Liz Fujii encourages Wisconsin voters to reject amendment banning gay civil unions and marriage

Kudos to Liz Fujii, who has written a column for Asian Wisconzine encouraging Wisconsin voters to reject the proposed constitutional amendment banning civil unions and marriage for same sex couples in the November elections. The kicker:

We amend the constitution to grant rights, not deny them, and it is foolish to depart so dramatically from such tradition. Constitutions must help a democracy mitigate the bigotries that seize its people, not facilitate them; and as people who've suffered discrimination at the hands of government, we should wonder: if they use this historic document to remove rights now, which groups might be threatened next?
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My family has been hurt by prejudice and irrational fear, most likely, so has yours. I see these forces take hold in debates over immigration reform, most likely, so do you. Prejudice and fear can't be tamed; just eliminate them. Denounce them not in one place, but everywhere. A unified Asian American community can reject this ban for what it is: an unnecessary, harmful, and discriminatory misuse of the constitution. We should reject this ban. We should know better.

Click here to read the whole column.

Thanks to Fair Wisconsin for the link.