Civil Rights

I read an article today on Foxnews.com by a former Democratic representative called Martin Frost, about how great America is because of the civil rights movement and oh, how much freedom people of all colours, races genders and lifystyles now enjoy in the United States. I reminded the poor, dillusional man with an email.
(article - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174090,00.html)

Dear Mr Frost

The United States may have come leaps and bounds in trying to end racial prejudice against the African American community, but America still seems intent in pushing ahaead with prejudice against the Gay community. I believe at the last count 18 states have constitutional amendments against the right of gay people to marry; the President tried to introduce a constitutional amendment which would bar gay people from their rights of equal treatment, as guaranteed under the 14th amendment. The arguments used against gay marriage are the exact same as were used against interracial marriage.

It is not acceptable to be openly racist towards black people, but it still seems to be open season on the Gay community. State after state, judge after judge and pastor after pastor try and make life untolerable for gay people; they take away their rights and their libertys which the African American community experienced 50 years ago.

You may say the traditional civil rights movement cannot be compared to the struggle for acceptance of gay people, but I say injustice is injustice. Civil rights movements are not begining to end struggles, they are endless campaigns to take those remaining behind the lines of inequality to freedom.

Yours sincerely,

Nick Henderson