Reply #98: That sounds like what I noticed as well, as I've stated elsewhere in this thread.

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At the end of the day, one fact remains: Gay people still have fewer rights - thousands fewer - than any other citizen of the U.S. The rights of a minority group of people were voted away in the states of California, Florida, Arizona, and Arkansas on Election Day 2008. These states joined the vast majority of other states in the U.S. that have voted and legislated away the rights of one minority group - gay people - treating us as a completely separate group from every other group of U.S. citizens.

And what was the response to this on DU? Many DUers took the opportunity to tell gay people that we don't deserve human rights, and we're rude and racist, too.

Forget the past? I'm ready to forgive and forget as soon as I have equal protection under the laws.