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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 09:10 AM
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8. Don't stop caring.
And keep fighting.
Equal marriage is a fundamental human right, but that does not mean that we are going to get it without a fight.

Homophobia is a hysteria directed at the other. Right now, gay is way behind terrorist as the ultimate other.
We won't get the essential right to be recognized as the partner of another unless we fight for it.
165 years ago, African Americans were so much the other that they were not regarded as fully human.
As of this week, an African American is president-elect.

This is really closer than you think.
We are at the 'then they fight you' stage of Gandhi's progression.
Next we win.

And who cares if I approve of your opinion? You have a right to yours.
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