Reply #15: This vector of attack is dangerous.

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I have a friend who is about as far to the left as you can be. A firm believer in equitable treatment and rights of GLBT persons in our society. He would argue for equity until the end of the earth... and you know what he didn't know how important it was to the GLBT community that they be recognized as being born GLBT. In fact he rational for answering the question was that if you were born gay then people on the right would try to develop some sort of "gene" theropy to "cure the disease". So the rational he used to answer the question was to pick the answer that he thought was best for the cause. Now of course he understands the importance of the belief that GLBT persons are born that way.

That doesn't make him a monster. That doesn't make him not a supporter of social justice for GLBT individuals. In fact, chastising people who don't know will only do more harm than good. Here you have an emphatic supporter of equal justice unaware of how important it is... My friend supports full blown marriage rights for GLBT individuals...

Instead of chastising people for not knowing lets help make it known to more people. Especially, allies on the left. I didn't know until my wife mentioned it to me some 5 years ago and yet I have been an ardent supporter for over a decade. Now that I know and was not chastised for not knowing... i can let other people know.


The only thing bill richardson is guilty of is not being aware of an important justification and belief used and held by GLBT advocates.