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Originally Posted by DC_DEEP  (thanks for the concilliatory opening!)
Even at that - it still doesn't matter if people are embarrassed or offended by gay pride parades or drag shows. Regardless of anyone's feelings toward ANY minority group or subgroup, it is just simply unethical and immoral to advocate treating them differently under the law. I don't want special rights, I just want equal rights... all or none. Consenting adults should be allowed to marry whomever they choose, unqualified, or none should. Insurance benefits should be extended to all employees, or none. |
I've never been able to see how people can think otherwise. To me, barring homosexuals from equal rights is identical to barring blacks from equal rights, or women from equal rights. Things that supposedly we achieved decades ago in our great country. I hope most Americans come around on this issue, as they did on women's suffrage, Jim Crow laws, slavery, and so forth.
My only solace is that I think I will see it happen in my lifetime.
And that I will hopefully be able to say to my grandkids: "I lived through that, and it was terrible and stupid and everyone knew it was terrible and stupid and that's why we stopped it. Don't let it happen again!" I may even shake a cane at them when I say it.
