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Wed May 17, 2006 at 03:30 PM CDT
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(Marti served with me, leading the Campus Alliance which fought Prop 2 last November and demolished it in student precincts. It's inspiring to see continued progress. - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
As we saw, yet again, Travis County voters came together and did what was right for gay and lesbian families in Austin...Voted Yes on Prop 6. Now any Austin City employees can add their partner (or brother or grandmother, etc.) to their health insurance policy. What a great way to assist people through the health care crisis facing all of us...AND to promote equality...all in the same vote!
But I really want to acknowledge the fact that those 68% of Austinites weren't all gay people. There are SO many straight people joining this movement every day and it's awesome! Every civil rights movement has been advanced by the "haves" joining in the forces to stand with the "have nots"...through their voices, their votes, and their courage to demand what is right.
I want to acknowledge a new organization called the Atticus Circle. It was founded a little over a year ago, and it's sole purpose to to collect and empower the straight voice for gay and lesbian equality. |
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| We can win this all over the country if we just start mobilizing the straight voice to speak out in solidarity within the glbt movement, and this organization is the first group to attempt to do that.
I feel extremely fortunate to live in Austin, where the majority of voters agree that my partner and I should have equal rights. But this movement, as we saw last fall on Prop.2, is about SO much more than Austin...and we need to make sure that all people, STRAIGHT, gay and other, have their voice counted in the movement as a whole. Together we will win, especially when people sign on as supporters with groups like the Atticus Circle. |
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