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Originally Posted by King Lear
And this isn't comparable to the African Americans.
Or why do you think the AAs opted against special rights for gays?
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First of all nobody opted against "special rights" for gay people, it was against
equal rights, like the ability to visit and make decisions for your significant other in the hospital in an emergency among others.
Secondly, the situation is actually quite similar to the civil rights movement. A group of minorities simply asking for the same rights afforded to every other citizen outside of themselves......sounds pretty similar to me?
Thirdly, I assume you're refering to the CA prop 8 issue when stating "AAs opted against...", yes, some support came for African American in that specific referendum, which when remembering the civil rights movement, makes for some real irony, but that was certainly not a national referendum, so to make blanket statements about an entire race of people is amiss imho.