Monday, January 17, 2005

Gay Lobby Going Strong

If any of you believe that the homosexual movement is reeling after the election, think again! This report from The Washington Post indicates the homosexual movement is just as determined or maybe even more so, to "normalize" or "desensitize us to" homosexuality.
To underscore their determination, 22 LGBT organizations, representing a spectrum of political goals and strategies, have, for the first time, released a joint list of priorities. They include pushing for equal employment opportunities; adding sexual orientation and gender identity to federal hate crimes law; fighting for protections for children of LGBT couples; overturning military restrictions on gay soldiers; opposing anti-gay state and federal legislation; and fighting for the freedom to marry.

"We plan on working in a coordinated fashion," said Winnie Stachelberg, political director of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national gay advocacy organization. "The moment that we're in now in our civil rights movement is acknowledging that we play different instruments and have different strengths, but we want to hear from that orchestra together." (Read more here)
(Hat tip: David Limbaugh)

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