Highlight Link of the Day: Why straight people who CAN marry must stand up for gay people who can’t

The link of the week is an article from back in August 2010, and written by a Mia Freedman. It does an excellent job of highlighting the similarities of public attitude with interracial marriage back in the sixties and the attitudes towards same-sex marriage today.

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Here are a couple of quick quotes:

“when the US Supreme Court legalised interracial marriage in 1967, a whopping 70% of Americans strongly disagreed. It happened anyway.”

“…start making some noise. Heterosexual people and married people and single people need to stand up and say, “I’m secure enough in myself or my relationship not to be threatened by the definition of marriage becoming a little more inclusive of other loving couples.”

Thanks to my sister for sending me this link. It surprisingly ties in well with my topic for the week, which is about the tradition of the Marriage Act in Australia. See ya on Wednesday.