tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181533216875568450.post3132838582697005153..comments2024-03-01T00:50:54.460-08:00Comments on Plain Jane Activism: To The Man Who Probably Shouldn't Have Worn a Blue Shirt Last NightMae Suramekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782021107361247495noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181533216875568450.post-44100449718103641652013-10-29T01:31:38.405-07:002013-10-29T01:31:38.405-07:00Shekinah, you are absolutely right. Couldn't a...Shekinah, you are absolutely right. Couldn't agree with your more.Mae Suramekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782021107361247495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181533216875568450.post-48522787803656140272013-10-16T11:33:31.254-07:002013-10-16T11:33:31.254-07:00I've been reading your blog for a while, and I...I've been reading your blog for a while, and I love it. I love how even tempered you are in your assessment of the world around you and I find that quality to be admirable, because I know some days I feel like I'm in a blind rage about the things I see happening. But today I'm a little perplexed by your assurances that this (the legal acknowledgement of LGBT folks' civil rights) is where the adding of protected groups of people ends. Non-monogamy is on the rise in the US, and how will we address the needs of families to have protections for all people raising a family or living together? I dare say we'll be fighting for those rights at some point, too. Or, as we're learning more about the intelligence and consciousness of the animals around us, what if we decide that some of them are "people" (google Dolphins and Non-Human People, the research is stunning though not terribly surprising), who deserve different protections than what we've given them thus far? I wouldn't comfort the man in the blue-not-Fairness-blue t-shirt by telling him that this is all we'll be asking for, I'd tell him that some of us are going to fight for the rights of any person (human or non) whose protection under the law is not guaranteed. And I would point out that even Jesus would encourage us to live and act in service to one another, to make life better for all of us. But I certainly wouldn't mislead him by letting him think this is the end.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776788432048813946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181533216875568450.post-6524650997063809982013-10-16T05:41:08.793-07:002013-10-16T05:41:08.793-07:00Diane, I totally think we should hang out sometime...Diane, I totally think we should hang out sometime!Mae Suramekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782021107361247495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181533216875568450.post-56248686648290056932013-10-16T05:38:36.111-07:002013-10-16T05:38:36.111-07:00Well said, Mae!Well said, Mae!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899414956245880244noreply@blogger.com