Melissa Etheridge refuses to pay taxes
Posted by rantingsteve on November 7, 2008
The Daily Beast op-ed “You Can Forget My Taxes” by Melissa Etheridge
She has a point. GLBTQ persons are second-class citizens in this country, and yet we’re still expected to pay taxes. I’ve made a lot of money this year, but until the laws change, and recognize my right to marry my husband whom I’ve shared my life with for 2 years now, I don’t see why I should pay taxes either.
briankun said
Fight the power? YES WE CAN!
johnbisceglia said
Many of us, from Charles Merrill to myself, and now Melissa Etheridge, are withholding ALL tax dollars until equal.
I have HAD ENOUGH. This is about our FAMILY. What could be MORE important? NO TAXATION WITHOUT EQUALITY!
It is now the 21st Century – If our nation wants to be relevant in the world economy, our nation better start giving a damn about treating its citizens equally. How many Fortune 500 companies or major universities will want to be in a state where potential employess and students are treated as SUB-Americans? Will other tax payers care that a GROWING NUMBER of gays are refusing to file tax returns? Are they ready to shoulder the extra tax burden due to an out-of-control theocratic stranglehold on US law?