{"id":618,"date":"2005-03-22T13:42:50","date_gmt":"2005-03-22T20:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/wp2\/uncategorized\/dont-wait-for-permission\/"},"modified":"2005-03-22T13:42:50","modified_gmt":"2005-03-22T20:42:50","slug":"dont-wait-for-permission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/letters-to-the-editor\/dont-wait-for-permission\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t wait for permission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Not right time for gay rights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylobo.com\/news\/899599.html?mkey=1290977\">Column: Not right time for gay rights<\/a><br \/>\nby Dane Roberts<br \/>\nDaily Lobo columnist<\/p>\n<p>I wish the debate on gay marriage could be put on hold. &#8230; [P]ushing for legalized gay marriage might do more damage than it&#8217;s worth to progressive causes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I disagree with Dane Roberts about waiting for change.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty years ago, some said, &#8216;just wait until we have power &#8212; then marijuana will be legal and taxed!&#8217; Hasn&#8217;t happened &#8212; even though so many people in power have direct experience with grass.<\/p>\n<p>We need to realize the Radical Right doesn&#8217;t care one iota what we think about them, their agenda, or their tactics. They are righteous; they are certain; they are resolute. Liberals worry about timing and others&#8217; views.<\/p>\n<p>I agree with Roberts that the pendulum will swing. But our belief in equality, justice and freedom cannot wait. &#8220;We must be the change we wish to see in the world.&#8221; ~ Mahatma Gandhi. Don&#8217;t wait for permission. mjh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[printed 3\/23\/05 in the <a title=\"Letters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylobo.com\/news\/900636.html?mkey=1290977\">Daily Lobo<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Column: Not right time for gay rights by Dane Roberts Daily Lobo columnist I wish the debate on gay marriage could be put on hold. &#8230; [P]ushing for legalized gay marriage might do more damage than it&#8217;s worth to progressive causes. I disagree with Dane Roberts about waiting for change. Thirty years ago, some said, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/letters-to-the-editor\/dont-wait-for-permission\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don&#8217;t wait for permission<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}