As a queer who hates the idea of institutions based in slavery, I'm not too fond of the idea that marriage is a good idea; however, I do believe anybody who wants to be visited in the hospital by their partner or partners should get to do so. This is a basic right. That's why this story breaks my heart.
According to The Miami Herald:
As her partner of 17 years slipped into a coma, Janice Langbehn pleaded with doctors and anyone who would listen to let her into the woman's hospital room.
Eight anguishing hours passed before Langbehn would be allowed into Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center. By then, she could only say her final farewell as a priest performed the last rites on 39-year-old Lisa Marie Pond.
Creepy Christians in Florida who voted to "protect marriage" should be held responsible for this violation of Langbehn's civil right to visitation. Once, Christianity was a religion that advocated for the oppressed. That once noble religion of the cross now occupies itself crucifying people. Not surprising, but heartbreaking. Langbehn and others denied visitation rights suffer on a cross, hands nailed by the self-righteous followers of Jesus.My heart goes out to Langbehn and the heroic people in Florida who fight for Civil Rights despite the hate-monger pharisees in the Christian church who deny the foundations of their religion: love for all people powerfully equal in the eyes of God.
FYI, I don't believe in God but I did grow up Christian and wish that religion practiced what its founder preached. Fewer people would suffer.
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