| Village Idiot Join Date: May 2008 Location: Not In Sterling City Gender:  Posts: 610 Country:  Level up: 17%, 125 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by tristanrobin  very slow - very time consuming - very expensive
I've already given in to the idea that in MY lifetime, I will not have the right to marry. But, I will continue to fight for future generations.
The main reason for this was diversity training in the schools...which the uber-right-wing-religious-wackjobs know all too well. That's why they're so adamantly against having such education in the public schools.
Also - though I believe that there is much to compare gay rights with black rights and the discrimination against both - without question, blacks had/have a MUCH more difficult uphill climb to social acceptance than gays. | Besides, at this point gay marriage advocates have not made the same mistake that black right advocates made. The gay community (I hate that P.C. sounding phrase, but I couldn't think of one better) does not have a Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. With those two, its as if the KKK went out and said "let's find some obnoxious race hustler who defends every black criminal so that whites will be mad and be less receptive to black civil rights issues." Generally, there has not been incessant or harping advocacy on the issue. Every day, you read about some race issue, and the incessant barking and whining turns people off. I have not seen that with the gay marriage issue. |