Equality Will Just Happen

MYTH:

We don't need to be so pro-active.
We already have enough rights.
Gays will eventually be equal. One day.

TRUTH:

It is a fact that, through the decades, homosexuality has generally become more widely accepted. There are more laws protecting them from discrimination. There are more families and communities who understand the truth. There are more networks that provide sanctity and support. Homosexuals have never lived in a time where they have felt more empowered.

One of the saddest truths of today, however, is a newer generation forgetting the suffering that their pioneers had endured to pave their path. Some homosexuals have even voiced their contentment with the rights they do have. It is good enough.

Is achieving some liberation truly liberating for a community?

• Did the Pan-African movement settle with partial equality?
• Did Asian American immigrants settle with just a half the land right amendments?
• Did the Women Equality movement sit for tea after just winning rights in just a some accepting states? ( Even if a section of the female community would have rather done just that.)
• Should homosexuals be happy with just partial rights and acceptance?
  

No! What they have now is simply not good enough.

We mustn't forget those individuals who don't have supportive networks or communities. We must not ignore teenagers and young adults who are subjected to ex-gay programs. We must support the fight for those who DO want the right to call their partnership a "marriage". Homosexuals should not settle for equal, but different.

This is why we support Write To Marry Day, in opposing California's Proposition 8.

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