The Advocate poll.Q: Would you go on strike for the day to further same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable rights? no 12% yes 83% unsure 5% Note: Table made from pie chart. How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the December December: see month. 5 issue of The Advocate * "The best message we could send would not only be a day without gays showing up for work but also a day without gays spending any money." * "If I were to go on strike for a day, I would be depriving my workplace of the services for which I was hired. That is as unfair to my employer as it is for us to be denied the right to marry." * "Instead of not showing up, we need to be more visible. If we engaged in civil disobedience civil disobedience, refusal to obey a law or follow a policy believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobediance basing their actions on moral right and usually employ the nonviolent technique of passive resistance in order to bring wider attention to the , like mass sit-ins at town halls, it would be impossible to ignore us:' * "How would not showing up for work for a day show we deserve marriage rights?" * "The problem is, only people out at work could do this and make a statement. And if you are out at work, chances are good your company or boss is gay-friendly. So we would be punishing pun·ish v. pun·ished, pun·ish·ing, pun·ish·es v.tr. 1. To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault. 2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense). 3. our allies." * "Absolutely--I deserve the same right to choose my partner as any other American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of ." * "It's a nice thought, but would it work? Strikes only work if you strike for extended periods of time, and who can afford that?" * "I would, just because I feel that it would show the world how important we are and not to take us for granted." |
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