As a straight white male under the age of 50 in the United States I have it pretty easy. I'm disproportionately represented in the media, there is very little likelihood of my being assaulted and pretty much nobody hassles me about who I want to love.
I am a big believer in the idea that all humans should grant one another equal respect and rights. I'm lucky enough to live in a state that recognized last fall that denying an entire group of people the right to marry "just because" was actually unconscionable. Unfortunately we still have a long way to go in this country, which is why I donated to the HRC. When our children and grandchildren look back at this time in our history they're not going to be proud of our actions in granting entire groups of people basic rights, they're going to ask why it took us so long.
Good choice of cause.
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