coming from a Seattle glbt I'd like to respond to some of what you said:
a) Yeah we're not always good at taking criticism, but when your life is used as a tool by a political party and you are constantly attacked by religious groups...well it's hard to take criticism as anything but opposition.
b) Not sure what is giving you this impression. Personally I think polygamy between consenting adults (as with anything) should be legal too. However I think it is valid to point out that a group that has a tradition of polygamy (though I know the majority don't practice it nowadays) is not in the best position to be pitching a fit about traditional marriage.
c)according to an exit poll 70% of African Americans who voted in this election voted for Prop 8. However they are not the reason it passed. By the numbers there were far more white people, latinos, catholics, protestants, and a bunch of other "groups" that voted in favor of Prop 8. I don't blame the black community, though I am saddened that they do not see the similarities between their past and current struggles and our current struggle.
d) I'd say the Mormon Church single handedly raising $70 million for prop 8 is nothing to sneeze at in addition to telling their congregations to go out and volunteer to fight it (which by the way is very much in violation of tax law and there is a movement to revoke their tax exempt status now...rightfully so in my opinion). They also put out attack ads full of lies about gay marriage meaning their school kids would be taught sex ed and other dumb shit. Make no mistake that any issue like this is passed by the critical mass of religious people and the hysteria they whip up.
e) You're right. There IS a strong surge of hatred coming from gay folks (extremist left or not). We are being denied our rights. We are being attacked. We had rights, but they were snatched away. We're fucking pissed and we're not going to sit quietly by. I don't know if you deserved being called a bigot, but try and have some compassion for our eternal frustration at being continuously shat upon by people who don't understand that their personal discomfort or religious feelings does translate into a valid reason excuse for treating us like second class citizens.
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a) Yeah we're not always good at taking criticism, but when your life is used as a tool by a political party and you are constantly attacked by religious groups...well it's hard to take criticism as anything but opposition.
b) Not sure what is giving you this impression. Personally I think polygamy between consenting adults (as with anything) should be legal too. However I think it is valid to point out that a group that has a tradition of polygamy (though I know the majority don't practice it nowadays) is not in the best position to be pitching a fit about traditional marriage.
c)according to an exit poll 70% of African Americans who voted in this election voted for Prop 8. However they are not the reason it passed. By the numbers there were far more white people, latinos, catholics, protestants, and a bunch of other "groups" that voted in favor of Prop 8. I don't blame the black community, though I am saddened that they do not see the similarities between their past and current struggles and our current struggle.
d) I'd say the Mormon Church single handedly raising $70 million for prop 8 is nothing to sneeze at in addition to telling their congregations to go out and volunteer to fight it (which by the way is very much in violation of tax law and there is a movement to revoke their tax exempt status now...rightfully so in my opinion). They also put out attack ads full of lies about gay marriage meaning their school kids would be taught sex ed and other dumb shit. Make no mistake that any issue like this is passed by the critical mass of religious people and the hysteria they whip up.
e) You're right. There IS a strong surge of hatred coming from gay folks (extremist left or not). We are being denied our rights. We are being attacked. We had rights, but they were snatched away. We're fucking pissed and we're not going to sit quietly by. I don't know if you deserved being called a bigot, but try and have some compassion for our eternal frustration at being continuously shat upon by people who don't understand that their personal discomfort or religious feelings does translate into a valid reason excuse for treating us like second class citizens.