Bobby's Blue State

Infiltrate, I mean Infilgayt

In the fight for civil rights, the Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Trans (GLBT) movement often compares our struggle with that of African-Americans a few decades ago and it is a worthy comparison. As one example, the hatred that the KKK and others had toward African-Americans is reminisent of the hatred spewed out of the 'Religious Right' groups. Some in the GLBT movement say that if our oppressors could just see us as ordinary Americans, trying to make a living and a good life for ourselves, they would accept us and lose some of their venom. I think this is wishful thinking. There is a lot of religious venom out there, from the pope on down.

One thing that separates us from African-Americans is that most cannot tell we are gay by simply looking at us. That's why there are and have always been closeted gays working for every hateful group out there. Hell, there were closeted gays working on the Bush campaign and I'm sure there are a few closeted gays working in the Vatican. And don't forget, before Mel White came to his senses, he was a speechwriter for Falwell. But I was thinking, instead of aiding and abetting these groups, why don't we use the fact that we cannot be identified as gay to our advantage - to sabotage all these hate-filled groups? What if we started infiltrating these groups to undermine their organizations? I mean African-Americans probably couldn't have infiltrated the KKK, but what is our excuse? There's got to be stealthy things we could do from the inside to help destroy these groups faster than they can destroy themselves? These groups want us to be invisible, let's help them out with that. We are an invivible army, let's invade...Focus on the Family, here I come!

posted by BBS @ 9:26 PM