I am not going to tell the gays I feel their pain. The conclusions I reach are as a matter of political discourse. And I feel like just like the women and the ethnic minorities, the gays - the sexual minorities - are part of the social justice coalition. So there is obvious camaraderie.
The anti abortion crowd should be the strongest for gay marriage, since there will be more adoptions and fewer abortions possible. I am not for abortion. It is just that I don't think it should be made illegal. Keep it legal but rare. Keep it legal and move the debate onto the larger social challenge of keeping the numbers small. Find common ground.
I have met homophobic black people. I have told them their attitudes help me understand the concrete white sentiments that kept segregation alive back in the days. Half a century from now, we are also going to look dumb and primitive on gay rights. Oh, those straight folks in 2006, those weirdos had weird thoughts for sure. Oh, their attitudes. That is how the straight people in 2050 are going to talk about us.
It is not true there is too much love in this world. More marriages will be just fine.
Only a few days before the election I showed up at a DL21C event. This was not your usual snazzy DL21C event. This was obscure, on the Upper West Side, in a small room, and David claimed he was a panelist/speaker at a DL21C event after having been president of the organization for 17 years. That is another thing I don't understand about the progressive organizations in Manhattan. They run like monarchies. I don't think they hold elections. Do they even have constitutions? There was this Empire State Pride Agenda guy. Impressive smarts. And, also, at the event I learned David is a Harvard guy. All these Harvard guys. Justin and the DL David are also Harvard guys. So the Pride Agenda guy gets introduced. And when it is David Pollak's turn, he kicks back in mock horror: "Must my resume be compared to his!" He has that endearing quality. Also he comes across as someone who never combs his hair. "I have spitmarks in my face from this discussion I had with Rahm Immanuel recently as to why we don't have a clear agenda for after we take over."
And also Sean Maloney. He has great kid stories. He is gay. A high profile gay. (Sean Maloney)
Let's empty the orphanages. Let's get the gay people to start having kids in legal marriages. The beauty of gay marriages is that these folks, by definition, can not have their own biological kids. And so if they want full blown families, they are going to adopt.
We should rework the vocabulary. We should stop calling the anti gay marriage people that. We should start calling them anti adoption.
It is not pro life. It is anti choice. I am pro life myself. When a woman choses not to get an abortion, I am also for that. That is still a valid choice in my book.
The anti adoption fundies.
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1 comment:
Not sure I see the connection with abortion. I don't think people choose abortion because they fear that the child won't get adopted. There is already a scarcity of infants, look at all the couples going overseas to adopt. The adoption problem is with older children. Most couples want a baby. Now if you argue married gay couples would adopt these children, that's different, but that would not affect decisions for abortion.
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