underdog of perfection » Civil Rights http://blog.room34.com a blog on technology, music and geek culture from room34.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:26:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A special comment from Keith Olbermann that everyone should hear http://blog.room34.com/archives/2156 http://blog.room34.com/archives/2156#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:33:14 +0000 room34.com http://room34.com/?p=2156 I know a fair number of liberals who reject Keith Olbermann for his blowhard tone (reminiscent of Limbaugh, Hannity, etc.) despite the fact that they might agree with his stance on the issues. But even if you find Olbermann objectionable (for whatever reason), you should hear what he has to say about California’s dreadful passage of Proposition 8.

]]> http://blog.room34.com/archives/2156/feed 1 One step forward, two steps back http://blog.room34.com/archives/2043 http://blog.room34.com/archives/2043#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:29:29 +0000 room34.com http://room34.com/?p=2043 Yea, Barack Obama was elected, and the heavens did smile. But what of these state constitutional amendments banning gay marriage, (apparently) passed even in places such as California?

Yesterday was a major triumph for civil rights as race is concerned, 40-odd years on in the fight. The jubilation over that victory is tempered by the setbacks in today’s civil rights struggle, just as some real progress was starting to take shape. How many more decades will we drag out this fight before truths we should hold to be self-evident make themselves so?

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