To get a change in policy, one must shift the window of what is feasible politically:
Since commonly held ideas, attitudes and presumptions frame what is politically possible and create the “window,” a change in the opinions held by politicians and the people in general will shift it. Move the window of what is politically possible and those policies previously impractical can become the next great popular and legislative rage.
I propose we lobby Congress to submit the Equal Marriage Amendment for consideration by the states:
Section 1. The right of two individuals to enter into or dissolve a civil marriage, with all its attendant rights and responsibilites, shall not be denied or abridged on account of either participant’s sex.
Section 2. This article shall not be construed as obliging private institutions or faiths to recognize any marriages.
Section 3. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
This Independence Day, let’s raise a glass to the patriots who are fighting in ways large and small to defend our much-lauded ideals of democracy and liberty from all-too-human dogma, oligarchy, and conformity. Here‘s to the lawyers, to the librarians, to the bloggers, to the chroniclers, to the marchers, to the activists, to the voters, to the people who still believe in the dream.
On May 17, 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from their list of mental disorders.
May 17 now marks the International Day Against Homophobia. Read about the history of IDAHO.
If you believe in the right to privacy, you may want to sign the ACLU’s petition urging phone companies to stop collaborating with warrantless government spying.
And yes, you have to give your name on a petition for anonymity. Oh, the irony.
