Reply #174: thank you bronx boy and tblue [View All]

[pollo poco]

T Blue, I think you have identified the reason that so many GLBT posters have been upset by the AA vote on this issue. When I was helping to hold the door open, I was not holding it for AA people. I was holding it open for civil rights for all people. It is frustrating to be so misunderstood on that. It is frustrating to see how many members of all communities don't see that civil rights are for everyone. Everyone hurts when their own rights are violated. Why don't they see the pain when it happens to others? Even Barack Obama has said over and over that we are not included in his agenda of equality. Marriage is for Barack and Michelle. But not for us and the loves of our lives. Why? I struggle to understand this. And I come up short.

I personally think the problem is religion. And I wonder when it will be ok to call bullshit on that.

Bronx Boy- you are right: the same Bible was once used by slave owners to justify slavery.

Again I struggle to understand this. And again I come up short.

Thank you both for seeing how hurtful this is. And thanks to all of you who see it.