Gays and Women keep getting the shaft

[boston bean]

and it's all fine and dandy with many here.

This is basically what I read:

"Get a life, women and LGBT. Get in line or get out!"

I hope most won't be pushed around by that bullying. The facts are women's and lgbt rights are expendable.

All this in the name of some victory?

May I ask, what victory is so important that makes us willing to lose the fight for equality?

[theHandpuppet]

1. Certainly feels that way, doesn't it

Unfortunately I don't think TPTB are done slapping us down.

[BR_Parkway]

2. I was wondering where all the "pony" comments were this am - guess that's

reserved for just the GLBT issues when we get told to wait.

[QC]

3. Oh well, at least Mr. Fabulous Pink Pony

got a fabulous gray tombstone.

[BR_Parkway]

11. took long enough

[QC]

15. True. But I didn't think it would ever happen. n/t

[Echo In Light]

4. Uniquely American

[midnight]

5. Are you talking about H.R. 3962 which will not fund abortions?

[boston bean]

6. ah huh..

[Better Today]

7. Gays, women, blacks, latinos; just because there are laws and rules, doesn't guarantee anyone

their rights. There are many shafts of different sizes and shapes that minimize the value and rights of various groups.

[951-Riverside]

8. Is that a pun?

[Greyhound]

9. Don't forget the poor. K&R.

[QC]

10. You know, this new "pragmatism" looks an awful lot like the old Republicanism. n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

12. It's OK because we're the "fringe."

So sayeth the Democratic Party.

[JerseygirlCT]

13. It does make you wonder where the line is

When do we find that point at which civil rights IS the priority? How much waiting is required before treating people equally is accepted as the first-line issue it should be?

[KamaAina]

14. One of our very finest is concerned she may have to drop out of college

to pay for her partner's premiums under this bill. See, even if they lived in a state where they could get married, they'd still be considered single under DUMA DOMA. :grr: :banghead: :argh:

edit: smilie