Reply #34: sorry thought you were being sarcastic [View All]

the FMA is the Federal Marriage Amendment, and laws like it.

My family is not a legal family. I can't insure my partner. My kids can be taken from me at a traffic stop in Oklahoma. I can potentially be denied a mortgage, visitation rights, power of attorney, and the right to dispose of my own property as I see fit to a designated legal heir, because my life partner is not considered next of kin without a marriage certificate. If the republican party and some democrats have their way, I wouldn't be able to adopt my partner's children and they would be considered legal strangers.

That's what's at stake. We're fed up. We're 15% of the vote. Address our issues. It's not "hot button" - it's first and foremost.