Last week at the Democratic National Convention, president of the Human Rights Campaign Kelley Robinson urged LGBTQ+ Democrats to “reimagine democracy” with them at the center of it, and went on to refer to the Constitution as a “little piece of paper.”
“We can't just worry about protecting democracy. In this moment, we've got to reimagine it with people that look and love like us at the center. And I think for us right now it's about reimagining freedom and this American story in a way that is more revolutionary than what our Founders actually put down on that little piece of paper, but instead is the type of democracy that is by and for all of the people in this country. That's the opportunity that we have.”
Fox News reports:
Robinson spoke on the third night of the DNC, but two days before, she was on a panel at the DNC's LGBTQ+ Kickoff where she was asked how to “dramatically shift and build more power” for the LGBTQ community and other minorities.
In her DNC speech, she declared her support of Kamala Harris and accused Donald Trump of being a threat to the LGBTQ+ community.
She said, “The story of America is the story of progress towards freedom. In just a few generations, my family went from being enslaved in Mississippi to the first free Black family in Muscatine, Iowa, to preparing to elect President Kamala Harris. Progress is happening my friends! Donald Trump wants to erase us. He would ban our healthcare. Belittle our marriages. Bury our stories. But we're not going anywhere. We are not going back. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, they're our champions for LGBTQ+ freedom, y'all.”
The Human Rights campaign is the largest pro-LGBTQ+ organization in the country, and describes their mission as making equality, equity and liberation a reality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Their website prominently features their official endorsement of the Harris-Walz campaign.
Donald Trump is on record as supporting same sex marriage in the 2000s, while Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden were saying that they believed marriage is between a man and a woman. He is also on record as supporting gays in the military in the 2000s, when it was also controversial.
“If a gay person can be a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher or take another position of responsibility, why can't they serve this country in the military? ‘Don't ask, don't tell' has clearly failed. Gay people serve effectively in the military in a number of European countries. There is no reason why they can't serve in the United States.”
Additionally, he appointed the first openly gay Cabinet member despite mainstream media efforts to rewrite history and portray Biden appointee Pete Buttigieg as the first.
It's unclear what exactly Robinson was referring to when she said that Donald Trump wanted to “ban their healthcare.” One might assume she was alluding to transgender hormone treatments and surgeries, though most of the political opposition to that is focused on minors and informed consent. Robinson went viral last year after testifying before the Senate's at the “Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans” hearing. In said testimony, she claimed that biological males don't have a physical advantage over women in sports by asserting tennis champion Serena Williams was capable of a man.
The Democrats belittle the Constitution as “a little piece of paper.” Written law was designed to prevent those ruling the people to be lawless. This was true when laws were written on stones, clay tablets, parchment, palimpsest, or paper. It is certainly necessary to prevent Democrats from achieving totalitarian control.