Austin candlelight vigil for Dr. Tiller
[rebelmouse-image 24748769 original_size="500x375" expand=1]Instead of the Friday Genius Ten, I thought I'd put up pictures from last night's vigil for Dr. Tiller. But I'm not skipping music entirely. Considering the craziness of the week, I thought to pick a political song that captured both the incredible lows from the assassination of Dr. George Tiller and the high of New Hampshire legalizing gay marriage. After all, these two fights---for reproductive rights and gay rights---are the same fight. It's about the right of people who aren't straight men to have a sexuality without punishment or shame. We're the ones who deserve the label "pro-life", because we support the right for gays and women to survive and to thrive---to live. And make no mistake, we're all up against a patriarchal right that is sadistic and violent. Their quiet support of abortion clinic violence and gay-bashing is quiet enough to escape the notice of people who aren't looking, but it's there. It's in their coddling of anti-choice extremists, and their unwillingness to support hate crimes legislation. They will control you, and if they feel violence is necessary, violence they will use.