01.16.10
An Open Letter to NOM
This is an open letter to Brian S. Brown – Executive Director of National Organization for Marriage (NOW)
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Dear Mr. Brown,
I just got done reading the current update on Prop 8 from NOM. I am still amazed at the level of mis-information you will go. I know this email will fall on deaf ears and perhaps in some way you will post it as a threat against you as you have claimed others have. But really, if people have had to quit a job because it came out they supported Prop 8, maybe that says something – maybe hiding in the shadows, in the dark, which is what you want to do, is wrong.
Perhaps standing up and speaking about what you believe, in a public forum, open to everyone, is something that makes you and your kind afraid? I would have no problem stepping out and saying, “I am lesbian, why do you all hate me so much?” Please don’t babble on about hating the sin and loving the sinner – you know that is not the case. You use it to deflect. Actions speak louder than words.
If you truly want marriage to be about procreation and loving moms and dads, then please be fair and deny all infertile couples the legal right to marry. Oh and I guess you need to abolish my parents marriage of 65 years since they can no longer pro-create.
If you want to “Protect Marriage” – although I still don’t understand what you are protecting it from – remember, we can’t marry, and we are not the ones having children out of wedlock – it is straight people. We are not the ones divorcing since we can’t marry – at perhaps the highest rate in history – that is you guys. I could go on, but why bother…
Why not come out from the shadows – the same shadows that the KKK hides in – why not be proud of who you are, step out in to the light and let us see the faces of those would would seek to take our rights away from us? We are not out to hurt anyone, but we do have the right to face those who call us an abomination – at least in this judicial system – so why not share your lists? Why? Because you are not afraid of retribution as you claim. You are simply afraid of the light – the same as the KKK and the Nazis and all others who choose to repress and deny the rights to those who are born different than the majority.
Why not debate me – a simple person – who has no real ties other than supporting the fight for our rights. I am not a public figure – I am not someone who hides from the light. Why not stand up and discuss common sense instead of legal trickery? Why not stop the lies and misinformation that you spread? Care to debate me? I doubt it, because you are all afraid – perhaps of your own shadows – and if you stay in the darkness with the other hateful people of the world, then, I guess, you truly do have nothing to be afraid of..
My heart goes out to you for one simple reason – you are a sad individual who has no power unless you are invoking your beliefs on others. That is the only way people like yourselves have any power at all – by trying to control what others think and well, I am simply sad for you.
Peace, love and light
Kat