Reply #112: Can you read?

[cali]

I said statistically. That does not mean that certain gay or lesbian individuals don't have it tougher than certain black individuals, but when you look at statistics regarding health, prison, arrests, certain kinds of drug abuse, income, and deaths from gunshot wounds, for example, blacks have it tougher. Again, that was hardly the OP's main point, and I'm sorry we're focusing on it here at DU. There's something wrong when it's a competition to see which specific group is worse off or more oppressed. Civil rights are equally important for everyone. Gays and lesbians should undoubtedly be able to be secure in their jobs, be able to marry, adopt and live their lives like any other citizen, secure in the knowledge that they share the same rights and responsibilities as any other person. And blacks shouldn't be incarcerated and executed so disproportionately, or die so young, or be stopped on the highway because of "driving while black", or suffer from poorer or less medical care. All of these issues are important.