Have y'all noticed that the new NOM campaign isn't only about marriage but is moving not-so-subtly into the arena of civil unions and general gay rights? Yup, a storm's a-brewin' alright...
Interesting. I think that the momentum the LGBT community is gaining is really freaking them out. When I was watching C-SPAN on the Hate Crimes bill yesterday it was interesting - one supporter of the bill pointed out that there has never really been opposition to Hate Crimes legislation in the past, but now that the legislation includes LGBT people opponents are up in arms saying that Hate Crimes legislation is thought regulation and the unnecessary creation of a 'special' class of people worth 'special' protection. Luckily the bill passed, but listening to those republicans arguments was painful. Contradictions and backpedaling all mixed up into conservative rhetoric. Blegh.
I agree the momentum is freaking them out. And I think the LGBT community actually deserves some of the distrust they're receiving, since they've tried to sneak wedges through with certain legislation rather than truly focusing on common ground. That's an effective way to lose trust. But to see people going to the other extreme and simply refusing to extent fair protection for housing, domestic partnership, and employment rights, because they don't want to have to deal with the messiness of potential loopholes...it just seems tragically dismissive. At least, that's what I saw here in Utah. No compromise. No "let's talk about how to satisfy the greater good and ensure non-discrimination". Just heels digging in. Warlike rhetoric. It was kind of ridiculous, in my opinion. And the NOM campaign smacks of the same funk.
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Interesting. I think that the momentum the LGBT community is gaining is really freaking them out.
When I was watching C-SPAN on the Hate Crimes bill yesterday it was interesting - one supporter of the bill pointed out that there has never really been opposition to Hate Crimes legislation in the past, but now that the legislation includes LGBT people opponents are up in arms saying that Hate Crimes legislation is thought regulation and the unnecessary creation of a 'special' class of people worth 'special' protection. Luckily the bill passed, but listening to those republicans arguments was painful. Contradictions and backpedaling all mixed up into conservative rhetoric. Blegh.
I agree the momentum is freaking them out. And I think the LGBT community actually deserves some of the distrust they're receiving, since they've tried to sneak wedges through with certain legislation rather than truly focusing on common ground. That's an effective way to lose trust. But to see people going to the other extreme and simply refusing to extent fair protection for housing, domestic partnership, and employment rights, because they don't want to have to deal with the messiness of potential loopholes...it just seems tragically dismissive. At least, that's what I saw here in Utah. No compromise. No "let's talk about how to satisfy the greater good and ensure non-discrimination". Just heels digging in. Warlike rhetoric. It was kind of ridiculous, in my opinion. And the NOM campaign smacks of the same funk.
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