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Title: One in Seven -- A Scary New Year's Prediction
Post by: Natasha on December 13, 2008, 10:01:33 PM
One in Seven -- A Scary New Year's Prediction

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/one_in_seven_--_a_new_years_prediction.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/one_in_seven_--_a_new_years_prediction.php)
Patricia Nell Warren
December 13, 2008 4:00 PM

Think about it. First of all, roughly one in every 10 foreclosures might be a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered home. Think of the impact on our own world -- our activism, fundraising, community businesses, media, health services, events, and anything else you can name.

If Warren is right, then having a roof over your head might shortly be more important to many of us than the right to marry. Our LGBT world has few services of our own to cover the widening gap.