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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511
Well that's where we disagree. I don't see it as a "civil rights" issue.
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Ok, ignoring the fact that, as a gay man, I am not allowed to adopt in many states, and the fact that I am unable to marry my boyfriend, and that in many places I have zero legal recourse if I am fired from my job simply because of my sexual orientation, and that if I had a mate of 20 years, I still wouldn't have the same benefits and rights as a heterosexual "common law" couple who were together for a shorter amount of time, and ignoring the fact that I can be denied housing and employment based SOLELY on my sexual orientation.... what
would make it a "civil rights" issue in your mind?
Does it have to come down to us being ushered to the back of the bus or being made to drink out of a separate water fountain?
Are those the only signs that there is a "civil rights" issue?
If you do have gay friends, shouldn't you want what's best for them?
Shouldn't you want to see an improvement in the quality of their lives and in the opportunities that are afforded them?
Is that tiny little tax-break that Republicans promise you, so important that it's worth seeing your "friends" being treated like third-class citizens?
Or maybe behind your facade of friendship, you secretly believe that they
are third-class citizens.
Food for thought.