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The effects of legitimized homophobia

Started by Shana A, December 18, 2008, 09:00:11 PM

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December 18, 2008, 09:00:11 PM
The effects of legitimized homophobia.
by vacantlook
Thu Dec 18, 2008 at 01:27:12 PM PST

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/18/162712/50/246/674027

I'm going to tell this story again.  I've told it before.  I did so when Obama picked Donnie McClurkin to represent him at a campaign event.  There were people participating in the discussion of it on this site that didn't feel the hurt it caused personally, so to them it wasn't a big deal.  I have seen the same lack of understanding of the hurt caused again in the discussions of Obama's selection of Rick Warren.

I've seen people here say that Warren isn't a bigot and that he isn't homophobic.  But then, Warren himself said that he wasn't homophobic because he has gay friends.  Do not be deluded, it is bigotry and it is homophobic to believe that two men getting married is on the same level as a man sexually abusing a child, which Warren believes.

I know very well the impact of that hatred.
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