No, my friends, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is not a partisan organization. From an e-mail, they sent me two days ago, December 6, they explain why they’re coming from:
I won’t sugarcoat it. The election results are a setback to all fair-minded people.. . . .A setback to all fair-minded people?!?! Couldn’t they have just said, “not the results we were hoping for”? Defining opposition to state recognition of same-sex marriage and advocacy of small government as “hateful rhetoric”? Come on, now.
Because, in spite of the Republican takeover of the House, a more conservative Senate and the rise in hateful rhetoric and action from far-right groups like the Tea Party, Focus on the Family and the National Organization for Marriage, the Task Force will continue to fight for equality for the LGBT community.
Why do some left-wing groups define opposition as hatred?
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Don't argue issues, label as hate.
B. Daniel Blatt writing at GayPatriot: Is all opposition to left-wing causes “hateful”?
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