Straight Marine Fights For His Gay Brother To Marry
With the GOP primary now out of the New Hampshire spotlight, this Republican Marine has turned the Granite State focus back onto the fight to keep marriage equality on the books. With the help of HRC, Craig Stowell shares his fight for his gay brother's right to marry the one he loves in a heart-warming video and a Change.org petition. Details follow.
Writes Craig in a message:
I served as a Marine in Iraq to defend freedom and liberty. But now the New Hampshire state legislature might take away an essential freedom from my brother Calvin, who is gay, and thousands of others: the freedom to marry the people they love.
New Hampshire finally granted marriage equality two years ago. It was a great day for my family.But the New Hampshire legislature may repeal that freedom, they could vote to ban marriage equality as soon as this week.
Growing up, my brother Calvin was tormented for being gay. The pain he felt is a direct reflection of the isolation caused by telling LGBT people that they do not have the same rights as every other law abiding citizen: that they are not worthy of marriage.
I'm a conservative Republican, and I believe in small government. I don't think our legislators have any business telling my brother he can't get married. The people of New Hampshire don't want marriage equality to be repealed, either -- more than 60% of people in New Hampshire support keeping the equal marriage law in place
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