Gay-rights advocates, foes face off - Salt Lake Tribune
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My favorite quote from this article: "If anyone lives in a fantasy world, it is you, not us. ... It is not an illusion that people who are gay or transgender get fired from their jobs because they are gay or transgender," McCoy said. "The rest of us who live in the real world understand that these are real problems ... that affect real people, real families."
This debate is an important debate, but for someone who has been engaged in it for quite some time now, it is getting old dancing around with the religious right on these issues. How can we ever win their hearts and minds when they live in a fantasy land where they get to make up the rules? They debate form a place of mythology instead of reality. It's pure insanity! It's like trying to convince the schizophrenic that their toaster really isn't talking to them... And yet, we are forced to have these conversations if we will ever win the real battle, the battle for equal rights in this country. I just hope it happens sooner than later because this conversation is so damn old.
This debate is an important debate, but for someone who has been engaged in it for quite some time now, it is getting old dancing around with the religious right on these issues. How can we ever win their hearts and minds when they live in a fantasy land where they get to make up the rules? They debate form a place of mythology instead of reality. It's pure insanity! It's like trying to convince the schizophrenic that their toaster really isn't talking to them... And yet, we are forced to have these conversations if we will ever win the real battle, the battle for equal rights in this country. I just hope it happens sooner than later because this conversation is so damn old.
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