Addressing only the advocacy issue...
On May 15, 2014, at 7:37, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
The fact is that the policy in question has been worded so that that sexual orientation and LGBT minorities are not explicitly covered.
The Principles do not explicitly mention sexual orientation. They also do not mention atheism or spiritualities, but only religion. In fact, there is a wide range of personal statuses - ability, ethnicity or 'race', genetic and health characteristics - which are not mentioned in the document and which various advocates really did agitate for inclusion. But the list is quite long as is, and represents a compromise between usefulness and inclusivity. Whingeing that your personal focus is not mentioned specifically doesn't really help, especially when you do not take into consideration the effort which was already invested nor display evidence of having actually considered the issues involved in reaching such a consensus.
Amgine