[dreadgeek]

Originally Posted by Medusa

And apparently made a comment that marriage "is not a civil right -- you're not black".

Now Im reading further into this group - These are Gay conservatives who *invited* Ann Coulter to speak? (that's the sound of my head exploding).
Im seriously trying to wrap my head around a group of marginalized people being so full of self-loathing that they would invite such an acidic twit (and PAY her?) for her putrid twaddle.

*twitch*

If I werent worried about appearing completely irrational and paranoid, I might suggest that this entire group is planted.

You know, Medusa, I had that very same thought! However, for much the same reasons as you I eschew that particular line of thought.

That said, I have to say that I'm distressed by what has happened to the conservative movement in the last two decades. What is really tragic about this is that two of the four big pillars of the gay rights movement are, when you think about them, *deeply* conservative (in the sense of upholding tradition). They are, of course, the battle to allow gays and lesbians to serve in the military and the battle for marriage. Neither of these planks in the platform are particularly radical--20 years ago I was part of a small group of queer people claiming that the DADT battle was really important. Within the queer orthodoxy of the day the prevailing meme was that the military was no place that any self-respecting queer should WANT to be and so military service wasn't important. The prevailing meme on marriage was that same-sex marriage would simply recapitulate the heterosexist paradigm and, as such, was unworthy of our energies.

It is a sign of just how far *right* American politics have shifted that those two ideas are now considered left if not *far* left.

Current American Conservatism is not, in fact, conservative what-so-ever but is actually profoundly radical.

Cheers
Aj