Oh boy. If I get a package from Indianapolis marked "Kool-Aide," I'll be sure not to open it until after the march! ;-)

Just kidding.

Alex,
That was a relentlessly good interview. You didn't let him off easy, and I agree with your conclusion that some things are now even more clear.

Alex - you said "You can't just write equality on a sheet of paper and pass a law."

And then you ask Kip how the message of the march translates into legislation.

So are you pro-legislative action or not? Is there a right answer to this inquisition?

You asked Kip about economic equality issues beyond ENDA and when you were asked to elaborate you completely change the subject and talk about HIV organizations.

Are you just trying to be argumentative or did you just have a brain fart?

You remark that "the new demands sound like the old demands. Why don't we have the protections guaranteed in the Constitution?"

Good question. Why do YOU think we don't have equal protections? Did we do something to bring animosity upon ourselves? Should we address the encroachment upon our citizenship in some more appropriate way than using a national platform to organize in all congressional districts?

The point of organizing a national movement is to coordinate efforts - I would think. After 10 years of national legislation that encouraged individual states to legislate and amend against our citizenship we have to learn to be locally engaged and nationally connected. We should have started mobilizing with much more effort in 2004 when a dozen states amended against us but nothing happened. Now when things finally do start to happen, everyone wants to put on the breaks or examine the hell out of every decision, every person involved, every potential idea...control every last thought...control the thing to death.

I don't understand what is so hard for people to understand. Why are there people resistant to taking action yet so eager to find a flaw, a margin of error, any way to find fault? How fucked up are we that we are frustrated and stifled yet resistant to action? We are more interested in being the detective that finds the smoking gun of scandal than we are invested in standing up for ourselves (or god forbid for each other).

This interview makes me think that we - as a community - are seriously screwed up.

The March on Washington is our reply to 'gawd's in the mix' - the cresting of a huge wave of anger about the betrayals of the Democrats and the attacks of the Republicans.

As such it's the beginning of the end for reformists, movement hustlers and those too intimately tied to support for the twin parties of bigotry, war and economic collapse.

Simultaneously it's the beginning of an independent, nationwide grassroots movement. What that movement still has to acquire is an inclusive democratic structure, a consistent mass action approach and a cutting edge program.

Democrats have been against this march from the beginning because they sense that whatever it’s origins, speakers list, demands, or associated events in essence it’s a national GLBT repudiation of the betrayals of Obama and themselves. Their sullen bitterness over that fact and attempts to sabotage it are immaterial in light of the anger of our communities. As Democrats dug in their heels to stop the MoW the movement simply outflanked them from the left.

For years Democrats called the shots and betrayed us without letup. This is part of the payback by the LGBT communities. It began because of ‘gawd’s in the mix’, continued with waves of demonstrations and this first wave will crest in the MoW.

Then the real fun begins

Someone commented that the interviewer was sarcastic & disrespectful at times & I agree. I applaud Kip & the other organizers for the march, & I don't understand why Alex felt the need to dissect the cause & message. To me the message is clear. It is time to take this to the National Level. The Federal Government must step in & stop allowing the States to discriminate. Kip was correct: As the States began allowing a vote on Marriage Equality, thereby banning gay marriage, we should have started this National Action then. But we would definitely have been wasting time with the existing Bush crime family in office. Everyone wants to tiptoe around Obama instead of saying the truth: Dear President: You are discriminating every time you say you do not support Marriage Equality. Furthermore, if the States had their way, your own parents would not have been allowed to marry and be counted. Your parents could not help the color of their skin when they were born, nor can the GLBT community help their orientation anymore than a left-handed person can. So why are you treating us differently? End of Story.
Now THAT'S the question you should be asking, Alex!