Comments on: New South African president fires ‘Dr. Beetroot’ http://www.365gay.com/news/new-south-african-president-fires-dr-beetroot/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: John http://www.365gay.com/news/new-south-african-president-fires-dr-beetroot/comment-page-1/#comment-22634 John Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:46:55 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=3444#comment-22634 Although I'm sure everyone is happy Dr. Beetroot got the boot, I'm saddened by the resignation of Defense Minister Mosuia Lekota. He has been a steadfast friend to the gay community in South Africa. Gen. Lekota became visibly irritated during question time when quizzed by Christian Democratic MPs about the sexual orientation of his soldiers (stating in no uncertain terms that he doesn't care and neither should they). When the debate over same-sex marriage got increasingly contentious, Lekota reminded MPs that: "We have no right to preserve for ourselves, purely because of the majority of our numbers, the exclusive right to marriage while we deny others that same right. In the very long and arduous struggle for democracy very many men and women of homosexual orientation joined the ranks of the liberation and democratic forces. How, then, can we live with the reality that we should enjoy rights that together we fought for side-by-side, and deny them that? " Compare this honorable behavior to the despicable comments of Gen. Peter Pace (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) in the United States, for example, and you begin to see just how absurd it is that arrogant America continues to act like it serves as the "guardian of freedom and liberty." Gimme a break. Although I’m sure everyone is happy Dr. Beetroot got the boot, I’m saddened by the resignation of Defense Minister Mosuia Lekota. He has been a steadfast friend to the gay community in South Africa. Gen. Lekota became visibly irritated during question time when quizzed by Christian Democratic MPs about the sexual orientation of his soldiers (stating in no uncertain terms that he doesn’t care and neither should they). When the debate over same-sex marriage got increasingly contentious, Lekota reminded MPs that:

“We have no right to preserve for ourselves, purely because of the majority of our numbers, the exclusive right to marriage while we deny others that same right. In the very long and arduous struggle for democracy very many men and women of homosexual orientation joined the ranks of the liberation and democratic forces. How, then, can we live with the reality that we should enjoy rights that together we fought for side-by-side, and deny them that? ”

Compare this honorable behavior to the despicable comments of Gen. Peter Pace (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) in the United States, for example, and you begin to see just how absurd it is that arrogant America continues to act like it serves as the “guardian of freedom and liberty.” Gimme a break.

]]> By: ChHris Sullivan http://www.365gay.com/news/new-south-african-president-fires-dr-beetroot/comment-page-1/#comment-22462 ChHris Sullivan Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:43:01 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=3444#comment-22462 Well, THIS is GOOD NEWS! I wouldn't want to have Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's conscious on MY death bed. She just proves how very dangerous ignorance can be. Well, THIS is GOOD NEWS! I wouldn’t want to have Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s conscious on MY death bed. She just proves how very dangerous ignorance can be.

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