There are many LGBT African Americans, and many of them go through a much harder time in the African American community than many LGBT Americans do in the community at large. This is because the attitude among African American communities is still predominantly homophobic (it's good to see Barack Obama trying to put a stop to this).

There is no explicit cooperation between LGBT and African American civil rights groups simply because of the hostility of many African Americans towards homosexuality. Every LGBT activist I know works for equality and nondescrimination for everyone not just LGBT folk vs. everyone else.

Your baseless allogation based on anecdotal experience is one that I find quite offensive, seeing as I know that LGBT activists have nothing but the best of intentions. Obviously they view their civil rights struggle as more important to them (that's why they're LGBT activists as opposed to working on behalf of the AA community) but their views are certainly compatible with the AA civil rights struggle and there is no doubt that if both sides, particularly older african american men, would put away their prejudices towards each other, then their civil rights work could easily be made mutually beneficial.

TPM is now the JOE LIEBERMAN SPECIAL

I DON'T CARE ABOUT JOE LIEBERMAN

TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE FOR A CHANGE!

Iranians are Persians. Iraqis are Shiite Arabs. They hate each other as much as the Sunni and Shia do.

Who do you think will win that battle?

There are only about 1000 people that ACTUALLY turn up.

Incidentally, those people they cart around also make up their entire internal polling sample and they still show Obama winning.

TAKE THAT!

Something more uplifting.

John Adams Harmonielehre.

The Harmonielehre, Third movement (Meister Eckhardt). Fantastic Stuff, and I actually am thought of people rising up for Change in that movement.

If our society seems more nihilistic than that of previous eras, perhaps this is simply a sign of our maturity as a sentient species. As our greater consciousness expands beyond a crucial point, we are at last ready to accept a fundamental truth: that our mistakes are final, and that progression from them is required.

Nevertheless I maintain that religious beliefs are not harmful, but rather that they become irrelevant historic curiosities. They offer paths of self-advance through meditation, material detachment, generosity, and compassion. Certainly none of these are dangerous, and they may well be
beneficial.

With regards to the superficial narrative content of religious belief, it matters to me very little
how factual these are, hence any argument about them is not an argument worthy of merit. The
only thing that can be shown to be relevant is the advancement of the people, and religious belief should be judged by their effectiveness at bringing the race to a greater state. With this as our yardstick and measure, we discover that all religion falls woefully and inadequately behind. By clouding the mind towards ritual and superstition, religion has caused many
to hold absolute certainties, which by their very nature causes them to withdraw from the goals
of the greater race and instead destine themselves towards doom.

It is at this point that we must all make a distinction between a spiritual understanding, and a fundamentalist religious belief.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"

A 公案 for you. Should be good for your 坐禅.