Comments on: Change. http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fredo777 http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-94283 fredo777 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:19:13 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-94283 Btw, they also mention hate crimes + ENDA on that very site: http://change.gov/agenda/civilrights Btw, they also mention hate crimes + ENDA on that very site:

http://change.gov/agenda/civilrights

]]> By: fredo777 http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-94277 fredo777 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:48:36 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-94277 Tofer, government's job isn't really to initiate a lot of pro-gay laws, but to react to the demand by pro-gay activists +/or supporters who propose said laws. Tofer, government’s job isn’t really to initiate a lot of pro-gay laws, but to react to the demand by pro-gay activists +/or supporters who propose said laws.

]]> By: tofer david http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-94240 tofer david Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:28:37 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-94240 its nice to see that gay rights appears no where on the "change" website. same bs as i would expect. its nice to see that gay rights appears no where on the “change” website. same bs as i would expect.

]]> By: andy_d http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-94102 andy_d Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:15:10 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-94102 We need to impress on the new administration the following: 1. Repeal DADT and DOMA. 2. Actively support a right to a CIVIL marriage, guaranteeing that religious organizations have the right to refuse to perform the religious RITE. Look to how France does it. 3. Push for passing ENDA with protections for transgendered people. 4. Actively enforce revoking 5.01.C(3) status on religious organizations that violate same by directly or indirectly attempting to sway politics. Case in point - the Mormon Church and California's Proposition 8. Feel free to cut and paste the above and submit it to the website. We need to impress on the new administration the following:

1. Repeal DADT and DOMA.

2. Actively support a right to a CIVIL marriage, guaranteeing that religious organizations have the right to refuse to perform the religious RITE. Look to how France does it.

3. Push for passing ENDA with protections for transgendered people.

4. Actively enforce revoking 5.01.C(3) status on religious organizations that violate same by directly or indirectly attempting to sway politics. Case in point – the Mormon Church and California’s Proposition 8.

Feel free to cut and paste the above and submit it to the website.

]]> By: fredo777 http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-94062 fredo777 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:25:26 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-94062 No worries. Don't get me wrong, though. I very much think that word is important, also, but I just don't want us to get too cynical to see that we can make other steps toward those equal rights even if it doesn't mean we get marriage in every state, right at once. However, I would never suggest that we should give up that fight for marriage equality altogether. No worries. Don’t get me wrong, though. I very much think that word is important, also, but I just don’t want us to get too cynical to see that we can make other steps toward those equal rights even if it doesn’t mean we get marriage in every state, right at once.

However, I would never suggest that we should give up that fight for marriage equality altogether.

]]> By: ChicagoJimmy http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-94056 ChicagoJimmy Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:09:40 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-94056 Fredo, Thanks for the link. I saw this before the election and his stance on gay rights is one of the reasons I support him. I guess I'm feeling a little let down today. Sort of a bitter-sweet election. You're absolutely correct that this is really all about rights and less about a word. Fredo,

Thanks for the link. I saw this before the election and his stance on gay rights is one of the reasons I support him.

I guess I’m feeling a little let down today. Sort of a bitter-sweet election.

You’re absolutely correct that this is really all about rights and less about a word.

]]> By: donsnyc http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-94052 donsnyc Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:58:08 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-94052 Change will not happen overnight. We still have a long fight ahead of us. By electing Obama is a big step towards that direction though. By acknowledging the gays during his acceptance speech in Grant Park in Chicago is a huge step for us. Do you think that McCain would have uttered the word "gay" in an acceptance speech? I for one refuses to become cynical. I have not lost hope that someday, we can have equality. Change will not happen overnight. We still have a long fight ahead of us. By electing Obama is a big step towards that direction though. By acknowledging the gays during his acceptance speech in Grant Park in Chicago is a huge step for us. Do you think that McCain would have uttered the word “gay” in an acceptance speech?

I for one refuses to become cynical. I have not lost hope that someday, we can have equality.

]]> By: fredo777 http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-93961 fredo777 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:41:39 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-93961 Jimmy, check this out: http://www.washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=20935 I know, I'd prefer the full-on "marriage", as well, but if it's the actual rights we're after, this is a step in the right direction. Jimmy, check this out:

http://www.washingtonblade.com.....g_id=20935

I know, I’d prefer the full-on “marriage”, as well, but if it’s the actual rights we’re after, this is a step in the right direction.

]]> By: Joel http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-93922 Joel Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:07:57 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-93922 They need to make repealing DOMA a priority. Read more: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/06/doma/ They need to make repealing DOMA a priority.
Read more: http://www.salon.com/opinion/g.....1/06/doma/

]]> By: ChicagoJimmy http://www.queerty.com/change-20081106/#comment-93906 ChicagoJimmy Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:55:09 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=32274#comment-93906 Great, so the government will prosecute if I get hospitalized due to a hate crime. My partner of 4 years won't be able to visit me in the hospital, or make financial or medical decisions for me, or receive any of my social security benefits should I die, or be protected in our home from hateful relatives, but at least the schmuck who beat me about the head with a bat will rot in jail. Thanks. Great, so the government will prosecute if I get hospitalized due to a hate crime. My partner of 4 years won’t be able to visit me in the hospital, or make financial or medical decisions for me, or receive any of my social security benefits should I die, or be protected in our home from hateful relatives, but at least the schmuck who beat me about the head with a bat will rot in jail. Thanks.

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