Comments on: Appellant in Lawrence v. Texas Dies http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/12/26/40068 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Fri, 24 May 2013 02:17:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: College Jay http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/12/26/40068/comment-page-1#comment-113092 College Jay Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:07:56 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=40068#comment-113092 Amen, Timothy. Amen, Timothy.

]]> By: Timothy Kincaid http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/12/26/40068/comment-page-1#comment-113083 Timothy Kincaid Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:13:52 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=40068#comment-113083 What the anti gay folk never seem to realize is that many of the "militant activists" they object to - often the most successful -are accidental activists of their <i>own </i> creation - people who would otherwise go through life quietly had they not been a victim of those who now are so incensed at their activism. Lawrence changed the nation by refusing to back down. And when it was over he didn't hit the lecture circuit or do reality TV. He just went on with his life. We owe him a huge debt of gratitude What the anti gay folk never seem to realize is that many of the “militant activists” they object to – often the most successful -are accidental activists of their own creation – people who would otherwise go through life quietly had they not been a victim of those who now are so incensed at their activism.

Lawrence changed the nation by refusing to back down. And when it was over he didn’t hit the lecture circuit or do reality TV. He just went on with his life.

We owe him a huge debt of gratitude

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