tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6673429.post117044056448282590..comments2023-08-08T11:51:50.231-04:00Comments on talldrinkawater: Universal DiscriminationBohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14956519009725446739noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6673429.post-1170540807434081712007-02-03T17:13:00.000-05:002007-02-03T17:13:00.000-05:00Sieg,you make several great points- and to speak t...Sieg,you make several great points- and to speak to it, the African Americans have used the Declaration and the Constitution to win their freedom from discrimination (cf: The Civil Rights Act). And LGBT have used it, many states have overturned their sodomy laws when gay folk challenged the laws of the land by using the Declaration and Constitution as a foundation for our arguments for equal treatment under the law.<BR/><BR/>What makes this process ongoing for African Americans and gay folk is that old prejudice is holding on by its teeth and won't let go. As a result, at least for gay folk anyway, is that new laws are being enacted to work around the Constitution and Declaration. And, fear is being used a tool to accomplish it. And 'what if' scenarios are being discussed as a basis for continued discrimination (e.g., if we allow gays to marry, then next people will want to marry animals, et al.)<BR/><BR/>African Americans know all about the power of fear--the White Power uses it to control and ensure that black folks are "tolerated" (as opposed to affirmed and equaled). Through toleration, the powers ensure that they still have the final authority and say so in matters of law and acceptance.<BR/><BR/>What LGBT folk will soon realize, after laws are put in place to promise our equality, is that "tolerance" will be there to stand in for discrimination; and then we'll need to learn from the African Americans how to confront it.Bohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14956519009725446739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6673429.post-1170525034901152682007-02-03T12:50:00.000-05:002007-02-03T12:50:00.000-05:00I worked with persons who held that wearing a mini...I worked with persons who held that wearing a mini-skirt was asking to be sexually active and hence rape was not possible. I never bought that line of logic, nor have I ever bought the line of logic that slavery or wrongs to gays was ever part of the law of this land. Slavery was outside the law of this land, before the so called Civil War and after the so-called 13th Amendment. What I have trouble with is, why few of the blacks or gays, do not use the law of this land, the Declaration of Independence for their bases of treatment. As a joint, non-severable, co-equal owner (by ONE'S choice of adoption- unless ONE IS very, very old) you are one of many of the owner's and maker's with Unalienable Rights from the true Creator of the law of this land. PS: Regardless of what the hired help says, or your child says, OR THE 5'0-CLOCK NEWS, I know of no Creator who has put the hired help, kids, or the farm animals over the makers. <BR/><BR/>Does that fact mean, I WAS RAISED TO ADULT STATUS BY A SANE FUNCTIONAL FAMILY AND OTHER FOLKS WERE TOLD THAT INJUST LAW HAD TO BE OBEYED. IT SEEMS OTHER FOLKS WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE BABY SITTER AND THE HIRED HANDS WERE GREATER THAN THE PARENTS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com