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Wednesday, December 11, 2002
When playing constituency politics, it's a safe prediction that whenever you empower one group through a liberal agenda, they'll turn conservative on you when you want to extend the same rights & privileges to others. Just read this headline: "Gay Factions May Sink Bill On Sex Rights"...can you think of anything that should sound more inane?
Of course, gay-rights groups were always a kind of false presence amongst liberals: they tend to be populated with middle-to-upper class lobbyists who have one and only one issue, and the only reason why they can't align with conservatives is because of the conservative alliance with Christian groups. This is their bill, their one and only bill, and they're not willing to let another group in...it's just plain wrong.
David Paterson has a great comparison here:For Mr. Paterson, there’s an irony underlying his push for trans-inclusion. He recalls that in 1987, he held out against voting for a hate-crimes bill because it didn’t include gays and lesbians. Black and Hispanic constituents were furious, but he held his ground. Now, some of the same constituents he held out for then—gays and lesbians—are equally enraged by his holding out for another group on the margins.
Astounding.
Steven I. Weiss 8:04:00 AM
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