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[vicarz]

GALLA supports recognition of the legal right to marry for gays and lesbians


GALLA opposes any efforts:

• to amend the constitution for the sheer purpose of restricting legal rights to certain members of the population
• to restrict the ability of the individual states to legislate what they will recognize as marriage within their state borders
• to restrict the ability of individual states to recognize marriages from other states

GALLA believes:

• that to deny a right based on sexual orientation is a form of discrimination which should not be tolerated by any American
• that it is disappointing that the language once used to bar interracial marriage is now being evoked to discriminate against gays and lesbians
• that the separation of church and state, protected by the constitution, should be recognized in the fundamental right of marriage
• that legal and symbolic rights, granted by the recognition of marriage, are important enough to be fought for in the courts, debates, and streets of this country

GALLA opposes the proposed restriction of basic legal rights based on sexual orientation or expression.

GALLA: George Mason Law School's
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Law Association

Comments

[faeriemage.livejournal.com]

i keep telling my group for my class social action project that we need to team up with other local schools in addition to maryland schools for this cause...i have a great connection right HERE to work with...perhaps your group is interested in joining the plight of my class?

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[vicar.livejournal.com]

To be honest we have a hard time getting anyone to do anything. There are 48 people on our mailing list, but our last meeting had 8 people and 3 the meeting before that. We're also just law focused, with a mission of camaraderie for our members (in a conservative law school) and presentation of issues to the student body.

We've had trouble having time/energy teaming with other law school gay orgs :(

[wabmart.livejournal.com]

It's a bit of dangerous ground, though. Not restricting a state's ability to legislate what they recognize as marriage means leaving them free to say marriage is between a man and a woman within that state.

Anyway, shouldn't it be GLABLA?

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[vicar.livejournal.com]

Agreed - but at the present time we're losing Federally but winning some state battles. It's a sad state of affairs, but it's absolutely true that the law should not be construed on a state by state basis. We're just issue whores for the time-being.

The bigger concern is why push this issue now at all, when it can only hurt the non-Bush candidates. I think it's vitally important, but that it shouldn't be pressed during an election year. It's kept this long, it would keep another year.

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[faeriemage.livejournal.com]

we've got 3 people from my class giving testimony on on wednesday regarding HB16....our lgbt group basically fell apart and those who really care are in my class. join our parade!

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[vicar.livejournal.com]

Kinda cool - but 7:30-4 at work, then off to school 6-7:30.

Then my candy-eating ass is hitting the gym.