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The Aftermath of the American Election
OK boys and girls and everyone in between...
Since the election I have been asked several times what it is that I am so against with the results of the election? I wasn't a true Hillary supporter, why am I so upset?
I am a member of an Unprotected Minority. I am gay. Until the SCOTUS decision of Obergefell v. Hodges, I was DENIED over 2400 Rights and Responsibilities that were granted to my heterosexual friends and collegues. I was prevented, SOCIALTALLY, from Public Displays of Affection to my boyfriend (Now Husband) for FEAR of physical and psychological retribution.
I Was (and to a certain degree) prevented from Worshiping "GOD" in a manner that suited my heart because I was not "ONE WITH GOD" unless I forswore who and what I was.
Then the SCOTUS Declared that Same Sex Marriage was Legal in all 50 states, and territories and we (the GLTB ) community achieve a level of TRUE EQUALITY with everyone else. This was a watershed day for the lives of MANY MANY people.
Fast forward to today. We have governmental officials, Mike Pence, Gov. McCrory just to name two, who believe that CHRISITIANS are deserving of MORE RIGHTS than other people. They have created laws that ALLOW the INSTITUTIONALIZATION of Discrimination against ANYONE who could be percieved as being "AGAINST MY RELIGIOUS FREEDOME" or that persons definition of Religious Freedom.
We have an INCOMING VICE PRESIDENT who believes that CONVERSION THERAPY - Physical and psychological torture - is ACCEPTABLE and APPROPRIATE to CHANGE GLTB people into
"NORMAL" people, INCLUDING CHILDREN and to that end DIVERTED Much needed funding from HIV TREATMENT and PREVENTION.
Let me make this clear right here and now. I am a Pacifist and will NOT take up arms against ANY ENEMY, but WITHIN MY MORALITY, I will do whatever it takes to make certain, alone and with my fellow GLTB brothers and sisters, that NO Governmental Action or approach can EVER diminish the Progress GLTB people have gained LEGALLY. We WILL NO LONGER be looked down upon by those who CALL THEM SELVES CHRISTIANS but who are only looking at themselves losing a prefered status, even if it is only in their own minds.
GLTB People are FULL Citizens. We WILL CONTINUE to enjoy the SAME EXACT RIGHTS and Responsibilities as EVERY OTHER CITIZEN or that Government will feel our wrath.
Just my two cents for now.
As I keep banging on...so glad I live in a country that is so progressive. None of this closed-minded bullshit here. Live and let live, party it up to the max, chill. That's how we fly. We respect each other, we are open to all cultures, sexual preferences, ethnicities. Homosexual law reform was introduced 20 years ago, acknowledging the rights of the LGBT community.
^^^So much hatred and anger, it scares me tbh and i really dont want to see this stuff on this site its just me but come on.
chill out
If it makes you feel better, Gov. McCrory probably lost his re-election and we'll have a new (and more decent) governor in NC. We'll know for sure after some recounts this week, but it's very unlikely that he'll have been re-elected.
Very well written and argued, Mark! Thanks for posting it. I know that owing to election fatigue and a well-founded disgust with the divisiveness caused by politics, there has been a general hostility to the posting of such blogs of late here on GBT. But your powerful words remind us of the fact that the forces of repression are gathering strength to once again assault the human rights of all LGBT people, and we must be prepared to fight this attempt by these so called "Christians." Although many members would prefer not to have to think about these matters, our enemies leave us no choice, as they prepare to re-insert their religious prejudices into the civil laws that govern us all. Like it or not, my favorite author Gore Vidal was right when he wrote that "Sex is politics," and to ignore this constant truth places our community in great peril.