[Vision2020] My gay agenda (again)

[Joan Opyr]

Dear Visionaries:

It's kind of Joe to offer such an eloquent defense of my responding in 
kind to Dick, Ed, and Tony, et al, but really, I shouldn't allow myself 
to be provoked.  It's bad for my blood pressure, and we have better 
things to talk about as a community than whether or not residents of 
Othello or Lewiston find me and my life vile.  Joe's right on target 
with his ugly wife analogy.  I'll offer another one.  Imagine that I've 
founded a religion based on "Logan's Run."  Life should end when you 
turn 21.  The Sandman says so, and besides, it'll save us a fortune on 
wrinkle cream, Viagra, and Social Security payments to retiring baby 
boomers.  Plus, I find the whole idea of Anna Nicole Smith having sex 
with J. Howard Marshall vile.  Let's make that illegal.

Want to talk about this?  No?  Me neither.  And so let's not.  This 
isn't to say that I believe all community discourse can or should be 
constructive -- some debate must of necessity be destructive because 
some ideas and beliefs have got to be thoroughly dismantled before we 
can move ahead.  We have to knock down racism, sexism, and homophobia; 
we have to raze this bigotry to the ground and build a better society 
above the rubble.

Do Dick, Ed, and Tony have reason to fear me, to fear women, and to 
fear equal rights for gays and lesbians?  Absolutely.  Equality is not 
a zero sum game, but acknowledging my fundamental right to life, 
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness will mean that their straight 
white world of privilege, certainty, and unquestioned assumptions will 
vanish forever.  They will always have the right to believe whatever 
they like.  The big lie is that they're going to lose that.

My gay agenda?  It sure as hell isn't to make Dick like who I am or 
accept that my gay life is both healthy and happy.  For heaven's sake, 
who does he think I am?  Albus Dumbledore?  I have no intention of 
sprinkling him with fairy dust -- any kind of fairy dust.  Why would I 
waste good fairy on Dick?  My gay agenda is very simple: I intend to 
lobby, to agitate, and to vote, vote, vote until Dick and I enjoy the 
exact same rights, privileges, and responsibilities as U. S. citizens.  
That's it.  I will not be invading his church.  I will not be burning 
his Bible.  I will, however, insist that we be treated as equals before 
the law.  The secular law.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com
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