FINALLY! JUSTICE!

[bradygirl_12]

FINALLY the lawmakers in Washington did the right thing and repealed the odious 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' seventeen years after implementing this shameful law. Naturally, it'll take almost a year for things to get going (funny how when you grant people THE RIGHTS THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD IN THE FIRST PLACE, it takes the speed of molasses, but whatever), but after the way gay rights activists kept knocking their heads against the wall for almost two decades, it must be REALLY nice to finally stop.

Naturally, the critics claim All Sorts Of Horrible Things will happen (just as they did about racial integration in the armed forces back in the late '40s), but it seems to me that unless a gay or lesbian soldier is an idiot, they aren't going to be flaunting the fact that they're homosexual in people's faces or making passes, right? Homophobia is alive and well in the military and it's still dangerous to be gay. Any problems I see in the future will be from the homophobes, not the homosexuals.

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[crooked-halo.livejournal.com]

This made me very very happy when I saw the headline tonight. It's way overdue and honestly I wonder what group is going to be discriminated against for next generation, because we never seem to quite get the 'equality for everyone' thing right, do we?

I just hope they don't find some way to reverse this. And my fingers are crossed for gay marriage next!

[bradygirl_12]

I fist-pumped when I saw the news here on-line. :)

After Communism fell, gays became the new scapegoats for EVERYTHING. Certain people and philosophies need 'The Other' to validate their own pathetic lives.

They'll try hard to reverse this, so people must be vigilant! And, yes, that loathesome Defense Of Marriage Act is next!

[crooked-halo.livejournal.com]

To be fair, any policy that might actually help the greater good as opposed to private interests is still written off as 'socialism'. I actually live in Wisconsin, so upper Midwest, but sadly still very affected by the bible belt mentality and there was actually a protest organized to protest our 'socialist' president shortly after Obama was elected. *sigh* I'm just glad to live in a suburb, which means being in an urban area, there is more variety of political opinion and religious beliefs, even if the majority of people around me still identify themselves as Christian and still are very closed-minded in regards to the rights of groups of people that clash with their supposed beliefs.

I honestly just hope this is the start of a true turn-around for gay rights. We've got a long way to go on this one, but I think we've come a long way too. There is more acceptance now than there was, but there is so much more that is needed and deserved. It breaks my heart to see friends who are gay and in love and can't legally declare their commitment to each other, or can't safely go to certain places without fear of ridicule or violence.

But for today, I will celebrate this victory and hope that it is a sign of good things to come :)

[bradygirl_12]

Hopefully gay rights can truly march forward with this victory, with gay marriage not far behind. :)

It's just stupid, this bigotry. Ironic, too. Gays are fighting to get married and to join the military, stuff that the Religious Right LOVES, yet when it's gays and lesbians, they're appalled! Prejudice knows no sense. *shakes head*