The Gay Left Exposes Itself. An article in
Monday's LA Times, "Gay
Pride Confronts an Identity Crisis," notes that "Longtime
backers of [the] San Francisco event question the role of
conservatives." Well, so much for the left's commitment to
"diversity," as if we didn't know that their real aim has been to
exclude anyone who doesn't toe their increasingly rigid party line.
As reported by Scott Gold:
"a growing number of old-school, left-leaning gay activists are convinced that their movement is being sold to the highest corporate bidder, and that it has become so inclusive that it may rip its once-radical roots out."
I guess some types of inclusion are just TOO inclusive.
The report continues:
"As San Francisco prepares for the annual Gay Pride Parade and Celebration on Saturday and Sunday - an event that is expected to draw a million people to downtown - many liberal gay activists have begun belittling some of their fellow entrants: gay power company executives who rake consumers over the coals, gay landlords who evict hard-working tenants, gay cops who still harass cross-dressers."
And these folks claim to be opposed to stereotypes! Clearly, rather than a gay pride parade, the gay left would much rather be part of a "socialist pride" march, dedicated to nationalized industry, government-owned communal housing, and disbanding the police so everyone can be free to live in peaceful equality. The degree of infantilism here is truly sobering.
America's Future. On a happier, more hopeful
note, check out
this moving story about a Connecticut high school athlete's
very public coming out to his peers, from the Waterbury
Republican-American, via the site of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight
Education Network.