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marble falls

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6. Legislatively, only since the nineties, but there's been a neccessary consciousness raising since ..

Reply to Fearless (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 09:39 AM

Dec 2012

the sixties to get to a tipping point that got reached in the last decade that gets us all where we are today. And it doesn't require an amendment, it just requires equal access to the law.

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Is Gay the New Black? - Michael Eric Dyson [View all] cash__whatiwant Dec 2012 OP

well worth the 7 minutes dembotoz Dec 2012 #1

I liked the video and while terrible things have happend to gays as a group and to huge numbers.... marble falls Dec 2012 #2

I think the point he was making is cash__whatiwant Dec 2012 #3

I would only point out Fearless Dec 2012 #4

Legislatively, only since the nineties, but there's been a neccessary consciousness raising since .. marble falls Dec 2012 #6

Exactly. There needs to be no comparison. Both movements are independently rightous. marble falls Dec 2012 #5

BUT AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #8

If gay is the new black, is black the old gay? Both good causes but not equal. marble falls Dec 2012 #9

That was remarkably informative. I got into an argument with a white co-worker (I am also white) AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #7