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YoungDemCA

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2. Well I suspected that it didn't matter to him whether LGBT people had the *right* to get married

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 10:31 PM

Sep 2016

That suspicion, combined with his assumption that I was gay - as if only gay people cared about equal rights and opportunities for gay people ("Who cares?&quot - really rubbed me the wrong way.

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So I tweeted that I was glad to have seen progress on LGBT rights in the US [View all] YoungDemCA Sep 2016 OP

That he doesn't care is the real progress here Warpy Sep 2016 #1

Well I suspected that it didn't matter to him whether LGBT people had the *right* to get married YoungDemCA Sep 2016 #2

I'll take apathy against frothing at the mouth rage any old day Warpy Sep 2016 #4

For many, including, sadly, many gay people, "marriage" seems to be an 'end game.' Behind the Aegis Sep 2016 #3

Yes, there's a long way to go. Warpy Sep 2016 #5

I agree. For the LBGT it really is akin to "battle fatigue." Behind the Aegis Sep 2016 #6

61year old white straight and married guy, here and... MarianJack Sep 2016 #7