It is hard for me to understand how we two people, coming from different disadvantaged groups, see past each other on this issue.
The no-brainer for me is that suffrage and civil rights went hand in hand, historically speaking. The struggle for rights for blacks and for women went on rather concurrently. They together make up what's commonly known as "minority groups." However, they are not the only minority group around, nor the only minorities that have been discriminated against. However, their triumphs in terms of rights recognized extend to other minority groups.
For me, it's a logical extension to add "sexual orientation" to "one should not discriminate against anyone on the basis of race, gender, ethnic background, or religion" rather than to strike them all down out of hand.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2006-10-27 04:13 am (UTC)The no-brainer for me is that suffrage and civil rights went hand in hand, historically speaking. The struggle for rights for blacks and for women went on rather concurrently. They together make up what's commonly known as "minority groups." However, they are not the only minority group around, nor the only minorities that have been discriminated against. However, their triumphs in terms of rights recognized extend to other minority groups.
For me, it's a logical extension to add "sexual orientation" to "one should not discriminate against anyone on the basis of race, gender, ethnic background, or religion" rather than to strike them all down out of hand.