Time to Fight Again for Civil Rights
November 12, 2009 by Gay Agenda News Team
In 1968, the longstanding ban on interracial marriage was overturned. Today, public opinion toward it is overwhelmingly favorable, but this sentiment wasn’t always a part of the nation’s morals. According to screenwriter John Rogers, when the Supreme Court officially legalized interracial marriage, almost three-quarters of the American public disagreed with the decision.
The odds are much better in the gay marriage debate: according to a CNN poll, a majority of college-age individuals support same-sex marriage, as does just under half of the general public. It is unfair, unethical and anti-egalitarian for the law to deny certain couples the rights granted to others because of who they are. All people in the “land of the free” deserve the right to marry whomever they choose.
It is time for legislators to listen to their constituents and make a bold move for civil rights. Equality may be ultimately inevitable, but it faces very real challenges right now. States all over America are denying civil rights to LBGT individuals. Maine is the latest in a series of disappointments, but if we don’t resist, it won’t be the last. Minnesota has the opportunity to be a progressive force for real, important social change. History will look favorably on our will to fight for civil rights. We need to take a stance and make change now.
Isn’t Michelle Bachmann from Minnesota? She is a bitch on wheels that hates us and will bring in Palin, Gallagher, FRC, CWFA and the other right-wing fanatics to spear this effort, I am sure.