CHANGE IS COMING...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/opinion/24rich.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=frank%20rich%20la%20cage%20aux%20democrats&st=cseAfter Obama's lack of sensitivity to the protesters in LA, Frank Rich's piece hits me even harder. The LGBT community is clearly on the back burner (again). I'm not entirely surprised.
"Relegating fundamental constitutional rights to the bottom of the pile until some to-be-determined future seems like a shell game.
As (Evan) Wolfson reminds us in his book “Why Marriage Matters,” Dr. King addressed such dawdling in 1963. “For years now I have heard the word ‘Wait,’ ” King wrote. “It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This ‘Wait’ has almost always meant ‘Never.’ ”