Jake Gellar-Goad's blog
I'll be going on a local radio station (WCHL) later this week to have this
commentary played. I think it illustrates exactly why we need to have
this event in North Carolina & events like it across the nation
this weekend, and
why unseen support is dangerously close to no support at all.
Donate by Sunday at midnight to have your donation matched. Out of state interest groups have flooded in millions of dollars to try to pay away gay marriage as a state's right for CA, & they're winning, but not by much. If marriage equality ceases to exist to CA, a center for the gay rights movement, then it could just as easily be stripped away in CT & MA. If that happens I, & many others will never have a chance to be married in our lifetimes. This will be decided on election night, & early voting is already underway in CA. The donation has to happen now to have a chance to be used to change minds in time. Have you ever wondered, if I had been an adult during the early days of the struggle for civil rights regardless of race, & of women's rights/suffrage, would I have taken action or sat on the sidelines?
Well this civil rights struggle is going on right now, this vote in CA is the battleground it is going to be fought on, & this is your last chance to move off the sidelines.
*Commentary Playing on WCHL1360 Local Radio this week*
This is Jake Goad, I'm a Chapel Hill resident, and I've got something to say.
It's time as a community to get serious about LGBT equality. We can all
take a stand through simple acts, like asking our employers to include
sexual orientation in the non-discrimination clause of their employee
manuals—which I did at my own workplace in Carrboro. We can support
local chapters of groups like the ACLU, the Human Rights Campaign, and
Equality NC. And we can support fair-minded candidates like Kay Hagan
for Senate and Barack Obama for President, both of whom have campaigned
right here in Chapel Hill.
We've already seen domestic partnerships established and a gay mayor
elected in this area. But we have to go further than that. It is time
for marriage equality.
To those on the left who would say "too soon, wait for a more
convenient season"—I call to mind the words of Dr. King. "We who engage
in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely
bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring
We're hosting a pet food dirve at Carrboro Plaza Vet this month to donate to local shelters. Animals don't have a voice and so we as community must be that voice
that makes their needs heard. And hunger is a most basic need. To be
honest this is the first time I've ever heard of a pet food
drive, but hopefully it wont be the last. If things go well I am
going to try to make this into an annual event. You can check out the website for details: http://www.carrboroplazavet.com/
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