We Will No Longer Be Denied!

[last1standing]

You can mock us - and you have.

You can alienate us - and you have.

You can tell us to wait - and you have.

You can push discussion of our rights away from the table - and you have.

But you cannot shut us up any longer. We have worked with you to elect a president and we demand our voices be heard. Just as it would be unacceptable to allow a vocal hater of African Americans up on that stage it is unacceptable to allow a hater of the GLBT community to stand up as a symbol of what this president will stand for.

We are tired of words meant to placate us. We are tired of actions meant to suppress us. We do not need your respect or your 'tolerance'. We do not need your pity or your 'advice'.

What you are seeing today is the first wave of an attack that will not end until we win. I will no longer support those who do not support me and there are literally millions more of me. It is time for us to be heard, and we will.

We demand our civil rights and we will no longer be denied them - not by you, not by Rick Warren and not by President Elect Obama.