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Famous playwright, author and activist (he founded ACT-UP) Larry Kramer has written a letter that was published in today’s Los Angeles Times.
I don’t necessarily agree with *everything* that he says… for instance I think it’s wrong to address the letter to ALL straight people. I know many straight people who aren’t idiots.
Here’s a highlight:
Why do you hate us so much that you will not permit us to legally love? I am almost 72, and I have been hated all my life, and I don’t see much change coming.
I think your hate is evil.
What do we do to you that is so awful? Why do you feel compelled to come after us with such frightful energy? Does this somehow make you feel safer and legitimate? What possible harm comes to you if we marry, or are taxed just like you, or are protected from assault by laws that say it is morally wrong to assault people out of hatred? The reasons always offered are religious ones, but certainly they are not based on the love all religions proclaim.
And even if your objections to gays are religious, why do you have to legislate them so hatefully? Make no mistake: Forbidding gay people to love or marry is based on hate, pure and simple.
For the full text of the letter, pop over to Out in Hollywood.
