Reply #6: Public opinion is already dead against us.

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Would people suffer as a result of this? Yes, but I have to ask what's the difference? How many LGBT people are suffering right now as a result of discriminatory laws? Think about it. How many LGBT people have lost their homes after their partner died, and because they couldn't get married and were not considered the next of kin, their partners family didn't consider their relationship valuable, ended up deciding to take everything from them?

All we would be saying is, "We are suffering, and for as long as we suffer so too will everyone else suffer." Why should we send our money to a government who refuses to acknowledge us as full citizens? If it causes hardship in America - gee how awful - but America brought it on herself.

Americans do not see us as citizens. They do not know our value. By withholding our funding to a government that is discriminatory and fighting it, we are starving it of its power. If by some miracle it collapses then who does it have to blame but its own policies?

I think at absolute best we might be able to cause some inflation and maybe a ripple effect throughout the economy. It would touch everyone in America in some small way, and touch them where it hurts the most: Their pocket books.

It sends a strong message: Our problems are now your problems too and that is the goal behind it. If people don't like it what are they going to do? At worst they can take our homes (if we own one) and throw us in jail. ...and even if we go to jail they can't possibly find enough room to hold us all. And even from prison we'd still be able to claim that we stood for our freedom and our right to a pursuit of happiness.

The Civil Rights struggles in the past resulted in violence and people died. People lost everything. There is no reason our struggle for equality should be - or will be - any different. They have seen to it that our one and only hope for equality the Supreme Court is stacked with right wing Judges. What hope do we have of getting our freedom from them? None. We are left with the rule of the majority who are not effected one way or another by our struggle for equal rights. So, we need to find a way to effect them making our problems their problems too.