tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post617673936603310767..comments2024-02-26T02:02:51.364-05:00Comments on Queers United: New Washington Referendum 71 (Domestic Partnerships) AdQueers Unitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-70110360140066360562009-10-22T13:43:43.437-04:002009-10-22T13:43:43.437-04:00Thank you, Charlene Strong, for channeling your pa...Thank you, Charlene Strong, for channeling your pain to such a positive end. This is my nightmare right here, because my wife was almost not allowed to see me in the hospital a couple years ago after I'd surfed into a sailboat, even though she and my friends took me to the ER. I screamed and cried and caused a scene until a sympathetic nurse made the doctor relent, and then I immediately passed out. (I didn't even remember doing that until my wife, the nurse, and two friends told me.) Not everyone can do that.<br /><br />I remember telling this story to a couple of people who are against SSM, and being told, "Maybe you should just give up surfing." I guess it's as easy for a non-surfer to tell a surfer to "just" give up her hobby as it is for a homophobic straight person to tell a queer one to "just" give up the love of her life. And things happen *everywhere*. One of us could as easily be hit by a bus, knock on wood. Kate Fleming was at home, working, living her life and minding her business. <br /><br />Death takes you when it will. It is inevitable. But prejudice, and horrible treatment because of prejudice, is NOT. We can fight that! We must fight that!CrackerLilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176388186521154104noreply@blogger.com