I just spent some time on the ProtectMarriage site, and it is just so hard for me to stomach. One of their main concerns is that if the Supreme Court ruling is upheld, kindergarteners may have to learn about gay marriage alongside marriage between heterosexual couples. I just don't know how to break through this kind of thinking. Of course, it is easy for me to think "well duh, we WANT kindergarteners to learn about love wherever it happens," but I do recognize that this is a real and true leap for many people.
Maybe what we need is not only mandatory community service, but mandatory "mind opening" service. Maybe everyone who opposes gay marriage should have to spend a week with a loving, grounded, solid gay couple. A week in which they are not allowed to verbally judge, but just have to be around the caring couple the whole time. Get to know them. Get to like them. Get to see that they aren't so different. I have to believe this would help.
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