(sung to the tune of "give my regards to broadway")
give my regardsssss to massachusettssssss
remember me along the wayyyyyyy
the rest of this country (except for alaska and vermont) are faklemptttttt
but massachusettsss is pro gayyyyyyyyy
give my love and respect to massachusettssss
you are the leaders todayyyyyyyyyy
you had the balls (and the female version of balls hmm ballettes)
to stand up and sayyyyyyy
being gay deserves the same rights todayyyyyyyyyy
hey hey hey
okay
song over
but it's catchy ain't it
meanwhile back in
the non singing world
can i just say
how happy
thrilled
ecstatic
(mildly turned on)
and
proud i am of what this north-eastern state
has just gone and done
and for those few people not in the know
(wake up!)
Massachusetts First State in Nation to Grant Same-Sex Couples
the Right to a Civil Marriage
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WASHINGTON - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled
that same- and opposite-sex couples must be given equal
civil marriage rights under the state constitution. The ruling
in Goodridge et al. v. Department of Public Health makes the
state the first in the nation to grant same-sex couples the
right to a civil marriage license. Ruling that civil marriage in
Massachusetts means the voluntary union of two persons as
spouses, to the exclusion of all others, the Court allowed the
Legislature 180 days to change the civil marriage statutes
accordingly.
**
Some of you out there in heterosexual land may wonder
why oh why would you queers want to get married so badly?
oh umm well other then you know "This is a basic human right!"
and that sorta thing there are also these little dandies...
If say the person you have chosen to share you life with is in the hospital
in a coma, surrounded by their blood relatives who hate that you and their little darling were lovers and have decided that even though your soul mate is near death, you just can't come in a see her or him...now...they won't be able to...now you will have spousal rights...without question..
If say your life partner dies..now it won't be such an up-hill or impossible battle to get your proper share of what a spouse should have in the way of inheritance
and legal respect for all matters pertaining to your loved ones death..
There is also that fact that now two gay lovers, life partners and soul mates
will now have the same financial responsibility for each other that straight married couples have had...which for some may be a real bummer
but really is part of the bond of marriage..the whole financial responsibilty thing
ya know
Now you and your lover will be able to file joint tax returns
and recieve whatever benefits come with that...(don't ask me
i know nada about taxes except that i sign where my accountant tells me to sign)
now...gay couples will recieve all the protections and benefits made available to straight couples...
here's a little dandy too...the various homophobic, backwards, ignorant
and well you know held in the ice ages...religious organizations that have refused to step forward and acknowledge this a basic human right and a statement of
equality for all people will you know have to recognize these marrriages
cause they can't go against the law dude....love that
love it... kinda reminds me of a little while back when the Mormon church was
anti-black...and faced a major civil rights discrimination suit for their rules against anyone who's skin was not white...they had some bullcrap thing about the darker the skin the closer to satan or some blatant..pile of dung...anyway after the leader of the Mormons was facing the hugest pile of charges and law suits you can imagine and I seem to believe was actually sitting his ass in jail at the time...
he suddenly had an epiphany and announced.."guess what...i've had a divine...
intervention here..and black folks are now okay!" woo hooo
mighty white of you there big fella...but you know
i'm thinking the turning of the tide was more about the mountain of jail time
and money you were about to lose
**FYI if anyone reading this has a copy of some of the old press on this
i think this happened in the 80's?? i'd love to read it..
(La Cubana my religious history expert has just chimed in here to inform me that the case was that black people could not ascend to the priesthood in the mormon church...thanks La C)
but i digress
my point is
soon...being anti gay marriage will be about as popular
as being anti- black folks not riding in the back of the bus
or those damn jews not having to wear their yellow stars
oh its a good day for the human race
give my regards to massachusettsssss
you are the leader of the packkkk
you are so sexy and the coolest state
that i wish you and i could date
ok ill shut up now
