One Sunday morning, while I was having a lovely brunch with my roommate and her boyfriend in a restaurant in Monterey Park, a group of Chinese walked in. They all wore the same red T-shirts with logos like this:
700Club 
well instead of symbols of man and woman, which belong to public restroom doors anyway. It actually reads: marriage = one man + one woman. It is written in Chinese in the front, english in the back.
Mind you, I was shocked. It was Sunday morning and I was minding my own business, trying to relax and enjoy my food. I NEED NOT see such a statement, epescially not have them staring me right in the face in BOLD. They came in in big groups and all T shirts were in flaming red. It is impossible to not look at them. I was outraged by the intruders. Who are they to tell me what marriage is anyway???
When we are out on the streets, to my horror, I found another group of 10 to 15 people wearing the same T shirt marching on the streets. An organized crime we have!
Since then, I saw the red T shirts on several other occasions. They seriously bother me because
for one, they always appear in groups. Never saw a person wearing that T shirt alone. Cowards! They obviously own the T shirt. Why wouldn't they wear it when they are alone? What are they afraid of? Is it because they somehow know what they are doing is wrong?
The worst part is, they define marriage simply as one man + one woman in such definite and authoritative way. There is no " I believe...". They just wrote down an equation, printed it on T shirts and demonstrate it in public. Considering the fact that we are here in LA, So. Cal, the level of ignorance they have sends shudder through me.
After a little google, I found the genius that created the original logo, which was meant to be a bumper sticker. They are the..(drums)..700 Club!
I also googled out that CafePress created, or simply sells, the counter bumper stickers:
marriageLoveLove
Good to see some people still believe in having love in a marriage. My eyes are welled up with tears now. haha~~
Update on Nov 30th, 2004:
I came across this T shirt at OutSpokenClothing.com , while browsing through the wifebeaterbeater T shirts.
MarriageForAll
Sunday, November 28, 2004
Something Is Seriously Wrong
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Oh my gosh.. stickers from 700 club. Thanks for posting and being so observant! How do we educate them that civil marriage is not religious marriage?
beats me!
Hi there,
Thanks for popping by my blog. =)
It was a pleasant surprise.
Cheers,
yAnn
intransit.cynics.info
hmm.... I don't agree when people use children as an excuse.
1. Nothing is stopping Gay couple from adopting a child or have a child of their own.
2. the worst parents are alcoholics and drug addict. If we are worried about the next generation, we need to stop these people first.
Guess what I am trying to say is: married or not, if they want to adopt a baby or have their own babies (there are many ways to do It.), they can. Kids should not be the excuse to prevent them from marrying each other.
If we love someone and want to marry this person, we don't want some total stranger to tell us that we can't marry the person we love, do we? Neither do gay and lesbians. Marriage is a union of two person that love each other. Everyone have the same rights, even the minorities.
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