Saturday, December 25, 2010

Why even homophobes should celebrate gay rights victories

One of my favorite Abraham Lincoln quotes:

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

If I claim the right to deny you rights, that sets the precedent that someone (maybe you, or maybe someone? else) might deny MY rights.

So a victory for the rights of any minority, no matter how much or how?little you may identify with that minority, is a victory for us all.

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