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The Flag of Equal Marriage Rights

16 December 2008, 4:29 pm 4 Comments

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 flag with only four stars, one for each state that allowed women to vote. This new flag is a protest flag for equal marriage rights. The flag only has two stars, for Connecticut and Massachusetts.

The flag was made before the Prop 8 vote, so it originally had three stars. After the Prop 8 vote, the designer had to remove a star. This strikes me as the kind of symbol that could become popular with the general (gay) public.

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Raphael said:

This is very poignant. I posted it on my blog as well!

16 December 2008 at 7:19 pm

Nathan said:

I am so sick and tired of talking about marriage, has anyone ever heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy? We do not even have the Physiological and Safety covered and we want to worry about Love and Esteem? Can you gay’s get off your wanna-be-straight-so-it-will-all-be-ok horse and read a god damn text book?

16 December 2008 at 7:50 pm

Clearlyhere said:

I like this symbol. It brings up questions and has historical significance.

I have heard of Maslow and I think we are well on our way toward Physiological and Safety. HRC has worked very hard for the Matthew Shepard Act. We can’t stop or halt because we aren’t completely there. Gays in California and Mass and Conn are very safe in general and aren’t worried about safety.

“Can you gay’s get off your wanna-be-straight-so-it-will-all-be-ok horse and read a god damn text book?

Don’t assume that everyone is stupid except you. And the gays shouldn’t want to be straight thing is so Gay in the 90s and played out. Give it a rest already.

16 December 2008 at 8:38 pm

Raphael said:

I am pretty sick and tired of the shortsightedness of the “we should not assimilate” argument. It belies unacknowledged privilege and arrogance.

Can you REALLY present an argument that we shouldn’t have the choice to assimilate? Or resist assimilation?

I don’t think gays in California, Mass, or Connecticut are very safe yet–witness Lawrence King. But queers will NOT be safe if we can’t even guarantee them equality before the law.

16 December 2008 at 9:44 pm

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