Think this theory holds water? Chris Johnson: The responses to two separate executive actions from Obama on DREAMers and LGBT workers has led to speculation about why the two underrepresented groups are being treated differently. Robert Raben, who’s gay and president of the D.C. consulting firm the Raben Group, said the difference boils down to a single factor: Influential white men are working on behalf of LGBT rights, but not immigration rights. “The single most important variable is the presence or absence of white men,” Raben said. “I believe LGBT issues have mercifully done so well in the last 20 years because so many white men are affected by it, and they have exercised their money, their access and their establishment orientation to fight for our rights, and white men basically get what they want in this country.” ...“Ken Mehlman, Ted Olson and David Boies — all these white men stand up and fight for this right, and you don’t see that on affirmative action, reproductive rights, voting rights, right?” Raben said. Gregory Angelo, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans, accounted for the difference by saying the American people are clamoring for congressional action at the border, but aren’t making the same request to curtail LGBT rights.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:19:37 +0000
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