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MEMBER BLOG TAG: susan b. anthony

Monday, May 11, 2009 7:08PM
 
Sometimes you must raise your voice
Tags: A. philip Randolph, abzug, elizabeth cady stanton, equality, Jesus, malcolm X, proposition 8, same-sex marriage, stringfellow, susan B. anthony, w.e.b. dubois
 
A while ago someone said to me that she's "had it with the whole gay thing." The woman who said this is one of the nicest people I know, willing to go out of her way to help anyone, anytime, and even when we talk about things about which we disagree, she is ever gentle and respectful. However, it seems that something about "the whole gay thing" has set her off.

"Has someone insisted you start having sex with women?" I asked.

"Of course not," she said, "But they're everywhere! They're imposing it on me."

Huh. I wondered if in truth it might not be the other way around. I mean, I imagine if you're gay you might feel like straight...
 
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