I’m confused. When did we start redefining human rights? When did it become a term the gay community uses to equate itself with the victims of atrocious human rights violations?
Human rights violations are things like the genocide in Sudan; the horrific conditions men and women are forced to endure in North Korea; or the lack of female equality (i.e. the ability of men to beat women with little or no consequences) in many countries in Middle East.
When did it ever become customary or okay for the gay activists to compare their cause to that of minorities? Is same-sex marriage really on par with voter-suppression, starvation, slavery, murder, or the host of other atrocities we could list?
I’m not saying an organization doesn’t have the right to champion its cause. Just don’t try to tell us what you’re doing is somehow on the same level as the horrors others have endured, and don’t try to make those who disagree with you out to be horrible people; the last time I checked, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., did no such thing.
Before talking about something as serious as “human rights,” it might be best to pause and reflect on what human rights really are and what we mean when we speak of human rights violations.
Betty Ratcliffe