Wal-Mart and the NGLCC

This is too delicious. The Mecca of Red State America, Wal-Mart, has entered into a partnership with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) a staunch supporter of homosexual marriage.

As a part of this partnership Wal-Mart will be donating $25,000 to the NGLCC and will pay for two conferences scheduled by the organization. Wal-Mart will also give homosexual-owned businesses special treatment when making purchases.

Needless to say the Religious Right is going absolutely bonkers over Wal-Mart joining the Ford Corporation in supporting Gay Rights in general and, apparently, Gay Marriage in particular.

Like I said in a post not too long ago support for Gay Marriage is approaching critical mass in many states. At heart Americans are fair minded people, ignorant as hell, but fair minded. If they act like jackasses sometimes it’s due to the demagogues taking advantage of that ignorance. Once that ignorance is resolved they can usually be relied upon to do the right thing. This is the reason that the Religious Right is ultimately going to lose on the issue of Gay Marriage, because the right thing is to extend the benefits (or pain and suffering depending on your outlook) of marriage to all Americans regardless of sexual persuasion.

Let's hear it for Wal-Mart. Now if only they would give their work force decent benefits I might actual shop there a little more often than when I have absolutely no other choice.