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Why I am voting No this November.
There is no grand scheme, there is no lofty reason, and there is no major plan; I am voting no because I want to get married someday, that’s it. Equality is great, equal rights for all, {insert cheering crowds here} but I am really voting no because I have the same hopes and dreams as everyone else. I am voting no and I am bugging everyone around me to vote no because I want to get married someday. It’s not just that I want to get married someday; I want everything that it means and that it symbolizes to me and everyone around me. When I get married it means I have fallen in love, it means I have found that person I want to spend my life with, it means those that are there to watch me get married love and support me and my partner, idealistically it means that I am happy, and content. It means I have found someone I am willing to make a lifelong promise and commitment to. To me getting married means I am loved and in love, and I can’t imagine anything being better than knowing that. Also, I would be lying if I didn’t also mention I really want to get a gorgeous white dress and have an awesome party with all my friends and family.
Getting married is on that running list of all the things I want in my future: fall in love, get an education, get a good job, get married, have a family, and enjoy my life. Why am I denied that opportunity? Why does everyone else care so much if I am in love and happy? That is what a wedding and a marriage is to me, it is love, happiness, hope, commitment. To the people voting yes this November, I have a question: Do I not deserve those things in my life simply because I am gay? Do I not deserve to celebrate the love that I have found with my friends and family? If you do decide I don’t deserve those things because of who I choose to marry, are you willing to tell that to me personally, because I take this issue very personally, this is not just politics and balancing budgets, this is my life and my future you are voting on this November. I am asking you to support love this November, and if you can’t do that I’m asking you to just support me this November and vote No.
A History Major from St Cloud State University Katey is an activist in her everyday life, she works closely with SCSU Students for Choice, and has volunteered with Minnesotans United for All Families. After graduation she hopes to work in the political nonprofit arena.
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