tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869415038916791693.post8504233375656297938..comments2022-12-31T11:20:33.999-06:00Comments on Billy's Musings...: Obama is the answer to the same sex and interracial marriage "discussions"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08538310497095882320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869415038916791693.post-8955001600611011852009-02-15T11:19:00.000-06:002009-02-15T11:19:00.000-06:00This is good news-by the way, sometimes I have to ...This is good news-by the way, sometimes I have to send emails twice as I often lose "connection" and can't know if something I "sent' actually went. So please let me hear more, and if his memories are in the archive there in San Francisco.<BR/> <BR/>I am now in LA the state, after all those good years in L.A. the city, which I still feel almost a spiritual connection to.(Did you see the website: htp://tangentgroup.org material?)<BR/> <BR/>Thanks for the contact.Billy Gloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441734786301759692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869415038916791693.post-83128174560584422412009-02-14T01:43:00.000-06:002009-02-14T01:43:00.000-06:00Hi Billy I am visiting my uncle in san franciso. W...Hi Billy I am visiting my uncle in san franciso. We were discussing his history and early gay rights. I did a search for mattachine and I found your blog. You mentioned that you wanted to find him to get the story. He is alive and well. I appreciate your refering to him as a brave soul. If you would like more information please contact me.Gerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017801765471635304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869415038916791693.post-80497159278562580352009-02-12T07:52:00.000-06:002009-02-12T07:52:00.000-06:00You are talking about issues not relevant to my em...You are talking about issues not relevant to my email. In the first place, the issue of the military was irrelevant when we had a draft. The government made us go on record about our sexuality. Now it is different, but if a homosexual person makes a choice to go into the military, he/she should not be disqualified because of their choice of a sex partner.<BR/><BR/>The same answer applies to marriage. I tell people about the Organization that tires of deal with the unfairness marriage gives people, and that will still be true when same sex marriage arrives (atmp@unmarried.org).<BR/><BR/>My point was that Obama, existing as probably the most powerful person in the world, and a child of an interracial marriage-until the 1960 against the law and against a large majority of the public-is proof that finally that issue of how children of interracial marriage has been answered.<BR/><BR/>And if interracial marriage can finally be ended as an issue, soon the same will be true of same sex marriage-and we can learn from how this person got elected president. against all the odds.Billy Gloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441734786301759692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869415038916791693.post-49176969038955998622009-02-12T07:50:00.000-06:002009-02-12T07:50:00.000-06:00Okay, I understand where you’re coming from, but t...Okay, I understand where you’re coming from, but there’s another argument here.<BR/><BR/>Is our movement merely about getting equality or is it about transformation? Is it about getting equal access to all the institutions of society, even the corrupt or destructive institutions like marriage and the military. Or is it about creating a better world where those institutions are torn down?<BR/><BR/>Jane Rule, for example, in her final years, said that the job of gays and lesbians was not to get equal access to the institution of marriage but to extend a hand and help free our heterosexual sisters from what is at its core a corrupt and exploitive institution that has proved largely impervious to basic reform.<BR/><BR/>Similarly, the military. Sure, it’s fair to argue that there are lots of gays and lesbians already in the military and they deserve equal respect, freedom and safety from abuse. But the more fundamental question today is how do we disarm, take apart our armies, make international institutions stronger so that they’re no longer needed. I understand that the armed forces are revered by average citizens in the United States today in a way that they simply are not in Canada and Western Europe. And so, some equality-seeking gays and lesbians think it’s important to win access to this institution to advance the general social acceptance of queers in US society. But this is a solution to the wrong question. The question is (and it’s no doubt a question very much on the minds of people who have been abused by US forces in Vietnam, the rest of the Americas and now Iraq) how can the US be turned into a peace-loving country that turns its back on militarism.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869415038916791693.post-11192929154043912082009-02-11T07:23:00.000-06:002009-02-11T07:23:00.000-06:00I came across an online community for individual s...I came across an online community for individual seeking interracial love. It is Blackwhitemeet. C O M All singles there are seeking interracial relationships. Interracial is not a problem here, but a great merit to cherish!Interracialmatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572760854746186818noreply@blogger.com