Comments on: Withers: 2008 get thee gone! http://www.365gay.com/blog/010109-2008-is-gone/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:48:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eddie http://www.365gay.com/blog/010109-2008-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-37900 Eddie Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:12:56 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4684#comment-37900 Great post Mr. Whithers. I like your acknowledement of the role of white folks in Iowa in Obama's election. It would be nice if some of the hate mongering zealots in South Central Los Angeles churches would remember that without nice white people, there never would have been abolition. We gay folks are in a similar situation in that without nice straight people, there will be no gay liberation either. Great post Mr. Whithers. I like your acknowledement of the role of white folks in Iowa in Obama’s election. It would be nice if some of the hate mongering zealots in South Central Los Angeles churches would remember that without nice white people, there never would have been abolition. We gay folks are in a similar situation in that without nice straight people, there will be no gay liberation either.

]]> By: TigerTzu http://www.365gay.com/blog/010109-2008-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-37716 TigerTzu Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:52:34 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4684#comment-37716 James, If only we could get "folks of good will" into power instead of career politicians and lawyers, then maybe we will make some progress. Happy New Year to you and yours. James,

If only we could get “folks of good will” into power instead of career politicians and lawyers, then maybe we will make some progress. Happy New Year to you and yours.

]]> By: Thom http://www.365gay.com/blog/010109-2008-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-37676 Thom Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:00:42 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4684#comment-37676 Navanethem Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights spoke there last month saying, "That just like apartheid laws that criminalized sexual relations between different races, laws against homosexuality are increasingly becoming recognized as anachronistic and inconsistent both with international law and with traditional values of dignity, inclusion, and respect for all." Apartheid: A system of laws applied to one category of citizens in order to isolate them and keep them from having privileges and opportunities given to all others. Stop gay apartheid. Navanethem Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights spoke there last month saying, “That just like apartheid laws that criminalized sexual relations between different races, laws against homosexuality are increasingly becoming recognized as anachronistic and inconsistent both with international law and with traditional values of dignity, inclusion, and respect for all.”
Apartheid: A system of laws applied to one category of citizens in order to isolate them and keep them from having privileges and opportunities given to all others.
Stop gay apartheid.

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