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And perhaps that's why we DID have to wait (and I'm not complaining) until women were given the vote, and stopped being so blatently discriminated against in employment (though they still don't make dollar for dollar with men), and had to wait until blacks were freed from slavery, freed from Jim Crow, given fair housing, employment and voting rights under the law.
That's just under the law, of course. Hearts and minds will take centuries, perhaps, to catch up to that. Because people of color are still taking dehumanizing sh!t every day of their lives.
But, ok, so now let the law catch up to gays, and let the clock on centuries of waiting for hearts and minds and TRUE equality start ticking.
And ya know what, our oppression may be a little less than that of blacks ... but it sucks hard being the last remaining minority it's ok to openly hate. Like we are the lowest of the low, the dregs of every society. You can't come out against any other racial or ethnic group ... but in too many parts of our society, it's still alright to hate faggots.
And yeah, marriage rights might seem trifling. We wouldn't bother if we hadn't already tackled housing and employment rights ... in the law, if not in practice. Enough. Time for the full and totally equality guaranteed us by the Constitution and ours as inalienable by virture of our humanity.
Moreso, it's not about where we live this time, or how we work ... but about who we love, the essence of our gayness. We WILL have that legitimized by society ... because it IS LEGITIMATE TO BE GAY.
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