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The Flag of Equal Marriage
From Studio360′s Gay Flag Design Challenge comes The Flag of Equal Marriage, an evolving protest flag for equal marriage rights in the United States:
The stars on the Jan 1, 2010 flag represent the states that actively perform same-sex marriages. Stars are arranged on the blue field in order of each state’s admission into the union.
The stars are:
- Massachusetts – #6 – May 17, 2004
- Connecticut – #5 – Nov 12, 2008
- Iowa – #29 – Apr 24, 2009
- Vermont – #14 – Sep 1, 2009
- Maine – #23 – Sep 14, 2009
- New Hampshire – #9 – Jan 1, 2010
The back story:
In 1902, when the women’s suffrage movement was just getting warmed up, the American flag had 45 stars… In protest, the suffragists created their own US flag with only four stars, representing the four states that allowed women to vote…
Our Position:
We want the flag of equal marriage to be complete, with all 50 stars lit up. We see three ways equal marriage, as we define it, could be achieved:
- Every individual state could pass a law allowing same-sex marriage.
- The federal government could repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and allow same-sex marriage at the federal level, overriding all state-level bans.
- The term “marriage” could be removed from state and/or federal laws, turning all “marriages” into civil unions in the eyes of the government. PLUS, same-sex civil unions would need to be recognized in all 50 states or at the federal level.
- Our protest flag helps you track our progress toward completion of one of these three goals.
Via Joe.My.God and Slog.
5 Responses to “The Flag of Equal Marriage”
What does the polygamists flag look like? Or are we shutting them out? Weren't they first in line? How are their pleas different from those who prefer sex with the same gender as opposed to those who prefer sex with objects, the opposite gender etc.?
I'd hate to think Gay sexuals Lesbian sexuals Transgender sexuals and Bisexuals were somehow shutting out other groups equally worthy of “love” of consenting adults?
I have so many questions..
I support gay marriage. I also support polygamist marriage between consenting adults, What I don't support are tax breaks for anyone being married. Let people do whatever they want according to their religious or social beliefs, just keep my wallet out of it, and keep the Government out of it as well.
yeah. there's a good reason for that.
Silhouette–
I'm seeing your point. You and Li-ann.
I am moving farther to the right on this issue. I contribute this to compelling arguments and the LGBT bloggers taking the attitude that: “You will believe what we tell you to believe or we will hate attack you constantly and consistently until you are either our slave poster or you are driven out”. I find this psychotic.
I want to be open minded on the issue, but the cost is to high.
You think it's gay people telling others to “believe what we believe”, when the other side is the one attempting to codify a Biblical perspective of marriage into civil law? Pot, meet kettle. He wanted to tell you, you're black.