I have had the pleasure to meet Dustin Lance Black three times now and he always comes across as insightful and able to have empathy for others. Moreover, with family members still living in Virginia he is fully attuned to the vengeance that the Christofascists have taken against gays in Virginia in the form of GOP backed anti-gay legislation and the constant blocking of all laws which would provide non-discrimination protections. And as a former Mormon, Black has a perhaps unique perspective on the mindset of Mitt Romney who he sees as a danger to all minorities. Here is the telling quote via Pride Source:
What would a Romney presidency mean for the gay community?
A Romney win is not just dangerous for the gay community but for anyone interested in equality. This is a president who seems to have trouble seeing outside of his own experiences. I don't think this is a man who has demonstrated any kind of empathy or understanding for people who are very, very different. The danger is not that he will get a lot of legislation passed that will hurt gay and lesbian people; the danger is he is likely going to appoint two Supreme Court justices, making this the most conservative court in history. That's what is at stake. And that doesn't just go for gay and lesbian people; that's gay and lesbian people, women, workers - they all are about to see their protections stripped away. He explicitly said he believes these sorts of protections should be allowed to be put up for a vote. I find it absurd and criminal that he would say that minorities should have their rights put up to votes.
Mitt Romney and those of the far right are a clear and present danger to the rights of all minorities who cling to the days where a white majority reserved to itself rights and privileges denied to other Americans. Equally frightening Romney and his Christianist supporters seem to have open contempt for the concept of religious freedom for anyone other than themselves.
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