April 9, 2012
whenthereckoningarrives: of-praxis: princehandsome: thenizu: of-praxis: Gay Texas judge won’t marry straight couples Tonya Parker, an African-American lesbian judge in Texas, refuses to marry straight couples until everyone in the state has the right to marry. Turning away would-be newlyweds is “my opportunity to give them a lesson about marriage inequality in this state,” Parker told a meeting of the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas earlier this week. She said it’s “oxymoronic” for her to perform a ceremony that can’t be performed for her. Instead, she refers couples to other judges in the courthouse with an explanation along the lines of “I’m sorry. I don’t perform marriage ceremonies because we are in a state that does not have marriage equality, and until it does, I am not going to partially apply the law to one group of people that doesn’t apply to another group of people,” she told the meeting. #perfecthumanbeing No. Wrong. When you’re being treated unfairly you don’t treat other people unfairly. That’s just a vicious cycle, because then when this judge treats those straight people unfairly, they’ll feel justified in treating gay people unfairly, and then gay people will feel justified in treating straight people unfairly, etc etc. This is not how you get your way. You don’t act like a brat and say “Well if I can’t get married, NOBODY CAN!!!!!!!!!” waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah she controls all the marriage licenses in the WORLD STRAIGHT PEOPLE CANT GET MARRIED REVERSE RACISM! but you know with gay people This is mad rad. I love it.

whenthereckoningarrives:

of-praxis:

princehandsome:

thenizu:

of-praxis:

Gay Texas judge won’t marry straight couples

Tonya Parker, an African-American lesbian judge in Texas, refuses to marry straight couples until everyone in the state has the right to marry.

Turning away would-be newlyweds is “my opportunity to give them a lesson about marriage inequality in this state,” Parker told a meeting of the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas earlier this week.

She said it’s “oxymoronic” for her to perform a ceremony that can’t be performed for her.

Instead, she refers couples to other judges in the courthouse with an explanation along the lines of “I’m sorry. I don’t perform marriage ceremonies because we are in a state that does not have marriage equality, and until it does, I am not going to partially apply the law to one group of people that doesn’t apply to another group of people,” she told the meeting.

#perfecthumanbeing

No. Wrong. When you’re being treated unfairly you don’t treat other people unfairly. That’s just a vicious cycle, because then when this judge treats those straight people unfairly, they’ll feel justified in treating gay people unfairly, and then gay people will feel justified in treating straight people unfairly, etc etc.

This is not how you get your way. You don’t act like a brat and say “Well if I can’t get married, NOBODY CAN!!!!!!!!!”

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

she controls all the marriage licenses in the WORLD

STRAIGHT PEOPLE CANT GET MARRIED

REVERSE RACISM! but you know with gay people

This is mad rad. I love it.

(Source: le-kif-kif, via against-pollution)

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