This is the problem with the current state of play for Gay Rights in the United States.
Their rights and their struggle for equality too often get folded into broader, basically and wholly unrelated legal issues. This is now a discussion about freedom of information, privacy rights, defamation, etc.
The struggle for Gay Rights too often gets shuffled under the rug because of the stress it puts on our federalist, states vs. centralized government republican democracy. During the African-American Civil Rights movement of the 1960's, the high court did the same thing, because the U.S. Supreme Court avoids addressing constitutional questions if they can, and instead defer to the states to determine what is best.
Its happening again. I hope the Gay Community takes a lesson from the African American community. They need a leader. They need to rise up, begin a campaign of civil disobedience. Demand equal rights and protection under the laws of the United States. Make it so that the high court can no longer ignore the obstruction of their rights in favor of religious law.
Otherwise, these petty and distracting legal issues will continue to burden their cause.
Have a look at the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Lord Foul's Bane, The Illearth War, and The Power That Preserves).
Fantastic series about a leper from our world slipping into what is either a comatose based delusion or another world where he finds he is regarded as a symbol of rescue and enormous power.
I'm posting late, not sure anyone will even read this. Emails like the one you received from the Corporate Attorney are likely composed of boiler-plate language, designed to scare you into removing the content from your web page.
Given the status of your website and the non-profit nature of the discussion, I find it unlikely that the attorneys would resume litigation against you. I say keep it up.
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This is the problem with the current state of play for Gay Rights in the United States. Their rights and their struggle for equality too often get folded into broader, basically and wholly unrelated legal issues. This is now a discussion about freedom of information, privacy rights, defamation, etc. The struggle for Gay Rights too often gets shuffled under the rug because of the stress it puts on our federalist, states vs. centralized government republican democracy. During the African-American Civil Rights movement of the 1960's, the high court did the same thing, because the U.S. Supreme Court avoids addressing constitutional questions if they can, and instead defer to the states to determine what is best. Its happening again. I hope the Gay Community takes a lesson from the African American community. They need a leader. They need to rise up, begin a campaign of civil disobedience. Demand equal rights and protection under the laws of the United States. Make it so that the high court can no longer ignore the obstruction of their rights in favor of religious law. Otherwise, these petty and distracting legal issues will continue to burden their cause.
Have a look at the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Lord Foul's Bane, The Illearth War, and The Power That Preserves). Fantastic series about a leper from our world slipping into what is either a comatose based delusion or another world where he finds he is regarded as a symbol of rescue and enormous power.
I'm posting late, not sure anyone will even read this. Emails like the one you received from the Corporate Attorney are likely composed of boiler-plate language, designed to scare you into removing the content from your web page. Given the status of your website and the non-profit nature of the discussion, I find it unlikely that the attorneys would resume litigation against you. I say keep it up.