The Kitchen Table – Violence Against Gay Americans

As a nation we just helped an unlikely community activist get elected to the White House. Many of us were part of a movement that gave us hope and made us feel included. And in the midst of this rising tide of optimism we endured a painful loss against California’s Proposition 8. Milk reminded me again of how ballot initiatives, fueled by self-righteous bigots shrouded in biblical arguments, have been used for decades to strip gay Americans of their basic civil rights. It makes me shudder to imagine what would have become of Civil Rights for African Americans had our humanity been adjudicated by popular vote.

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