r of the Marriage Project of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the resolution is aimed to: help promote the necessary discussion and awareness of our equal marriage rights among gay and non-gay people; collect signatures and supporters as evidence of a growing coalition; and give people a tool and a task in building that coalition and approaching others. It is a tool to reach out and gather support from the American population, support that they can later gather and use with the government in order to legalize same-sex marriages. This is the most practical solution in our situation because it is so easily done and it takes mere minutes to complete the form. Once the form is signed, the work of putting it to use is handed over to the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. It will not take time away from studying for your finals, celebrating your graduation, or enjoying your summer break. You simply show your support and let the professionals do what needs to be done with it. To partake in this resolution, all you have to do is sign the piece of paper I will later hand out to you and the end of my speech, and I will mail it out to the Lambda Legal Defense group. Your commitment ends there. They are compiling all the names of those who sign their resolution and will take the appropriate legal steps when the time comes. I am sure there are those of you out there wondering why the heck you should bother signing, because you probably feel as if it doesn’t affect you at all. However, this is not the case. I am sure all of you either do or will know someone who is gay, whether it be a friend, family member, co-worker, or even fellow student. According to the survey that 15 of you filled out completely, 73% of you said you would be supportive of this individual and their choice of a partner, while the remaining 27% were unsure as to how you would react. Not a single individ...
