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ACLU Fighting My, A Middle-Class, White, Male, Cause?!?

12/15/06 - 04:49:47 pm
Categories: Marriage

As many know I am hyphenating my name as my wife did. Yet, in the state of CA you are unable to do so as the male in the relationship without a fee of $320, a hearing before the court and without advertising the name for 4 weeks in a local newspaper, which will cost about $60 more dollars. Unreal. Usually it is the woman who gets screwed out of equality. This time it is me.

But the ACLU of So. Cal is fighting for people in my predicament. I have not changed the name yet due to the time of year and the name that is on my plane tickets - I can't change the name until after I travel or I will have too much hassle.

I'm not the hugest ACLU fan. Often I find them unbalanced, but I'll take their action on this one.

The article prints the comment of the male in the couple interview:

A hyphenated name is a cop-out. A family to be a family, should all have the same name.

Now I do not agree in entirety with Mr. soon-to-be Bijon (if the ACLU wins), because I will have a hyphenated name, but it will match my wife's last name. Also I know others who do not share it exactly, which I don't particularly like, but I would in no way classify them as not being a family.

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Comment from: Dave [Member]

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The ACLU is not nearly as biased and one-sided as people think.

It just doesn't receive the same attention when they fight for the right of a Christian/conservative to exercise their freedom or speech, religion, etc. I wrote about it a little bit here.

Permalink 12/18/06 @ 09:53

Comment from: Diane [Visitor]

"I'm not the hugest ACLU fan. Often I find them unbalanced, but I'll take their action on this one."

Of course you'll suppose the ACLU's efforts when it turns out they are fighting for something YOU want. Imagine that!

Permalink 12/20/06 @ 08:39

Comment from: Kevin [Member]

Thanks Diane,
Sassy comments, much appreciated. I was very blatent about my bias from the start, so there is no secret that I am selective. I never said that I despise the ACLU and recognize a lot of great work they have done.

I will go so far as to affirm my buddy's statement above, that I am likely biased toward their unbalance due to focus of media coverage. That said, I generally support the ACLU in its core mission. I am perturbed mostly by specific media highlighted cases.

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