A Gay Mississippi Businessman Talks Back to the Far Right

[Paige]

This an excellent response to some of the backlash against the LGBT community that is happening around the U.S.

Jackson Free Press

As SB2681 Passes, A Gay Mississippi Businessman Talks Back to the Far Right


By Eddie Outlaw

JACKSON — I keep hearing about the hypothetical baker whose religious convictions compel him not to make wedding cakes for gay couples.

#This business owner whose religious liberties are under attack has been talked about at great length in every state that has proposed some form of "religious freedom" legislation. But let me ask you this: What of the countless members of the LGBT community who face discrimination every single day? I say "countless" because there's no real way to assign a number because so many of us cannot afford to be counted.

#I acknowledge that I'm the exception to the rule. I can afford to speak out and feel a very profound obligation to do so. But, here in Mississippi alone, we can be fired or denied employment, we can be denied housing and face eviction, we cannot adopt a child in need of a loving home, and we aren't even included in anti-hate crime legislation. What we fight for isn't limited to, and doesn't stop with, marriage equality. We as a community, both visible and unseen, are fighting for our rightful place as fully equal citizens of this nation.







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