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Waiting for Rights Never Works

Started by Shana A, November 05, 2010, 09:10:02 AM

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Shana A

November 05, 2010, 09:10:02 AM
Waiting for Rights Never Works
Filed by: Waymon Hudson
November 4, 2010 6:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2010/11/waiting_for_rights_never_works.php

It's been a common mantra coming from the Democratic Party, the Obama Administration, large beltway equality groups like the Human Rights Campaign, and many others for years: just be patient and wait. waiting-list.jpgWe'll get to you and your basic civil rights eventually, but we're a little busy. Stop griping and hop on board or you'll be a wedge distraction that makes us lose elections.

So how has that plan worked out?

The LGBT community has been blamed, cajoled, insulted, courted, and ignored depending on whether our votes and dollars are needed, yet when it comes time for real leadership on issues that matter to basic, day-to-day rights, we are told to wait. Now, after the disastrous midterm elections, we've lost the chance of a generation to push forward on civil rights and equality for LGBT people.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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