I support gay marriage, I'm offended by Warren at the Inaugural BUT these comparisons to RACE are BS

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And quite FRANKLY OFFENSIVE.

Before I get into it I will also state my passionate support for LGBT rights, repeat that I support gay marriage and am offended by Rick Warren participating in the inauguration.

I understand why folks feel the need to draw moral equivalencies but realistically they are unnecessary and do a disservice to the struggles of any identity group. Who has it worse? Blacks? Gays? Women? Jews? Hispanics? Asians? Middle Easterners? People with disabilities? Do you really want to be the judge of that? The only thing we have in common is that we are dealing with bigotry and need our civil rights protected BUT THE STRUGGLES ARE DIFFERENT.

Can we learn from each others experiences? ABSOLUTELY!

The LGBT experience as it relates to discrimination and civil rights is completely different to the Black experience when it comes to the same issues. More importantly I don't need to think its the same to know that bigotry and discrimination against ANYONE is wrong.

When you consider the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow as well as issues like crime, education, racial profiling, the criminal justice system, jobs, economic redlining, home ownership, economic development, etc. would you say that Black struggles and the LGBT struggles are the same? And lots not forget the African Americans who also happen to be part of the LGBT community. I would assume that within the LGBT community their are different struggles based on gender, race, religion and gender identity.

During the primary we used to go back and forth about what is worse: racism or sexism. Again they are both bad and the issues are different. The struggles of racism and sexism do not need to be compared because they are different. Who has it worse a Black man or a white woman?

When talking discrimination and bigotry we often find ourselves establishing a hierarchy of suffering when in reality its all about and should not be tolerated.