You wanna know why the gays are apathetic?
Filed by: Alex Blaze
November 13, 2008 6:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/you_wanna_know_why_the_gays_are_apatheti.phpAfter the jump is a post I wrote over at my diary on Daily Kos. It got a reaction there so I thought I'd pass it along over here.
I saw just a few too many threads with kind straight people asking just why, why, why the LGBT community is so apathetic about getting same-sex marriage. I mean, it's their basic rights! Why weren't they out there in the front lines this whole season, donating, protesting, and doing whatever they could so that they could be equal members of society?
Well, comparing LGBT activism to the sorts at Daily Kos just isn't fair. That's one of the most gung ho groups of Democratic activists in the country. They donate, volunteer, phonebank, leaflet, and do just about anything they can to get good Democrats elected. It's a great time to be a progressive activist. The LGBT movement, on the other hand, is in a far different place.
