Re-vision of a September 30, 2008 post
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Note Bene - I won't even mention those ridiculous "Tea Party" idiots who thought THEIR "protest" had an ounce of credibility. Yeah, they are "suffering".
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Equality Tax Revolt is very different from War Tax Protest, with 'EQUALITY' being about being denied
(for no rational reason)
the most basic, fundamental family rights and 'WAR' being about an opposition to government policies and military actions and/or just taking a moral stand FOR peace and FOR non-violence.
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People may be "for" or "against" a particular war, or they may be against ALL wars.
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By contrast, my constitutional right to be treated EQUALLY is NOT up for "debates", "amendments", or "propositions"; No Discussion Required when it comes to my right (and therefore my children's right) to be treated equally under the law. I believe an Equality Tax Revolt is needed until E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E has the same civil right to protect their beloved family members and children.
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The year 2009 just might be the year American decides it WILL value the Q community AND our tax dollars. I wanna say "Bada-Boom-Bada-Bing" (since I watch The Sopranos too much), but Old School says EQUAL = EQUAL, with little wiggle room. In 2009 you will NOT EXCLUDE our family from Civil Marriage, (or really any ridiculous ignorance-based discrimination like D.A.D.T. or the TRANS-SCARE) and then expect to INCLUDE our family's income in your tax revenue, America.
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I realize some folks either do not know this FACT...or perhaps they do not want to admit this FACT, but:
Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Intersex, and Transgender Americans have adopted and/or given birth to children and are raising them in their homes...right now.
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These families do exist.
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We Exist.
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Our Children Exist.
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BOO!
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To even TRY to imprison me for resisting taxation due to the denial of a fundamental family right, when in 30 years I will have this same right (so say most experts) - is not only LUDICROUS, it demands a revolt. I WILL NOT ALLOW TAXATION UNTIL EQUAL; if you need to separate your church from my state, so be it. I still do not understand why heterosexual couples are not barred from obtaining civil marriages using a Justice of the Peace. They are allowed non-religious marriages. We are not.
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I will emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, and physically resist in the greatest way possible ANY attempt to deny myself and my family the freedoms and rights we deserve as US citizens. And to any Q's who may disagree with tax protest - If you want to debate your own worth for another 10, 20, 30 years, GO FOR IT. I can't stop you from paying my taxes, but I think you are insane for accepting this blatant taxation without equality through your tax compliance. Personally, I believe in SIMPLE MATH. ~
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DEAR READER - I posted this because some less-sensible and sound citizens may think because I support BOTH War Tax Protest and Equality Tax Revolt that I am climbing on any ol' bandwagon to avoid paying income tax. Nope. We have 2 very serious issues here. I may not be willing to go to jail for war tax protest yet (and I'd want to see how the war tax community is being treated as a whole judicially before saying anything), but I will earnestly do all of the above and more for my Equality Tax Revolt and for my constitutional rights and freedoms as a Gay American. This legal discrimination is WRONG and IMMORAL.
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FOR GOD'S SAKE - I don't mean to sound like the frightened little ol' lady on The Simpsons shouting,
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"What About The Children?",
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But c'mon!
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Across our country there are countless Q families who love, protect, and raise children. America's children. Those children and their parents deserve better than enduring 30 years of an equality/inequality patchwork from state to state until The Federal Government Grows a Pair.
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- WE EXIST -
- WE HAVE FAMILIES IN OTHER STATES -
- WE DRIVE ACROSS STATE LINES -
- FAMILY IS IMPORTANT -
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BTW - if you're annoyed that I kept using "American" above,
I am too!, but I ask again --
WHY SHOULD Q AMERICANS
PAY ONE PENNY OF TAX?
Our families and children
- FAMILIES -
Are denied the most basic of
Civil rights and protections by the
Federal Government.
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THE EXALTED
HETEROSEXUAL FAMILY
CAN PAY OUR TAXES FOR
THEIR FAMILY'S
FEDERALLY-SANCTIONED
"SPECIAL" LEGAL PRIVILEGES.
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12.04.08 UPDATE - As I re-read/edit my rant on WAR vs. EQUALITY, it is harder and harder to care about HOW my government spends our tax dollars when my own family and it's security are not even considered worthy-enough to be treated as THE SAME as other American families.
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(sigh) This is the eve after my Social Security Disability hearing that was held earlier today. Although there is no possible way I could "objectively" view my own hearing, after sitting and hearing another person describe what had transpired in my life the past 4 1/2 years, I am floored. Devastated.
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It is tragic. It is senseless. It is 100% due to government persecution (through legal exclusion from civil law and psychological bullying through anti-family amendments). I now blog because I multiply my own little story by tens of thousands, and feel the weight and breadth of our collective suffering and our children's suffering. I also feel the suffering of the Q children growing up in heterosexual-led families in California, and the suffering in every single state that demonizes our existence.
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And the reason this suffering continues?
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THERE...IS...NONE.
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