An Educated Citizenry…
…is apparently the gay-rights crowd’s worst enemy. Via the Jawa Report we read that what is being called, vaguely, the "Citizens Bill of Rights" has provisions that are not mentioned on the ballot.
Miami voters are being asked Jan. 29 to approve a ‘Citizens’ Bill of Rights” that would, among other things, promote religious freedom, clean air and scenic beauty. It would also ban discrimination on the basis of domestic relationship status, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression — though relatively few people are aware of it. The proposed city charter change hasn’t drawn much attention. The actual ballot wording never mentions gay or transgender rights. On Monday, even some leading gay and Christian activists didn’t know anything about it.
Apparently, the gay-rights groups don’t have the guts to fight for what they want. They prefer to sneak it in under the radar.
Heddy Peña, executive director of SAVE, Miami-Dade County’s largest gay-rights group, said her organization has been sending out e-mails urging supporters to vote yes. ”We’ve been trying not to call special attention so that it becomes highly politicized,” Peña said. “You politicize it and you have a fight on your hands.”
Politicize? Sorry, more like "publicize". I think the real fear hear is the latter, not the former. Giving the issue a fair hearing and fair representation is not politicization; it’s underhanded. Knowing they can’t sell their issue on its merits, they do what they always accuse the Religious Right of doing; force it down our throats.
Floridians, you have six days to get educated.
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“It would also ban discrimination on the basis of domestic relationship status, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression”
As a heterosexual male who supports the so-called “traditional” marriage and family, I applaud this effort to prevent homosexuals and others from discriminating against me because of my sexual orientation (non-promiscuous, anti-pedophilic, homosexual-life-style-criticizing heterosexual) and gender identity (male with no sexual interest in males, children, or animals whatsoever). . .
AND MY “EXPRESSION: OF THE SAME!
“Freedom of Speech goes both ways.
Otherwise, it’s not freedom of speech;
it’s the Soviet Union.” – Dale S. J. Milne