April 19, 2004
University Democrats to Debate Marriage Equality
By Byron LaMasters
I'll be one of the three University Democrats debate participants on Tuesday. I'd encouage anyone here in Austin to attend. I'm really looking forward to it. Here's our press release:
The University Democrats at UT-Austin will debate the Young Conservatives of Texas (UT chapter) on the issue of gay marriage equality on Tuesday, April 20, 2004. The debate will be held on the University of Texas campus in Garrison 1 at 7:00 PM (map here).
The University Democrats support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, and strongly oppose the hateful rhetoric of the Bush administration and the proponents of the Federal Marriage Amendment. With the recent proposal of a constitutional amendment and the actions supporting marriage equality in San Francisco and Massachusetts, the University Democrats feel compelled to address this important civil rights issue. One of the University Democrats debate participants, Former UD President Byron LaMasters agrees. “The institution of marriage has constantly evolved in America to become more inclusive, and give greater equality to both individuals in a marriage. A century ago women had few rights in marriage, and in some cases were considered property of their husband. A generation ago, interracial marriage was illegal in many places. Today, we continue the fight for fairness and equality to give gay and lesbian couples the same equal legal rights of civil marriage.”
The University Democrats and the Young Conservatives of Texas have met in the past to debate important issues of the day. Last fall the organizations debated U.S. foreign policy in a well-attended debate. The University Democrats is a student organization at the University of Texas representing student interests within the Democratic Party and working to help elect Democrats at a local, statewide and federal level. We look forward to this debate and other debates in the future on issues of interest to young people.
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Posted by Byron LaMasters at April 19, 2004 01:07 AM
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Give them Hell Byron just as Pres. Truman once said " We wont give them hell. We will just tell them the truth and it will feel like hell"
At what time will said debate be starting?
Chris,
Good question. It's at 7 PM. I helped write the original press release, and there was a minor mistake in it as we said the date and time twice in consecutive sentances. So, we deleted the second sentence and accidentaly left out the time. Well, it's been corected. I'll have to check with our PR director and make sure it's in the official release.
You might want to check out the ammo dump section of gadflyer.com. It has good information on gay maragie that you might want to use in the debate.
Great! I'm going to try to make it to this if I can get out of work for a bit. Good luck!
drats.. I already have two meetings that night.. tear 'em up! good luck!
Let's hope the YCTs show up this time!! I think they will--one came into my store shopping for a new outfit--I think they intend to out-spiffy us! I'll be there cheering you on! Give 'em hell, Byron!!!
