I have previously warned against pinning our hopes on the California Supreme Court. It is not easy as someone with legal training to abandon the judicial avenue. But today the director of Equality California that the gay marriage question might very well end up on the ballot in 2010.
This weekend there is a scheduled in favor of full equal rights for LGBT people. It’s likely not going to sway the Court’s mind and a protest in a few days won’t do much for the voters in 2010. Still the public display is certainly important.
The debate about the effectiveness of protest is still very much alive. And some of the largest protests in recent history have resulted in very little change (I’m recalling ). Still as LGBT people. I think it’s time we reassert visibility.
In the era of the L word and Brothers and Sisters it’s easy in big metropolitan areas to assume that everyone interacts with gay people on a regular basis. Those without the large support of a gay community aren’t likely to stand up and announce their existence their relationships their desire for equal rights.
The LGBT community is never going to convince the religious base that their marriages have nothing to do with ours. However there are a huge number of individuals in the middle. Those who chose yes to Proposition 8 or Proposition 2 or any other Proposition because they saw some advertising because they weren’t sure what it meant but knew that protecting family and children are important. Maybe they chose “yes” because their neighbor pastor or boss told them it was the right choice.
Those are the people who need to see exactly whose rights they took away. So let’s encourage visibility. Attend the protest and let people know whose lives they are effecting.
Last night New Yorkers engaged in peaceful against last week’s passage of Prop 8. While there is no official number of the protesters (if you were there let us know how it went) the spirited crowd marched down Broadway to Columbus Circle where the city’s Church of Latter Day Saints’ Mormon Temple is located. Mmmm. Wonder why that place was picked.
A few hours ago the FOX News website posted a story about a little old lady beaten by gay protesters. The story with almost no factual content seems just a little biased against the LGBT rally attendees. It doesn’t unfortunately say much about why the little old lady was present carrying a huge cross on her back.
Forex Groups - Tips on Trading
Related article:
http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/2007/09/18/mitt-romney-says-happy-gay-pride/
comments | Add comment | Report as Spam
|
