Change, Less Than

I'm tired of being told by my straight "liberal" friends that gay people shouldn't be upset about Rick Warren. I'm tired of gays being indifferent to our societal role, as the village rape object. "Be fair to Obama," "Give him a chance!" "You guys just have to wait, there are more important things that he has to take care of first." How quickly would that shoe fall if they were after straight rights, or women's rights, or latino's, or black's, or asian's, or the disabled. I'm tired of this bullshit. That's what it is. We have a right to be angry. We have a right to defend ourselves. We have a right to protection under the law. We have a right to be heartbroken by Obama. And we have a right to be vocal about it. We have a right and reason to be disgusted with our friends apathy. We have a right and reason to be disgusted by our own.

If you are comfortable in the idea that you are liberal, you are a democrat, you voted well, you voted for change - I ask you to really take stock. Do any of your core beliefs really mean anything, if you are not willing to stand up and defend those who are less than you, who are the least in society? I know it's easy to cast out my complaint, I am comfortable, have a house and a fancy car, but I am less than you. I have been less than you my entire adult life. If this doesn't bother you, I don't want to know you.


Dr. Mr. Obama,
You are a disgusting man. Elevating Rick Warren to a higher position of national prominence is a blow to any civil rights agenda that you pay lip-service to. If you are interested in being inclusive, why not invite a clansman on to help out with the festivities? You haven't, would it be because the clan is anti-black, or because it would be morally reprehensible? Or would it be because it would be a costly political move. You betray your own moral bankruptcy by this choice. You're not interested in inclusion, just in taking campaign contributions and votes from gays and throwing them overboard at your earliest convenience. You should be frankly ashamed to be seen on the same stage as a man who compares homosexual to pedophiles, because you are validating his position by your presence. The larger point is, if Rick Warren or anybody said the same things about blacks, women, the irish, catholics, jews, the disabled - all groups that you are born into and do not choose, like homosexuality - this wouldn't even be a discussion, because the political fallout would have been so extreme. And this will be too. We are tired of being a cultural whipping post for the ignorant. We shouldn't need to beg for our rights at all, much less be forced to beg for them from a fellow minority. No matter how disgusting you find homosexuality, you should know better. It was not long ago, that your rights were dictated by an ignorant mob of bigots. Now you have joined them, congratulations, you have achieved your personal aims of being elected at the price of your soul. Ever read Faust Mr. Obama?

I wish McCain would have won the election, at least with him you know where he stands, and he wouldn't lie to your face when he was advocating the theft of your civil liberties, he'd just try and take them. It's more honest. Oh and yes, I know you were supporting the No on Prop 8 movement, with a full throated press release. And a single dollar to the campaign? Couldn't do any outreach to your Californian base? Send one group email?

You're a disgusting, bankrupt, Machiavellian coward. I hope you lose every ounce of happiness you have ever seen.

Brian Crano