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Lift the bans on gay marriage!

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Like in the 1960s we are again facing a civil rights crisis in this country. A crisis that bans two consenting adults to get married and have all of the benefits and rights that come with it. These are benefits that some people take for granted, like the right to adopt, or even be in the same room with an ailing loved one, or the right to leave a loved one something in a final will and testament. By denying people this right we are treating them as second class citizens. No one in this day should be treated any lower than anyone else. Just recently we elected America's first African American president proving just how far this country has come. So now let's step up and say "NO! I will not take someone being treated as a second class citizen in this country." Please let's stand together and say enough is enough! Separate but equal will no longer be tolerated. Let gay/lesbian couples get married and have the exact same rights as everyone else in this country. Let's make sure never again will someone be pushed to the back of the bus.
Like in the 1960s we are again facing a civil rights crisis in this country. A crisis that bans two consenting adults to get married and have all of the benefits and rights that come with it. These are benefits that some people take for granted, like the right to adopt, or even be in the same room with an ailing loved one, or the right to leave a loved one something in a final will and testament. By denying people this right we are treating them as second class citizens. No one in this day should be treated any lower than anyone else. Just recently we elected America's first African American president proving just how far this country has come. So now let's step up and say "NO! I will not take someone being treated as a second class citizen in this country." Please let's stand together and say enough is enough! Separate but equal will no longer be tolerated. Let gay/lesbian couples get married and have the exact same rights as everyone else in this country. Let's make sure never again will someone be pushed to the back of the bus.
We the undersigned, request that you overturn the ban on gay marriages in the United States of America.
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We signed the "Lift the bans on gay marriage!" petition!
# 99:
2:15 pm PST, Nov 7, DeAnn Johnson, Texas
# 98:
9:26 am PDT, Oct 14, Carole Hagen, Oregon
# 97:
5:50 am PDT, Oct 3, Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 96:
7:15 pm PDT, Aug 15, Whitney West, Arkansas
# 95:
9:00 am PDT, Aug 2, Brittany D, Indiana
"ALL men are born free and equal..."
# 94:
3:11 pm PDT, Jul 29, Tony Naaman, Texas
# 93:
5:26 pm PDT, Jul 14, Adrian Panton, United Kingdom
absolutely - gay people should be able to marry, like anyone else - it is natural, to fancy another man - being gay is great!
# 92:
7:40 am PDT, Jun 27, Daile O'Connor, New Jersey
Discrimination against the LGBT community NEEDS to end! If we still want to consider this country the "land of the free," then we need to stop denying millions of gay men & women their basic human rights. If two consenting adults truly love each other & want to get married, why should anyone stop them? Love is love!
# 91:
8:25 pm PDT, Jun 21, Tatiana Costa, Brazil
# 90:
7:50 am PDT, May 18, Ronald Packard Sr, Ohio
# 89:
1:36 pm PDT, May 17, Anna Hutchings, California
# 88:
10:14 pm PDT, May 15, Darrell Luna, Alabama
# 87:
7:46 am PDT, Apr 17, Catherine Dunham, Virginia
# 86:
3:47 am PDT, Apr 14, Jon Corlett, Florida
# 85:
4:48 pm PDT, Mar 24, Jade DH, Lebanon
# 84:
2:30 pm PDT, Mar 22, Caleb L, Arizona
# 83:
3:56 am PST, Mar 4, Euleta Usrey, California
We must fight discrimination in all forms!
# 82:
7:51 pm PST, Feb 24, Miranda Rumpf, Missouri
# 81:
8:44 pm PST, Feb 10, Elizabeth Lieffort, Minnesota
I, as a member of the gay community, will never feel that I am in a country that is truly devoid of discrimination until I can recieve the right to be legally married to the person I love. This is a civil right, and to deny it based upon sexual orientation is against every founding principal of this state.
# 80:
4:49 am PST, Jan 26, Sarah Mcelwee, California
Why is this important to you?
# 79:
6:38 pm PST, Jan 23, Mieke Bernaards, Belgium
# 78:
10:22 pm PST, Jan 5, Erica Prindle, California
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE
# 77:
11:35 am PST, Jan 2, Renee Peyvan, California
I believe two unrelated, consenting adults have the right to love and marriage no matter their gender. I am heterosexual, and have enjoyed 30 years of marriage to the man I love, why would we deny this same right to anyone, because of who they choose to love.
# 76:
2:23 pm PST, Dec 29, Amanda Hager, North Carolina
# 75:
2:12 pm PST, Dec 24, Chelsea McCrory, Louisiana
ok they say we have freedom of speech. we should have freedom of speech to love to. im a lesbian and i wanna get married some day but it's stupid to see how many people think that gay marriage is wrong. if straight people can get married tan why not us gay people?
# 74:
2:11 pm PST, Dec 24, Becca Faust, Illinois
This is important to me because honestly theres nothing wrong with it and it doesn't bother other peoples lives.
# 73:
1:20 pm PST, Dec 24, Theresa Vasquez, California
i think its really important to have a equal rights that same sex couples should marry and i mean marry* the person they truely love and want to spend there life with
# 72:
1:16 pm PST, Dec 24, Name not displayed, California
its really important to have a equal right that people should marry i mean marry* the person they truely love
# 71:
3:31 am PST, Dec 23, Trisha O'Bannon, Philippines
# 70:
3:37 pm PST, Dec 19, Natasha Brekke, Australia
They say we have rights. Yeah. Bull!!
# 69:
5:38 pm PST, Dec 13, Ari R. Kolman, Canada
We've got to eliminate Hate of the GLBT Community, and this is a wonderful way to get everyone more aware of the fact that we need everyone's help.. We will get everyone to grow up and stop Hating. I will be working until I die to do this. They say they are not Homophobic but they are worse, they are Big Homophobes and they're encouraging too many others to also be that way.. Who do they think they are "Jesus". Poor Jesus, He's flipping in his grave. Separate but equal will no longer be tolerated.
# 68:
6:23 pm PST, Dec 9, Terri High, Texas
because we have the right to choose. it is our life and as long as we r not hurting anyone or commiting a crime people need to leave us the f#%k alone. kinda like bi-racial couples use to it was illegal for white to marry black but now its ok so let people be who they r it is a free country
# 67:
2:24 pm PST, Dec 9, Tiffany Holland, New York
because im lesbian and its not far to us to be treated this way
# 66:
12:10 pm PST, Dec 9, Jess R, Texas
In my opinion we are all human beings no matter how different we are from each other. some of us are not willing to conform to what other say is how we should be. We always hear growing up the the U.S. is the land of the free the home of the brave so on and so on. But in reality its not. How hard is it to treat the gays in this nation the same as anyone else? I mean come on is this highschool all over again? Give us the rights we deserve. The rights we are entitled to as americans. We deserve a chance at having a family aswell. I dont understand how hard it is to understand we are just like anyone else in this world. We want to be successful in life. We long for what everyone else longs for. We are not animals or aliens. We are people who deserve to be treated just as equal as anyone else in this nation. Maybe you will eventually see that for yourself. This is only my opinion and how i feel. I hope one day i will have the same rights my parents taught me id have as a straight woman. Being gay is a very small part of me. I am a human being, i am a woman, i am a daughter, a sister, a friend, i am all the things you are or anyone else is and i feel the same as anyone else. I know my words may not change anyones mind. But maybe they will. Give us human beings the right to be just that. thank you for your time
# 65:
6:45 pm PST, Dec 8, Tasha Douglas, Texas
I think after electing a black president we have proven enough that discrimination should no longer be an issue...so why is it!?
# 64:
9:59 am PST, Dec 8, Kasey Sherman, Texas
Marriage is about LOVE not GENDER!
# 63:
8:59 am PST, Dec 8, Anna Black, Vermont
I believe that EVERYONE has a fundamental right to live their lives loving whoever they chose to love and marrying whoever they chose to marry. Allowing gay marriage doesn't affect society negatively in any way. Let people live their lives without unfair restrictions.
# 62:
2:16 pm PST, Dec 4, Lisa Grundmann, Australia
# 61:
12:17 pm PST, Dec 4, Heidi Wagner, Arizona
# 60:
5:06 pm PST, Dec 3, David Zobrisky, Oregon
I think all people have a right to love and to having the State honor that love.
# 59:
3:41 pm PST, Dec 3, Olivia Alperstein, New Jersey
Marriage is about a union between the people you love, regardless of who you love. The US Constitution guarantees "the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." If uniting with your loved one isn't happiness, I don't know what is and I'm clearly in the wrong country.
# 58:
4:04 pm PST, Dec 1, Kristofer Stachar, California
# 57:
1:15 pm PST, Nov 30, Sophie Szeferowicz, France
I strongly support this petition.
# 56:
8:06 am PST, Nov 21, Kathleen Medina, Puerto Rico
# 55:
3:14 pm PST, Nov 20, Michelle Dunham, Arizona
# 54:
6:45 pm PST, Nov 19, Kathleen A.H., Arizona
# 53:
10:09 am PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, New York
The civil rights movement didn't end in the 60's! The supreme court decided that separate is NOT equal with Brown vs Board of Education and that is still true. Lets not wait until a case makes it to supreme court, lets legalize same sex marriage now!
# 52:
4:33 pm PST, Nov 14, Courtney Jackson, Maine
# 51:
3:39 am PST, Nov 14, Catherine Carr, South Africa
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