Reply #27: And we proceed to educate our Party [View All]

[Bluenorthwest]

on the meaning of discrimination laws. We attempt to point out the long game being played by the Romeney wing of the GOP and show them that by voting with those bigots, they are helping lay the groundwork for Romeny's run in 2012. That is what this is. This is the start of the next cycle, disguised as a 'gay' issue, which works because so many dismiss anything gay associated as existing in a vacuum, it is never seen as indicative of the larger picture, so it serves as great stealth entrance into the discourse.
People need to learn that they themselves have a stake in equality, and that supporting discrimination is a decision that will impact their hearts and minds as much as it will impact the lives of others. They need to stop falling for the Okie Doke, and face the facts that discrimination is always wrong, and that any legal discrimination against anyone is a threat to the hard won and barely held equality of everyone. Those that voted that the State holds sway over the personal lives of GLBT people need to understand that such votes in a larger sense give power to the State over all personal lives. To vote that way is to vote away your own sovereignty at home, in your own marriage. Because an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
But any Democrat who feels comfy that a good chunk of our voters went along with Romeny on a major issue is not thinking far enough in advance.
This is about Democrats, and Republicans, about right and wrong, and it is also about 2012, make no mistake about it.