Comments on: No respect for Equality Maryland staff

By: June Horner

June Horner — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:56:02 +0000

Thanks Rachel for all your work, and for expressing your thoughts. I agree with much of what you’ve said here. If just 10% of the people who show up at gay pride had showed up to **work** and be involved alongside the volunteers and staff of Equality MD, what a difference this could have made.
As Laurelboy2 has pointed out………Whining will will accomplish absolutely nothing. We need to ALL role up our sleeves and get to work.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:51:03 +0000

Rachel thank you for your service. Thank you for writing this. Thank you for acknowledging the folks that often get the least amount of credit. I have to agree… the staff and volunteers worked tirelessly to do everything they could. And for the record… yours and everyone’s efforts helped Maryland get further for full LGBT equality than ever before. Not enough folks realize the leaps and bounds that were made. Don’t give up and don’t stop the doing the work you have been doing. There are those of us ready and willing to give everything we can to the fight.

@Laurelboy2 until we stand strong enough to get the legislators to take us seriously they will continue to ignore the power we have. Ignoring phone calls for grass roots help, not donating to support the efforts, not calling and applying pressure to your and other legislators gets the cause no where. You can put the blame directly at the feet of the legislators all day long but whining that nothing will ever make a difference is just that… whining. Get in the thick of the fight you might find it’ll change your life. It’s immensely gratifying to do so.

By: Jacob M

Jacob M — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:31:17 +0000

Thanks Rachel, Dana. It was a pleasure to get to know you both during my time in MD. <3

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:37:01 +0000

“Often working without sleep or food; barely seeing loved ones. Stress. Constant unknowns.” It sounds like every job I have had since 1973. Often thankless too.

The staff that I have come to know are some of the most fantastic people I have met. My criticisms have rarely been of the staff.

By: laurelboy2

laurelboy2 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:44:19 +0000

Why does anyone pay any attention to Equality Maryland (EM)? Think about it… If the legislature in Maryland, the blueist of blue states, doesn’t pass gay-friendly legislation there’s nothing that an organization like EM can do about it.

The reason gay-friendly legislation failed was because the black legislators got flack from their church-going constituents, and caved for fear of losing their seats. There’s nothing EM could have done or can do in the future to overcome an objection from legislators whose number one goal is to protect their own hide.