{"id":370,"date":"2013-03-28T20:56:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T00:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=370"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:37:08","slug":"lets-not-stop-at-marriage-on-equality-for-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/03\/28\/lets-not-stop-at-marriage-on-equality-for-humans\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s not stop at marriage: On equality for humans."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_371\" style=\"width: 827px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/equal-rights-self.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371\" class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" alt=\"Equal rights self portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/equal-rights-self.png?resize=817%2C817&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"817\" height=\"817\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Equal rights self-portrait<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In support of equal rights for humans in all matters. Let&#8217;s not stop at marriage. Let&#8217;s not stop at LGBTQ rights. 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Let&#8217;s not stop at marriage. Let&#8217;s not stop at LGBTQ rights. We are all equal; It&#8217;s time to recognize it. 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