Comments on: Something afoot http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/11/something-afoot.shtml An unconventional family in a conventional world, taking notes Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:17:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lauren http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/11/something-afoot.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-2708 Lauren Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:17:45 +0000 http://www.lathefamily.org/blog/?p=1615#comment-2708 <a href="http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/dark-side-of-the-vote/" rel="nofollow">http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/dark-side-of-the-vote/</a> http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/dark-side-of-the-vote/

]]> By: silph http://www.lathefamily.org/2008/11/something-afoot.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-2707 silph Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:21:01 +0000 http://www.lathefamily.org/blog/?p=1615#comment-2707 i myself sometimes realize how complacent i have the luxury of being; where i live (and pray that it stays that way), i have full equality in the eyes of the law. and in fact, i don't even need to hide my sexual orientation in my everyday life, because i'm lucky enough to live near Toronto. ` i (however vaguely) know, though, that i would not have the luxury of being so complacent, if it weren't for those generations before me who fought for my rights and for the change in attitude. Trey, could you elaborate on what it might tangibly look like, when people who react in this past week with a kind of new determination to fight for their equality .. what will it tangibly look like when they start fighting? i ask partially because, in my luxury of complacency, i have trouble even picturing what it means to do the brave and stepping-out-of-your-comfort-zone boundries work.. . i myself sometimes realize how complacent i have the luxury of being; where i live (and pray that it stays that way), i have full equality in the eyes of the law. and in fact, i don’t even need to hide my sexual orientation in my everyday life, because i’m lucky enough to live near Toronto.
` i (however vaguely) know, though, that i would not have the luxury of being so complacent, if it weren’t for those generations before me who fought for my rights and for the change in attitude.

Trey, could you elaborate on what it might tangibly look like, when people who react in this past week with a kind of new determination to fight for their equality .. what will it tangibly look like when they start fighting?

i ask partially because, in my luxury of complacency, i have trouble even picturing what it means to do the brave and stepping-out-of-your-comfort-zone boundries work.. .

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