurly.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!

I bet the Alabama papers wouldn't print that. Just sayin.

You are brilliant and awesome. :)

[starfireming.livejournal.com]

I too emailed my senators and representative telling them that I want them to enforce adultery as a crime, not fuck with the Constitution.

You are all lovely in any case.

I thought MA was a liberal bastion?

I also understand that charm and politeness don't work round there. Pls advise. (I'm thinking of moving.)

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Massachusetts has this strange habit of electing Republican Governors to offset the liberal bias. Inevitably, they get Presidential Aspirations, and you get shit like this.

[starfireming.livejournal.com]

::looks confused:: who is republican? are you saying Bush is originally from Massachusetts? oh, my head!

See, I know you ain't from here(Richmond, VA, that is) but we mostly go all Republican. And charm works wonders. But I have heard that Massachusetts is a horse of a different color.

I myself am a Libertarian and a cranky one at that.

Actually, George Herbert Walker Bush grew up in Massachusetts

[etherial.livejournal.com]

But I was referring to the likes of Calvin Coolidge, Bill Weld, and Michael Dukakis (though the latter was a Democrat).

I'm a libertarian, and also a cranky one. I'd invite you to join the cranky libertarian party, but I don't believe in political parties.

Thanks for drawing my attention to the illustrious history of Massachusetts Governors. I need to get proper documentation to remove the "acting" phraseology from all apropriate Governors who took over mid-term. It's my understanding that Governor Swift was Governor by law, and called "Acting Governor" by the Media to undermine her office and bring in Romney.

Re: Actually, George Herbert Walker Bush grew up in Massachusetts

[tpau]

don't forget that their main problem with Swift was that she had twins.

massachuusets elects republican governors, usually of hte Weld variety, who are socially liberal but fiscally conservative. whic hromney si... not as much.

Re: she had twins

[etherial.livejournal.com]

The Bitch!

Re: she had twins

[tpau]

yeah really. omg how can you do any real work when you ahv eTHE KIDZZZ!!!eleventyone!!

the thing that amuse dme was that the gov of RI a ttha ttime had some sort of medical problems and was in the hospital 50% of the time, but hta twasok. the fact that she had a 4 day workweek withthe other 3 days workgin form home was unthinkable. save the children. sigh.

Given the current Bush, I'd prefer the less-Texan one.

[starfireming.livejournal.com]

I'm cranky because in the last Virgina governor's election, I felt forced to vote for the Democrat..

The candidates were Kilgore(R), Kaine(D), and Potts(I). I was very much a supporter of Potts, but K&K were neck and neck, and I hate Jerry Kilgore in that personal kind of way. He is despicable. So I held my nose, voted for Kaine, and will volunteer for Potts next election, even if I am in Mass. When will the American system adopt the Borda count?

Re: Borda Count

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Sometime after the Communist Revolution, I imagine.

[starfireming.livejournal.com]

Well, I would argue after somebody with some sense takes over the world, but that wouldn't be terribly logical, would it? My young man certainly would never be so silly as to allow voting that meant something.

Stupid Americans.. as if it were unconstitutional to vote someone into office that everybody could agree on!

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Select parts of MA are a liberal bastion, but we have our fare share of Republicans andor religious fundimentalists.

Charm and politeness don't work? Could've fooled me...

[starfireming.livejournal.com]

Oh thank God. My SO's mother is from Mass and she clearly believes that charm is not a survival skill(whereas I think it is.) She is a really nice lady and has a lot of energy, but she's like a fish out of water in Virginia. To Virginians, she seems loud and abrasive. She tells me that where she's from you have to speak up for what you want.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well... no matter WHERE you are, you have to speak up for what you want. This is not incompatible with charm. I guess I'd need examples of her behavior to really understand.

[starfireming.livejournal.com]

Her version of speaking up is demanding, trying to guilt people into doing what she wants them to, and yelling as needed. She is proud of the fact that certain members of the General Assembly cross the street when they see her coming.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Ew. :P I'm sorry.

[flyingindie.livejournal.com]

I hope it gets published!