Quickie Link [1]: Why Do We Ignore the Bigotry of Our Neighbours? [2]

By : vanrozenheim on May 30, 2007 - 12:48 PM
Politics [3]
If we were brave enough, we would go to make the point in Russia and across eastern Europe; places with no recent history of personal liberty, which are learning respect for lives different from their own. What we can certainly do is to maintain our own visibility; to take the trouble to phone in when a Ronni Ancona or a Catherine Tate is permitted a publicly funded display of bigotry. And, above all, to do what we wouldn't be permitted to do if we lived in Russia; on Gay Pride day this year, on 30 June, to take to the streets and march.

Note: Read full article on Independent [4]
Links
  [1] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=5&lead=1
  [2] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1296&lead=1
  [3] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=15&lead=1
  [4] http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_a_l/philip_hensher/article2591484.ece