So My Girlfriend Asked Me Tonight to Make a Posting [View all]

My girlfriend is not political at all. I only post here every so often. But tonight she asked me to post something about how angry she is, and I thought this is the place to do it. I told her tonight about the bill trying to pass in NC about marriage protection. She has NEVER been a political person at all. I am slowly changing her. We have no rights to get married whatsoever. We live in Missouri which is so closed to change it is not even funny. Her exact words were, "Why can't we get married? Everyone is so exposed to this it is not even funny. My daughter accepts my gayness, why can't everyone else? I flaunt my gayness because I know that is who I am. Why can't people just accept? It's ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. We show our love and marriage the same way straight people do, but we last longer. We may not reproduce in the ordinary fashion, but we save lives through adoption. Even if I was straight, I would feel the same way. How dare you for condemning someone for living the way they do. How dare you for condemning someone for wanting to love and live your life. And we have dumbass republicans blocking us from loving, including my parents, even though they love me. All I want to do is be love, and to be freely loved, who I choose to love. It just happens to be the same sex. Bring it." I love this woman so much.