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Seneca Falls: “We demand that women have the right to vote,
like men!” Stonewall: “We demand that
men have the right to dress like women!”
Thank you, President Obama.
I have been stunned by the line in President Obama’s second
inauguration speech: "We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still," said Mr. Obama, "just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall." I’m troubled by those who have supported this assertion
of equivalence, and baffled by the many - women and ethnic minorities in particular
- who remain silent at the connection of their voting rights with the sexual practices
of a few.
Stop and think about what events and outcomes are being
equated here.
