Born Straight, Refuse To Hate - Lily's Favorite Marriage Equality Poster Slogans

Hello LilyOnTheLam.Com Readers:

Happy Monday!  I am taking a break from my usual blog subjects - travel, food and my crazy dating life - and instead turning to the United States Supreme Court.  (Three years of law school-- I might as well put forth some legal blog posts every now and again, eh?)

This week, the United States Supreme Court will be hearing two cases regarding gay marriage - the constitutionality of Proposition 8 as well as the Defense of Marriage Act Case - United States v. Windsor.  (Read more about it here.)

I am pro equality - as in pro-marriage equality.  I believe life is too short to not have love recognized and for all United States citizens to be treated equally.  I look to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.  Looking back at US history, White Americans were not allowed to marry Asian Americans in some jurisdictions.  If this law had continued, my parents would not have been allowed to marry legally.  I am half Caucasian, half Asian.  While I may be an outlaw by personality, had such anti-miscegenation laws continued I would have either been an outlaw by birth or not born at all.  

(Could you imagine a world without Lily?  Oh the horror!)

There will be rallies held all around the United States this week in support of marriage equality.  While I am heterosexual, I will be taking part in a local rally to show my support of this very worthwhile cause because inequality to some is inequality to all.  

My politico partner in crime is getting out the glitter glue and making posters for the rally.  I searched the internet for some good poster slogans.  I flooded my politico partner's cell phone text in box with so many slogans that I decided I also needed to write a blog of "Lily's Favorite Marriage Equality Poster Slogans."  

I would hope that all my readers would support equality for all citizens.  

Lily's Favorites:

1)  For me - "Born Straight, Refuse to Hate" and "Straight not narrow - I support equality" are tops in my book!

2) "It's not about gay or straight - it's about human rights."

3) "Gay marriage doesn't bother me, hatred and inequality do."

4)  "People of quality, don't fear equality."

5)  "Marriage is a human right, not a heterosexual privilege."

6)  "Equal means equal"

7)  "And Marriage For All"

8)  "Separate is not equal"

9)  "Teach love, not H8"

10)  "Legalize love"

11)  "Got Equality?"

12)  "No one is free when others are oppressed"

13)  "Open your heart, open your mind"

14)  "Marriage equality NOW"

15)  "Love is gender-blind"

16)  "Love belongs to everyone"

17)  "Marriage is an issue of commitment not gender"

18)  "Le-gay-lize"

19)  Ban gay bashing, not gay marriage"

20)  Pugs, not Drugs  (OK that last one doesn't fit the occasion, but it's still a good slogan)

I hope you will support marriage equality.  I don't have any pictures for this blog post, so I'll post a picture of my kitten Chibby.  He supports love in all forms.