Reply #58: Hey, Skinner, I'll make a deal with you... [View All]

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I have never donated to DU because, quite honestly, as a glbt member, I have never felt fully accepted by the DU community-at-large because of my orientation. I don't think I speak just for myself in saying that there has been a lot of hostility directed toward we glbts here -- it makes hard to want to financially support a venue wherein one's own community is not entirely supported or embraced. Beyond this, this past election cycle, in particular, I and many other glbts have pretty much emptied our bank accounts in fighting for our civil rights by trying to defeat Prop 8 and the other anti-civil rights initiatives in AZ, FL and AR.

So here's my offer. I'll donate $100 to DU--and challenge all other glbts to do the same--if DU will, in turn, donate a reasonable percentage of what is raised toward overturning Prop 8. It is, afterall, the civil rights movement of the 21st century -- no small matter, 'heh?