Reply #216: My 2 Cents

[MNBrewer]

It should be painfully clear by now that the majority of GLBTs participating in this discussion have perceived a reservoir of anti-gay bias, and a pattern of unnoticed, unpunished abuse that stretches back prior to the 2008 primary. Look at the quotes in Sapphocrat’s post #190.

As for being a Hillary Clinton supporter, I was certainly not. My choice was John Edwards, because of the way his Two Americas rhetoric resonated with me. After he dropped out, I took a neutral position, because I couldn’t fully embrace either H.C. or Obama, because of their anti-gay positions, among other things.

I’m going to risk stating plainly that holding positions that limit GLBT citizens to second class status is bigotry; those who hold those positions are bigots. How many topics are required? In my opinion, even one is sufficient. A person who embraces same sex marriage but believes that gays shouldn’t be allowed to teach elementary school is a bigot. A person who believes in employment protection, but not the right to marriage equality is a bigot. A person who believes that our request for equal rights should be kicked down the road for political expediency is a bigot.

My concern is that while this biased speech is protected and allowed to flourish, pointing it out as bigotry is grounds for removing a post, or worse.