[Sistermadly]

The movements have some similarities, especially when you consider that the Idiot-in-Chief is trying to legally add discriminatory language into the constitution that makes gays and lesbians second class citizens. Sound familiar, anyone?

When you are fighting for recognition, for enfranchisement, for the right to enjoy the same financial, legal, and spousal benefits as everyone else; when you are fighting to have your class become a legally protected class (like other minorities), and when you are fighting to be included in the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", you have a civil rights issue.

Civil rights isn't just about dogs and hoses. It isn't just about sitting at lunch counters or not moving to the back of the bus. It's about demanding access to the same centers of power that everyone else has access to, and right now, gay and lesbian couples don't have access to one of the main avenues to power in the US - through legally (and socially) sanctioned marriage.