Michael Cashman MEP, at GALHA's 30th Anniversary meeting (Part 2)

MICHAEL CASHMAN asked the question "Why are we still fighting for gay and lesbian rights in 2009, and why will we still be doing it in 2029? It is because hatred never goes away. It merely shifts its focus."
Cashman also warned that "Gays and lesbians too often think that rights once won, can never be taken away." He pointed to the struggle that was going on to secure human rights across Europe, and the key role of the European Parliament, for example in requiring all EU members to respect rights for minorities including LGBT people.
He pointed out that, often as not, this opposition was religiously motivated. He insisted that "Unless we can separate religion and politics, we will never advance." He also left the audience with the thought that "Religion and faith are perhaps the most private experience that any of us can ever have, apart from an orgasm that is."

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• GALHA
• Gay
• Lesbian
• Humanist
• Atheist
• Secular