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Sunday, May 15, 2011

It doesn't have to be like that: Andy Bell, A voice from the past

Posted by On Lawn
This past week two prominent people in sports are looking for new employment after voicing support for marriage as an institution of responsible procreation to take care of spouses and children, one man and one woman at a time.

This goes above and beyond democratic discourse. People will disagree on many topics in our political society, we have republicans and democrats in almost every workplace for instance, and we expect that with tolerance we can work together for a common goal in spite of our dissagreements on personal, political, and moral issues. But when you try to silence people by going after their jobs it turns into harassment.

But probably the best response that comes to mind comes from the great "coming out" party of the 80's, lead by none other than Andy Bell of Erasure -- It doesn't have to be like that.



What is the secret
In calling me a brother?
Are we divided?
Always one against the other
We are strong now
Put down the ammunition
For what we know is right
Is gonna breakdown this division
It doesn't have to be like that (One against one)
It doesn't have to be like that (One against one)
It doesn't have to be like that (One against one)
(One against one)
It doesn't have to be like that (One against one)
(One against one)
It doesn't have to be like that

You are one side
And I am on the other
Are we divided?

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2 comments,:

  1. Any means to the end. It's the leftist way.

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  2. Oh, the irony a national news anchor is coming out, despite everyone at work already knows he has a boyfriend for the past four years. In the NPR article, it mentions that he fears for his job as well.

    In Boston, we have an openly gay news anchor, and I watch him nightly he's been on since I was a child. But what does open mean? Do we have to know about the personal lives of news anchors? Does it matter?

    We had a married on-air couple here in Boston for over 20 years, only for them to get divorced publicly, the wife kept her job and the husband went to regional cable news. Yeah, sometimes a female news anchor is obviously showing a pregnancy, and I know on local stations, news anchors become 'local personalities'.

    I can sympathize with him to a great level, but this again I'm placed in a position of knowing we need public policy to acknowledge man/women scenario producing a child, which means we something to hold them more accountable then child support/visitation. Just in the same way we can't pretend gay people don't exist, we can't pretend that everyone has a mom and dad.

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