A fabulous new grassroots campaign for marriage equality awareness is in town: White Knot .org
The white knot is the new symbol for marriage equality. It takes two traditional symbols of marriage—white and tying the knot—and combines them in a simple way to show support for the right of gays and lesbians to marry. All loving couples deserve the same legal rights, benefits, and respect that civil marriage bestows.
Visibility is our goal. Whether you are gay or straight, please show your support by wearing the knot and telling people why you are wearing it. It may seem like a small thing, but imagine the white knot gaining the pervasiveness and instant recognition of the AIDS Ribbon.
Wear your white knot to work, to school, to your place of worship. Celebrities will be wearing white knots down red carpets this awards season. Together, we will keep the topic at the top of people's minds and keep the conversation going.
They have instructions for making your own knot (which … really? ok.), download-and-print fliers, website/email badges, and an email list, plus they allude to plans for a White Knot Day of ribbon solidarity.
I mock, but only a little. I actually think this is a great take on the whole ribbon thing. (Although I wonder if raising visibility through the red carpet is such a hot idea, given that "Hollywood elite liberals" are not exactly influential amongst the kind of people who are against marriage equality to begin with.)
Anyway, every little bit helps. So go pin a white knot to your shirt, and more importantly, tell people what it means and why it's so important.
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