Love love love this!

I've been saying this for years. The movement is never going to get anywhere if only gay people are fighting. We all need to be against it. I hate that almost every time I've spoken out in public against homophobia I've been asked if I was a lesbian. As if straight people can't care.

Originally Posted by oshyjay

Maybe it's that I live in Austin and people here are more accepting than most other places? I just found the article more rousing than informative, it called for action but it wasn't very concrete.
Edit: To his credit, he brings up a great rallying cry by calling people to put away their passivity on the issue; while I disagree that gay partnerships can be called marriages I completely stand behind him in saying that we need to stop allowing verbal and social abuse against someone who's made a different choice than yourself.

The line that startled me was this: "Do we want to indulge in rights that are not for everyone, particularly that of marriage?"

Ehhh this irks me... It's not a choice. And I know you disagree, but because it's not a choice, calling a legal union of a same-sex couple anything but marriage results in a separate-but-equal institution, which we've already decided isn't okay.

Originally Posted by tonyC4L

Ehhh this irks me... It's not a choice. And I know you disagree, but because it's not a choice, calling a legal union of a same-sex couple anything but marriage results in a separate-but-equal institution, which we've already decided isn't okay.

I don't think it should even matter whether it's a choice or not.

Originally Posted by Loveisa4lttrwrd

I don't think it should even matter whether it's a choice or not.

True. Religious people are a protected class and I don't think there's a doubt in anyone's mind that being part of a religion is a choice. It's kinda funny though that so many religious people use the "choice" argument in opposition to same-sex marriage.

Originally Posted by tonyC4L

Ehhh this irks me... It's not a choice. And I know you disagree, but because it's not a choice, calling a legal union of a same-sex couple anything but marriage results in a separate-but-equal institution, which we've already decided isn't okay.

This may not be the best place to have a discussion like this, but by "choice" I don't mean that the attraction is a choice, I simply mean what you do with your feelings is a choice. For example most heterosexual guys have a natural bend for pornography, but whether they view it or not is their choice. This is a purely sexual example and is very incomplete because feelings for other people involve more than sexual attraction, but it's late and I can't think of something better.

Great job, Antonoff.

Real.

I love this, I have even more respect for Jack now.

Originally Posted by FourStarters

The only Fun. shirt I own, but one that I absolutely had to pick up. All proceeds go to Revel & Riot, a group devoted to promoting awareness about the issues facing the LGBTQ community and the advances to overcome them. It's $15, and for anyone who downloads a leaked copy of the new record rather than buying it, I'd like to think you can at least throw some cash to a great cause instead.

http://store.ournameisfun.com/store/show/RYO66

Bought this the other day when I preordered Some Nights on vinyl. Great stuff.

<3

Not that it really matters, but is he gay?

Looking at the pic of Steel Train on the left of the article.

I forgot he used to look like that. Hah.

Originally Posted by schenksta

Not that it really matters, but is he gay?

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.p...ost1032 27342

Great message, great band.

Just wondering, considering there's a song called "It Gets Better" on Some Nights:
a) Is that the subject matter of the song?
b) Do Jack or Andrew write any of fun.'s lyrics?