A Basic Question of Fairness

GetEQUAL DC is having a demonstration next week on April 18th, the day taxes are due all across America, to highlight the fact that under the Defense of Marriage Act and many other laws, lesbians and gays are discriminated against in this country.  The slogan for the action is "No Taxation With Discrimination!"  (Catchy, isn't it?  I wrote it...tee hee.)  More information about the action is available here:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123495701057786

Anyway, they wanted quotes to include in the press release about the action.  I thought I'd share what I wrote.  Let me know what you think.

"There is a basic question of fairness being debated in America today.  The ability to have our families recognized and protected by our government is something that has nothing to do with religion, and yet old biases and prejudices are being stirred up in the name of God to deny us basic equality under civil law.  Lesbian and gay American citizens pay the same taxes as everyone else, and yet we are denied many of the legal protections that heterosexuals take for granted from birth.  It's time for the government to stop discriminating and tearing families apart, based on the hatred of a vocal minority of people who seek to impose their religious views on others with the force of civil law."