tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331361569911408612.post2501980412281815197..comments2024-03-27T17:21:24.219-04:00Comments on OUTTAKE BLOG™: Happy Gay New YearCharlotte Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13409719695261294226noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331361569911408612.post-60708225555836307302011-12-31T07:17:25.930-05:002011-12-31T07:17:25.930-05:002011 was a watershed year for our LGBT community. ...2011 was a watershed year for our LGBT community. We began the year with the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” that was finally certified in September. The summer brought marriage equality to New Yorkers and now there is a growing majority of Americans who are with us in overturning the so-called Defense of Marriage Act. This being an election year we have our work cut OUT for us with every major Republican presidential candidate now promising to enshrine hate in the U.S. Constitution with a permanent ban on marriage equality. Just remember what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in her United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland stating, “Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct but in fact they are one and the same. Like being a woman, like being a racial, religious, tribal, or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights." Now it’s up to us in 2012 to make LGBT equality happen.Charlottehttp://voices.outtakeonline.comnoreply@blogger.com