I want to share this powerful article I just read by long-time gay rights activist Larry Kramer. It's much bolder than anything I'm used to seeing in the American media, and it's unfortunately also more honest and correct.
He thinks your hate is evil.
There are too many great parts to quote them all, but;
More people need to pray for their own hateful hearts.
He thinks your hate is evil.
There are too many great parts to quote them all, but;
Quote:
| There is not a candidate or major public figure who would not sell gays down the river. We have seen this time after time, even from supposedly progressive politicians such as President Clinton with his "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military and his support of the hideous Defense of Marriage Act. |
Quote:
| Why, even as we die you don't leave us alone. What we can leave our surviving lovers is taxed far more punitively than what you leave your (legal) surviving spouses. Why do you do this? My lover will be unable to afford to live in the house we have made for each other over our lifetime together. This does not happen to you. Taxation without representation is what led to the Revolutionary War. |
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| What do we do to you that is so awful? Why do you feel compelled to come after us with such frightful energy? Does this somehow make you feel safer and legitimate? What possible harm comes to you if we marry, or are taxed just like you, or are protected from assault by laws that say it is morally wrong to assault people out of hatred? The reasons always offered are religious ones, but certainly they are not based on the love all religions proclaim. |
More people need to pray for their own hateful hearts.
