For Matthew - Bloggers Unite for Human Rights
Bloggers Unite for Human Rights. Today is the day, and I have no grand agenda, no brilliant insights into how to cause world peace, feed the hungry, and stop President Bush from trampling over our constitution and torturing and enslaving anybody he wants. No ideas.
But closer to home, I am happy. I am thrilled that the California Supreme Court overturned the state’s gay marriage ban. It amazes me that straight people think that homosexuals have so much power that if they had the same marriage rights, society as a whole would collapse. It is a step.
I will be even more thrilled when gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgendered (GLBT) individuals are given the same protections in the workplace as others. I have a transgendered friend who lost her job just because of who she is. I lost a career position after seven years when my new boss found out I was a lesbian. And it is legal.
Even more heavenly will be when GLBT individuals don’t have to be afraid to walk out of a bar at night time, don’t have to worry that if they turn to police for help, they won’t find it, and don’t have to find a 21-year-old youth beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die because he’s gay.
“Your voice is the most powerful tool in erasing hate.” ~ Judy Shepard
Glad to see another LGBT rights poster
I’ve added your post link to the list at http://focusorganic.com/bloggers-unite2/
And I’ve also added your link to my own Human Rights post, at http://focusorganic.com/21st-century-oppression-denial-basic-rights-homosexuals/
I was going to do this challenge, but I just couldn’t there in my head to write something because my kids have been sick. I’m so happy about the CA ruling though, makes me miss home!
Peace,
OC
Amen.
Are you sure the sexuality discrimination in the workplace is legal? I thought there were equality provisions that address sexuality.
You’re being featured on Five Star Friday:
http://www.fivestarfriday.com/2008/05/five-star-friday-edition-6.html
If only -
It is very exciting to witness what is happening in California! Sadly, I think the change is going to happen one state at a time for the next few (several?) years. I look forward to the day when equal rights for all LGBT people are celebrated in every state and we no longer have to worry about situations as great as loosing our jobs or as simple as having an unsettling feeling when checking into a hotel and the person behind the desk says, “Oh let me get you & Ms. L in a different room with two beds.” “No thank you, one is fine.”