Your report of the Bombay Gay Pride parade brings me back many years. We marched years ago in the New York City Pride parade, which started uptown at 57th Street at Bergdorf Goodman's and proceeded down Fifth Avenue to Greenwich Village, at a snail's pace. We marched with The Lambda Legal Defense and Education Group. This group of dedicated lawyers and supporters has defended many gay people and causes in the courts. It has achieved many goals in its 25 years, and proves that the one sure way to our Equality is thru the courts. There were also varied other groups: from Dykes on Bikes (quite a spectacle as bare-chested dykes vwraoomed down Fifth on their Harleys) PFLAG ( Parents and friends of Lesbians and Gay), our mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, and PWA (People with Aids)...... Oh how it broke my heart to see a former lover in that group. A Million strong...... AND MILLIONS MORE ON THE SIDELINES CHEERING US ON. But then, when we passed SAINT PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, that neo-Gothic bastion of conservative Catholicism, where we were greeted with signs and booing chants all declaring that we were the dammed of Satan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------- And now, years later, years of some progress for our movement, we still see "one step forward, and two steps backward." Same sex marriage is now legal in Massachusetts and California, and same sex rights are honored by many of our leading corporations...but our potential Presidents have both struck a blow by negating that ultimate right to us in their campaign speeches yesterday...not to mention women's rights and abortion. And Where were these speeches? In an Evangelical Christian Church! ( These bigots make up 24% of our voters, and their hatred must be preserved.) So, have courage my brothers and sisters in India, the "best" is yet to come! Love, Gordon and Jay from Santa Fe
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