Post by loverofbeers on Sept 20, 2011 21:52:51 GMT -5
As a guy as straight as anybody here, trust me, and as a confident heterosexual that has had gay and lesbian friends, I want to wish our boys and gals in the military a huge Cheers! today.
"Don't ask, don't tell", died today, and the United States' Constitution is stronger, better, and more perfect for it. These brave troops' freedom of speech is now a fact. Civil Rights in America took a bold and overdue step forward. They fight in our name whether we support the judgement or lack there of of these "brushfire" wars (World War Z reference, I snuck horror into this soliloquy). We should stand up proudly for their rights. They stand proudly for you.
Homophobia is not about fearing a group, or it really is, as much as racism is about fear. America should be about being yourself, being as happy as possible according to each individual's life experiences dictate while not hurting your community or neighbors, and not having to hide in the closet because others are not yet ready for the 21st Century or feel uncomfortable in their religious teachings or own sexuality.
My two pesos, but I am big on civil rights issues in the country I hold dear yet accountable for it's people's actions and words. I give a major fuck.
Full Disclosure. I was anti-gay marriage until last year. As an atheist I saw the word "marriage" as a religious luxury, but supported equal rights and benefits for civil unions. A dear friend, posthumously, helped me realize it IS a civil rights issue.
With African-Americans, separate but equal was deemed to be inherently psychologically damaging to the individual being told "You're not allowed". When some are allowed and others are not, the victim grows up feeling inherently inferior, like a second class citizen. Same with gays.
The Constitution is a "living document". As African-Americans were counted as a "whole" human being, women were given suffrage, etc., etc., you have to someday realize that what we have done to the gay/lesbian community is un-American, by making them second class citizens fearful to be who they truly are. Its brave to come out of the closet. It takes balls or ovaries the size of grapefruits.
Gay America are the ones fighting for civil rights in our country at the moment. If you consider yourself a progressive, libertarian, or liberal, you should stand up like a man or woman for this community, and that won't make you less of a man (or woman), but more of a man (or woman), and a better human.
Cheers to our troops and expanding civil rights in the U.S.A., and Cheers to a good day in America!
"Don't ask, don't tell", died today, and the United States' Constitution is stronger, better, and more perfect for it. These brave troops' freedom of speech is now a fact. Civil Rights in America took a bold and overdue step forward. They fight in our name whether we support the judgement or lack there of of these "brushfire" wars (World War Z reference, I snuck horror into this soliloquy). We should stand up proudly for their rights. They stand proudly for you.
Homophobia is not about fearing a group, or it really is, as much as racism is about fear. America should be about being yourself, being as happy as possible according to each individual's life experiences dictate while not hurting your community or neighbors, and not having to hide in the closet because others are not yet ready for the 21st Century or feel uncomfortable in their religious teachings or own sexuality.
My two pesos, but I am big on civil rights issues in the country I hold dear yet accountable for it's people's actions and words. I give a major fuck.
Full Disclosure. I was anti-gay marriage until last year. As an atheist I saw the word "marriage" as a religious luxury, but supported equal rights and benefits for civil unions. A dear friend, posthumously, helped me realize it IS a civil rights issue.
With African-Americans, separate but equal was deemed to be inherently psychologically damaging to the individual being told "You're not allowed". When some are allowed and others are not, the victim grows up feeling inherently inferior, like a second class citizen. Same with gays.
The Constitution is a "living document". As African-Americans were counted as a "whole" human being, women were given suffrage, etc., etc., you have to someday realize that what we have done to the gay/lesbian community is un-American, by making them second class citizens fearful to be who they truly are. Its brave to come out of the closet. It takes balls or ovaries the size of grapefruits.
Gay America are the ones fighting for civil rights in our country at the moment. If you consider yourself a progressive, libertarian, or liberal, you should stand up like a man or woman for this community, and that won't make you less of a man (or woman), but more of a man (or woman), and a better human.
Cheers to our troops and expanding civil rights in the U.S.A., and Cheers to a good day in America!