Family matters.I just read about the final "slap in the face" to gay men and women in the U.S.-George Bush's (unsurprising) comments about his strong support for the Federal Marriage Amendment The Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) (also known as the Marriage Protection Amendment) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would define marriage in the United States as a union of one man and one woman. . While his arrogance and incompetence in·com·pe·tence or in·com·pe·ten·cy n. 1. The quality of being incompetent or incapable of performing a function, as the failure of the cardiac valves to close properly. 2. are common knowledge, Bush is a key example of the hatred our people face each day. That is why the From the Editors column, "Pride and Thanksgiving," [June 20] meant so much to me on second reading. We must take primary responsibility in showing respect for ourselves, starting with our reaction to even our own family's discrimination toward us. To overlook our family's thoughtlessness because they are our family is how we begin a self-hatred that grows by the ugliness of those around us who would all but see us dead before accepting us as fellow travelers fellow traveler n. One who sympathizes with or supports the tenets and program of an organized group, such as the Communist Party, without being a member. Noun 1. on the road of life. Your final paragraphs say it better than I ever could: "We don't have to cut off our conservative loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl to let them know their actions have real harmful effects on our lives. We won't be nasty about it. We just won't be there. For one special day, we'll have dinner with our gay family; with people who know we deserve to have love and happiness and equality." Bless you for the simple yet elegant sentiment. JOHN ANTHONY John "Jack" Anthony (born January 19, 1988) is a Collingwood Magpies footballer in the Australian Football League. A tough as nails defender from Collingwood territory in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Anthony has been earmarked by the club to hold down the fullback D'AMBRA Butler, N.J. |
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