Gay Folk Need to Get in Line

I'm not hating on anyone, but I have to admit that this kind of thing happened in the past and I want to make sure it doesn't happen again.

I'm not saying gay folk don't have their issues and the right to protest and push their issues. All I'm saying is that they don't have the right to be at the front of the line. Not yet.

Remember when Clinton got elected? The first issue before he ever even got into office was "Gays in the military." What? Haven't they always been in the military? So what's the big deal? Whether they could be open about it or not? And my question then, as my question now is this...How the hell did this get to the top of the agenda? What about black folk, the homeless, the uninsured, the jobless, the screwed up economy, the immigrants? There's a lot of other people who've been standing the the "Waiting to be heard" line much longer than gay people.

This may be offensive to some people, but I honestly don't recall there being a serious gay voice or gay community--let alone a LGBT community anywhere outside San Francisco at all until the about the 80s. Black folk have about 300 more years of waiting on this line. Native Americans have about the same. Where I come from, you put in the work before you reap the rewards. LGBT folk just don't have enough seniority to be at the top of the agenda yet.

Now don't get mad. We're not forgetting you. But seriously, how many of you really want to marry anyway? I honestly believe there was a good number of gay folk who voted for prop 8. I'm sure there's plenty of LGBT people who are quite happy that there is a law forbidding them from marrying, if for no other reason than to have an excuse not to be bound to a particular partner who, if marriage was legal, would definitely be planning a huge wedding.

Now I'm not accusing gay people of working for conservatives, but sometimes I sincerely wonder what folk in the LGBT community are thinking? You work to elect a liberal (or a more liberal) politician and you...what? Expect them to throw away any and all ability to govern by trying to swing the country far left? Don't you understand that many people are afraid of you. Why do you think they pass these laws?

Consider this... LGBT folk cannot reproduce. That means the only way for their society to maintain it's numbers is for it to grow by (and this isn't the best word, I know) conversion. It is, in essence, the offspring of straight families that are required for the LGBT society to exist. That alone is enough to power the right for 1000 years.

But look too at how you affect the left. The headlines on the front page of the Los Angeles Times on Nov 5th read about Obama's victory as the first black President of the United States. And right beneath it and above the pic of Obama, it read that Gay marriage had been defeated. The days following the election and the ban were marches and rallies and even arguments about how black folk stripped gay people of their rights when gay people had helped elect the first black President. What? Black folk can't even celebrate for having gay folk yelling on TV about injustice.

And now with the economy in absolute shambles, banks going bankrupt everyday, and the end of economic world as we know it, LGBT folk want to posture as if the main issue on the table is whether or not they can call themselves husband and husband or wife and wife? Seriously folk? Really? Right now? You sure you want to do this now? Get in the back of the line already. And work for the other issues you value in the meantime. This is not the most important issue on the table for anyone.

And go get married. You've been doing it all along anyway. Get married! No one is stopping you. This isn't about not being able to live in a certain area or not being able to shop in a certain store, go to a certain school, or get a job. It's not even about not being able to get married. This is about making people see the world the way you see the world. This is about making conservatives no longer see you as sinners choosing a sinful lifestyle, but as being born gay. And honestly, do you really think that's going to happen? I'm not saying it won't happen eventually, but I am saying that we need to fix this economy, health care, the unemployment situation and lot of other things first. So get in line.

I saw Rachel Maddow say that LGBT people were "thrown under the bus" by the Clinton administration. They weren't thrown under any bus. They just weren't prioritized as they would like to be. All I'm asking is do you really deserve to be prioritized at this time? Do you really think Obama can afford to prioritize your issues at this time? Is that going to be the action that will help bring this nation together?

Please don't spend your amazing gifts and talents trying to undermine Obama because he didn't prioritize you or because he selected someone you feel is an enemy to pray at his inauguration. It's a prayer. Chill out. Right wingers have 24-7 radio and TV ranting, preaching, and deluding Americans into believing Obama is the Antichrist, dividing our nation and polarizing people essential to our healing. And they are counting on the LGBT community to help ignite the fires of fear that power their engines. Please don't do it. Not this time.

There's plenty for everyone. Just be patient and get in line. It will all work much smoother and all will be served much better if you do.

TRL.