Two moms OK
Have you over seen your life
reflected by an external source?
And that reflection seems to be
twisting your life into an unfor
tunate mistake? A reflection
that is so skewed in relation to
the reality that you yourself
havu known?
I was raised in a loving
household that had its ups and
downs ! had a normal, happy
childhood and was taught val
ues that include acceptance as
well as equality among all peo
ple. I even have two moms —
two people who love mo. nur
ture me and give me an uncon
ditional foundation
Maybe we weren't legally
recognized as a family, but it
felt like u family, uctod like a
family, loved like u family —
the only conclusion I could log
ically come to was it was a fam
ily So you see, being raised by
a lesbian couple isn't all th.it
different than your average nu
clear — or nol-so-nucleur
family [Dun Quuyle would be
so disillusioned)
You knew the OCA Tit into
this somehow, huh? Well, they
have twisted my reality into a
perversion. We must slop and
question the reality of a group
who Is most definitely impos
ing its perceptions to fit its own
agenda. This group is not sav
ing the children — this group is
hateful and is trying to slowly
destroy our children
I’m leaving you with this No
on ‘t It's not just about homo
sexuality It involves lives l>e
yond the surface It Involves
your lift; and mine
Brook Steinbrecher-Maring
Student
To vote...
I recently had the unnerving
experience of trying to register
people to vote at the Saturday
Market.
As I walked around asking
people if they had yet regis
tered, 1 was mot with state
ments like, "I hate Bush, and
hope that he burns in hell, but
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I'm not interested in that stuff,"
"I don't want to choose be
tween two evils." "I’m too
lazy," or simply, "not Interest
ed " I think those statements
represent the views of a great
many people between the ages
of HI and 25 and I find It fright
ening
Whether we like It or not, our
generation will soon be respon
sible for the workings of this
nation and the world The
statements I heard at the Satur
day Market and our unwill
ingness to vote reflect our gen
eration's overwhelming apathy.
To those who claim to want
change, yet refuse to vote. I say
talk is cheap Voting should he
the first step toward making a
change in the system It should
come before verbal or physical
protest. To those who say they
do not want to ohoosn betwuun
two nvils. mmnmbcr tli.it thorn
am Important l<« al issurs that
only roquim .1 yns or no an
SWIT
Mn.illy thoso people who urn
lust "not interested" or loo
lazy" to volt! need not do so if
they like tin' restrictive. t on
trolling direction our govern
mont is headed
Danny Richhelmer
English
... Or not to vote
Your vote legitimizes tins sys
tem.
Do you think it deserves le
gitimizing?
Not voting is u powerful ai t
John Zerzan
Eugene
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