What do you think?

So... I got to thinking...

We've got this stupid constitutional amendment for a marriage/civil union ban here in Wisconsin that is on the ballot Tuesday. Not only would it ban marriages and civil unions, but it would also take away wills, domestic partnerships, powers of attorneys, etc.... and not just from gay people either. Also from unmarried straight people. It even takes away our right to *ask* or *petition* the government for our rights.

How this doesn't violate the 14th amendment of the constitution... I still have yet to figure out. How anyone in their right mind would even consider something like this to be okay, I don't know. ...Except to say that it's a group of Christian fundamentalists that are pushing for it. The guy who wrote the bill has been divorced three times. The fundies here have resorted to lying to people to get them to vote in favor of it... even telling them that voting against it would *legalize* gay marriage. That just isn't true. It's already against the law here. All that would change by voting against the ammendment is... well... nothing. Everyone would get to keep their rights exactly as they are right now. No one's rights would be taken away.

So... please people, VOTE NO!

If this ammendment passes (if people vote yes), then I may not even have the right to sign a contract with my wife. Our wills can be contested, our health insurance taken away, and our power of attorney voided. Worst of all is that because of the way the ammendment is worded, after they take away all of this from us, WE HAVE NO LEGAL RECOURSE. The ammendment takes away our right to petition the government! Essentially this makes us second-class citizens. Let me repeat this part...

WE HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PETITION OUR GOVERNMENT FOR OUR RIGHTS!

We will be second-class citizens... kind of like the Jews in Germany... only without the trains and concentration camps... at least for now. Can anyone say Nuremberg? No? Okay then, how about Jim Crow?

So if it passes, I'm thinking of some way to protest on campus without losing my job or getting expelled. So, I'm thinking of wearing a sign with a big not equal sign and the words "second-class citizen" as well as shaving my head. (I would, of course, donate my hair to locks of love.)

What do you think? I need your opinion.


UPDATE: The amendment unfortunately passed. I didn't shave my head. I'm glad now that I didn't... I wouldn't want my friends making "she's lost it" Britney Spears jokes or calling me Sinead. I did wear the shirt though... no one said a word. It was VERY quiet on campus the next day. Many of my teachers who are gay could hardly get through class. Most classes let out early.