Only then can I hope that my law office's phone will stop ringing with calls from frightened LGBT moms and dads living in constant fear of the prejudice that is allowed to fester by the silence of our political "friends".
We talk about tolerance and acceptance, but when a fear of acceptance is at play, in addition to a mere irrational hostility toward a specific group, it means that the hippie-simple logic of us all being the same, in spite of its fundamental truth, isn't going to work in humanity's constant struggle against its own prejudices.
Its recent releases include "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "The Motorcycle Diaries," "The Constant Gardener," "Brick," and "Pride & Prejudice".
These are small, but constant reminders that abuse, discrimination and prejudice are present and pernicious, in small towns and in big cities.
With "Brokeback Mountain" in the thick of it, and "Pride and Prejudice" along with "The Constant Gardener" bound to pick off a few nominations, the division of NBC/Universal will have some love to spread around come Oscar time.
The women "made it look easy but there was a constant battle against a real heavyweight prejudice, a misogyny, and disbelief that women that could do anything useful at all," Miller's son Antony Penrose remarked years later.
She never ran afoul of the law, but her experience of prejudice is no less constant.
Tolerance is one thing, but constant appeasement of other people's prejudices or irritability is a road to nowhere.
Other British interest included Keira Knightley for Pride and Prejudice and Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener.
A National Education Association position paper says that "for fat students, the school experience is one of ongoing prejudice, unnoticed discrimination, and almost constant harassment".
