tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post4840193091442405022..comments2023-10-18T02:56:27.711-07:00Comments on Jennifer Roback Morse: Benkof: A different strategy on same-sex marriageJennifer Roback Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08328491226267765655noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-75229253777725555192009-01-19T02:45:00.000-08:002009-01-19T02:45:00.000-08:00It may have been easier for Whites in the 50's to ...It may have been easier for Whites in the 50's to digest that Blacks claim 60-80% of the value of Caucasion folks. Rosa Parks could have chosen to sit in the middle of the bus, instead of the front, beacuse it would have made fewer Whites angry. <BR/><BR/>This is a marathon, not a sprint. Compromising now dilutes the message that "equal is equal" not "kind-of" equal or "marginally equal". We will never achieve Federal recognition of marriage with ALL the rights that marriage offers (like international immigration)until a majority of States recognize gay marriage as nothing less than marriage.<BR/><BR/>It may take longer, but accepting less than what is right conveys that less is acceptable and only promotes the illusuion that straight is most valuable and deserving of premium rights and privileges. <BR/><BR/>Are we really willing to promote the message to the World (and to ourselves) that we'll take a watered down version of what is reserved for the heterosexual elite in exchange for hush rights?<BR/>Isn't that just a variation on "Don't ask, don't tell'?<BR/><BR/>Brad Kimmelman<BR/>Ridgefield CTRUKDNMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745697906399393265noreply@blogger.com