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In reply to the discussion: "Gays can't be trusted with children" [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)It's an ugly little thing that we don't admit, even here--that someone can be for civil rights and against equal rights for women; they can be for equal rights for women and against equal rights for gays; and support for one issue does not always translate to all. It is why I am amused when people say "It's just like civil rights for black people!!" Or "It's just like the women's movement!!" when they are trying to espouse a POV about some issue of equality, be it gender-based, orientation-based, religion (or lack of same) based, what-have-you. The truth is, none of these things are really like the other, and the way one can prove it is by talking to people--many of whom are here within our Big Tent--and learning, to our great surprise, that they aren't as enthused about equality beyond their own little group as we might assume.
I used Byrd as an example only because he was a Klan wizard (now, that's hard-core racist) who came to terms with regard to civil rights and publicly acknowledged and admitted his error--not because he was some kind of Equality Guru who checked all the blocks. He had one particular blind spot and he overcame that one specific prejudice. That's not to say he overcame others.