I feel I was too hard on my PFLAG cousin & her husband about their HRC petition to STEELE

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But almost all of us here are sick of the memes that we need to reach out to "work with" wingnuts and that Rethugs really do have some inner decency deep down that will respond to heartfelt pleas. So the cousin sent me the HRC petition to STEELE protesting the TX Rethug party platform. She's basically a single-issue political neophyte, single issue because of her Gay son. In fact, I would guess that if the one issue were not a part of her life, she just might tilt towards the Rethug side of things. So, the HRC letter introducing the petition emphasizes how this is "bi-partisan" or NON-partisan, which rubbed me the wrong way. So this is what I responded to her and maybe was too harsh:


Done (I signed the petition). But you know I have to add my opinions, and I know my opinions aren't popular:

1) Petitioning the Rethugs about this or ANY HUMAN issue is pointless. The Rethugs are ANTI-human rights on ANY kind of topic. That's who they ARE. 2) While everybody wishes "Can't we all just get along" and be bi-partisan and NON-partisan, the reality is that NO minority (Hispanic, Black, Gay, women---I know women aren't a minority in numbers) will ever find social justice through the Rethug party. Yes, there are Hispanic and Black, etc., Rethugs, but it's a mystery why: Is it for money, for notoriety at being ONE minority member in a Rethug group, or just naivete? Who knows. These would be minority Rethugs: Clarence THOMAS, Ruben NAVARRETTE, Linda CHAVEZ, and YES, Michael STEELE, etc. 3) Rethugs LAUGH at people who try to "work with" them from outside groups. They USE them and make fun of them. That's just the reality.

While it is true that minorities of all kinds come from all walks of life and all levels of society and all economic groups and all religions and are like everybody else, and there ARE minorities of every kind inside the Rethug party, the reality is that getting social justice and equal rights for any minority will NOT EVER come from the Rethug Party. The only way is to BEAT the Rethugs in all elections and get them out from all the courts. So it IS a partisan issue. Sorry to break the bad news.

Whew! I hope you know I'm with you all the way.




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http://www.hrc.org/

Dear ____________:

What you are about to read is shocking but true.

The 2010 Texas Republican Party Platform says gay people shouldn't have custody of children.1

It says issuing a marriage license or performing a marriage ceremony for a same-sex couple should be punishable by jail time.2

It wants to restore 19th-century Texas statutes outlawing sex between men.3 ....

I want to be clear: HRC is a bipartisan organization. We've endorsed Republican candidates for election. So this isn't about party politics – it's about deep intolerance that deserves to be rejected.

Sign our petition to RNC Chairman Michael Steele – tell him to repudiate this outrageous platform.

After you've signed, please spread the word to your friends – LGBT and straight, Republican and Democrat – and help us get the word out.

Let's not allow the national Republican Party to hem and haw their way out of this one.

Sincerely,


Joe Solmonese
President

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1. Yep - HRC is bipartisan alright...

That is why I dropped my membership 12 years ago because they endorsed Republican Senator D'Amato over Schumer. In fact - that ill-advised HRC endorsement pissed off a ton of gay folk all over the country. And in NY they went to work and elected Schumer just to spit in HRC's face.