February 4, 2009
solidhairity
My cousin came up with an interesting idea that involves sending your hair to the California Supreme Court:
some of us are married and straight. some of us are not. some of us have kids, some of us don’t. some of us are tall, others not so much. we are black and white and every shade in between. we are students and teachers, professionals, lay people, artists, writers, parents, activists, regular everyday folks. we go to church, we serve in the military, we volunteer and give our time and resources to causes we care deeply about. we are a little bit of everything you could possibly imagine.
then, something happened. now we are united by a common cause.
on november 4, 2008, Prop 8 was passed in California, overturning the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry.
in the course of the campaign, we saw homes invaded, families separated, the private lives of our closest friends and loved ones dragged to centerstage to be mocked and ridiculed and mercilessly torn apart. we felt anger. we felt outrage. we felt panic and desperation and sorrow and a loss so profound that it has no name. the truths we hold to be self-evident were apparently and suddenly not so.
all of us felt these things.
all of us still do.we are nonviolent people deeply impacted by an inherently violent act. we see Prop 8 not simply as the revocation of one civil right from one minority group. rather, we see the implications clearly: we see a violation of all civil rights for all minority groups. because if you think your rights are protected under the law, this past election has shown that you are wrong.
that no group is safe.
that nothing is set in stone.and so, we give of ourselves. we’re cutting off our hair as an offering and a sacrifice. and we’re sending it along as a way of saying, we’re paying attention. we’re not going away.
we’re standing together, and we’re standing strong.stand with us and others by giving of your hair in Solidhairity.
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