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Ken Harvey
Waltham, MA
My book of short stories, "if you were with me everything would be all right," won the Violet Quill Award for Best Gay Fiction of the Year and was named one of the "twenty books of note" by the "Lambda Literary Review." It was also translated into Italian. My stories have been published in over 20 literary magazines and I've read my work on "On Point," a program on National Public Radio. I'm a former middle school teacher who lives in Boston and in Toronto with my partner and two basset hounds. My memoir, "A Passionate Engagement," is forthcoming in October, 2010.
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Ken commented on the article |While not wanting gay people to hang for who they are is the lowest of thresholds for tolerance, the world should support and encourage Byamugisha without lauding him, which is what I think is gist of this piece. The Anglican Church can be a powerful ally in stopping this "gay genocide" even if it is nowhere near where it should be on our rights. Bottom line: if gay people won't die because if the Anglican Church's pressure, we need to support this. One step at a time.
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Ken commented on the article |Dave-- That makes sense to me. Thanks for replying. I do hope that if this pending law comes closer to becoming actual law in Uganda, the US will speak more forcefully.
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I'm pleased that Secretary Clinton addressed the issue of international anti-gay legislation and violence. It's important and significant that she did so. My only question is that while her words may have alluded to Uganda, why are we afraid to name it? Why are we afraid to say, "We are talking to you, the president of Uganda, and telling you not to do this?" Why are we playing nice when people's lives are at stake?
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Ken commented on the article |Having been raised a Catholic, I really do feel for the LGBT youth in the church today. I also know that some years down the road, the church is going to have to answer for its behavior. What will the church say about this sort of therapy when LGBT people are married and living among us and no one blinks an eye? How will it defend withdrawing its support for the homeless and hungry in Washington, DC simply because LGBT people were allowed to marry there? Historically, the church has had to answer for a great deal of un-Christian behavior. Here we go again.
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Ken commented on the article |I had completely forgotten about Bush barring dismissal of LGBT soldiers during the Gulf War. Remember, however, that it was the Republican Convention 0f 1992 that was taken over by the religious right and social conservatives. The party has never recovered. All the more reason for the DEMOCRATS to take a stand. The number of interpreters of Arabic languages because the recruits were gay has had a very negative effect on the military.
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Ken commented on the article |This entire week seems to be filled with stories of the right-wing going nuts over LGBT people: the Rhode Island Governor vetoing the right for LGBT people to bury their partners, the Catholic Church threatening to stop feeding the poor in DC if a gay marriage ordenance becomes law, and now this. For a group of people who just came off of their victory in Maine, they sure are acting like they're very afraid.
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Ken commented on the article |Wow. Between the Governor of Rhode Island's nasty veto of burial rights for same-sex couples and now this, the public is really seeing the that use of the word "hatred" when describing some opponents was actually quite appropriate.
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Ken commented on the article |I agree with this boycott. I also think it's very important to individually help those Democrats who really have been "fierce advocates" for LGBT people. Mass Governor Deval Patrick -- hugely effective in keeping a marriage vote off the ballot -- certainly comes to mind. As does David Paterson. These two governors didn't follow us; they led. They are also both in trouble politically, although not for their marriage stances. We need to find races like these to influence directly instead of giving to the DNC.
