tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18860233.post3603078862332531333..comments2024-01-28T23:40:29.891-05:00Comments on Steve Charing OUTspoken: Targeting the Persuadable MiddleSteve Charinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671770309656409487noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18860233.post-11840547066079982772008-12-18T00:25:00.000-05:002008-12-18T00:25:00.000-05:00Evidence proves that this moderate approach is a w...Evidence proves that this moderate approach is a winner. Recent polling indicates that we are gaining in all areas pertaining to LGBT rights.<BR/><BR/>---snip--<BR/><BR/>I disagree. Recent polling has shown that we are losing ground. We had gay marriage in California. Now we don't. I would characterize that as a loss...wouldn't you?<BR/><BR/>Also...how much more education can we provide on this issue? We've been there and done that so to speak. And look what we have to show for it. Crumbs, as Larry Kramer would say.<BR/><BR/>We didn't lose in California because people weren't educated. They were suffciently educated...just not by us. By the time our "community" got off it's ass to address the issue in a meaningful way, the mormon church had it's claws deep into that precious middle you're talking about. <BR/><BR/>Why are we not screaming in the streets? Why are we not protesting in front of EVERY church that would deny us? It's not so much about fighting those institutions as it is about reclaiming our fire...our drive...and our visibility. In the last 10 years those things have been lost among the Mariah Carey remixes and "straight acting" abercrozombie marketing.<BR/><BR/>Who are we as community? Right now we are the 10% that laid down and let the oppressors kick us in the head without so much as wimper. Unless we reclaim ourselves as community, history has shown that this will continue to happen...over and over again. Join the Impact you say? What impact? That rally was held on a Saturday. Who did we impact? A few passing cars? Homeless people? Certainly not the people that make the decisions. Besides some masturbatory preaching to the converted, it was a non-event.<BR/><BR/>If you aren't mad...get mad. This fight will not take place in the legislative session...we've seen how that (doesn't) work. It's time to shelve the "we're just like you" crap. We aren't like straight people. They have rights. I don't know about you...but I'm willing to fight for my rights.<BR/><BR/>John FlanneryJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705297161214134742noreply@blogger.com