tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post448780118668717707..comments2023-10-07T04:19:14.316-07:00Comments on A CHRISTIAN VOICE FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER RIGHTS: WHAT GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE EXPECTINGJerry Manekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-84960348043574117812009-06-15T10:44:23.648-07:002009-06-15T10:44:23.648-07:00Hi Don Charles: It might well be that passing Hate...Hi Don Charles: It might well be that passing Hate Crimes legislation might be considered by many, including Obama, to be Obama's "crowning achievement" for LGBT people, which is a tragedy on its face. <br /><br />Repealing DADT and forcefully urging Congress to repeal DOMA would really show him to be a champion of full equality. However, I harbor no such illusion that he is in favor of full equality for LGBT people.<br /><br />Regarding the <a href="http://www.thedallasprinciples.org/The_Dallas_Principles/Home.html" rel="nofollow">Dallas Principles</a>: I like these principles, but I think what needs to be discussed is meaningful coordinated activism to achieve these principles. <br /><br />A mere statement of principles, as laudable as they may be, is useless unless there are tactics and strategies put in place, and acted upon, to achieve those principles.<br /><br />I hope that with the betrayal shown by Obama in not repealing DADT, and in the way his Justice Department justified DOMA in federal court, increasing numbers of Gay people and allies will become angry enough to discuss and implement meaningful coordinated grassroots and organizational activism.<br /><br />As I said with the affirmation of Prop. 8 by the California State Supreme Court earlier this month, Obama's betrayal of Gay people may well be a blessing in disguise, as it is sure to motivate increasing numbers of angry people to meaningfully work to institutionalize the Dallas Principles that advocate for full and equal civil rights, and see to it that LGBT people are no longer treated as second-class citizens.<br /><br />Best wishes, Jerry.Jerry Manekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-42327085851682196282009-06-15T10:07:46.513-07:002009-06-15T10:07:46.513-07:00Sounds like Obama is fixin' to throw us some c...Sounds like Obama is fixin' to throw us some crumbs to diffuse the uproar over his DOMA brief. Will we run to lap up the crumbs like grateful pets, or will we stand up on our hind legs like fully entitled American citizens and demand our due?<br />Speaking of demands, Jerry, what do you think of the "Dallas Principles"?DC HAMPTON JACOBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884630801131861786noreply@blogger.com