In the interests of an open debate, I wanted to bring attention to this comment I received regarding my first post in support of Jasmyne Cannick’s article. MGH makes some very salient points, especially regarding the myriad of issues upon which the major LGBT organizations are working and the factors making marriage equality unique among …

Not sure I really want to reignite this fray, but here goes…
I think you’re both missing a big point: Cannick’s article isn’t an injunction to do anything. In a sense, Japhy, you’re right, it’s a big whine. But her point is still compelling, and (with apologies) I summarize it as such: As a …

Japhy,
1. Touchee
2. Last week? How about for the last 8 years.
3. And once again, Cannick is not stating that same-sex marriage, in and of itself, has a negative effect on minorities, but that placing the majority of focus and resources on same-sex marriage, to the exclusion of other issues, as many of the major LGBT …

Brock,
Way to counter one cheap shot with another! I don’t know what that poor woman in Tennessee’s priorities are, and I wouldn’t presume to know them to score a political point.
Look, Cannick’s argument isn’t a very original one. Politicians use the, “We can’t possibly afford [health care, better education, new infrastructure] because our priority needs …

Japhy:
Cannick’s piece may lack a specific list of issues she feels need to be placed before marriage, however I disagree that her piece is just whining. Perhaps the gay rights movement isn’t about paying Cannick’s rent or buying her groceries (which between you and me is a pretty cheap shot), however, focusing on those issues …

I didn’t wake up this morning expecting to defend James Kirchick, but I’ll be happy to do so in this case.
Cannick’s piece is a classic political whine. She complains that she wasn’t present at the gay agenda planning meeting and feels marginalized, put out, that her issues were left off the table– without ever actually …

New New Girl Crush—Jasmyne Cannick
James Kichick, in a feat of amazing intentional obtuseness, has missed the point entirely in his kneejerk response to Cannick’s piece on Gay Marriage. She is not stating that Gay Marriage itself is racist, but that the placement of Marriage at the head of line of the Gay Rights Agenda, ahead …

Japhy, I’m glad you brought up those articles. To be honest, I wasn’t impressed with Kirchick’s rebuttal. In fact, his article (but especially his headline) wildly misrepresents Cannick’s point. She isn’t arguing that gay marriage is racist at all, rather that gays and lesbians who work towards marriage have misplaced priorities. …

My friend James Kirchick and I may not agree on everything, but we’re both agreed that gay marriage is not “racist” as Jasmyne Cannick argued on Advocate.com this week. Kirchick loves to fulminate and he’s at his best when trying to discredit someone, as he does with Cannick in this piece .He even manages to …