A lesbian couple—Jane Currie and
her partner, Anji Dimitriou—were attacked outside
a school in Oshawa as they waited amongst other parents
ten days ago.
So much hate. And why? What does Jane
Currie and Anji Dimitriou's love take from anyone?
Many people that would never dream of
inflicting such violence still think it's okay to stand
in the way of gay marriage. Proposition 8. California.
52% of voters approved a state ballot to restrict the
definition of marriage to a union between a man and
a woman.
Keith Olbermann's impassioned speech on
Proposition 8 and love sums up my feelings with the
utmost eloquence:
Yes. This is what it comes down to. People
standing against love. Olbermann's heartfelt words flashed
me back to an article
on Jamaican gay activist Gareth Henry (this past
year's Pride Toronto international grand marshal) I
read last summer.
The Toronto Star piece mentions that to
avoid dealing with his homosexuality, Gareth immersed
himself in church life while growing up in Kingston.
But one sermon about the evils of
homosexuality left him wondering, "What about
the love? I had never heard the pastor talk about
the love we have, the love we need."
What about the love?
What about declaring to the world that
you want to share your life with the person you love
and being allowed to call that sharing what heterosexuals
call it? What about feeling that your love is respected
as being as precious and wonderful as anyone else's?
What about the love?
What about the love?
What about the love?
The
love we have, the love we need
