Posted by deirdrehbrt on February 11, 2006, at 11:40:57
In reply to Re: please be civil » deirdrehbrt, posted by Dr. Bob on February 10, 2006, at 23:50:08
Dr. Bob,
You're tootin' it's important.
Gays have been KILLED for being gay. Gays get beat up in night clubs, on the streets, in schools, etc. Gays have protests at their funerals by anti-gay organizations. Schools that are supportive of gays get hate mail and protests. It's just as hard for the transgendered community.
As far as uncivil goes, I recommend a read from a very conservative fundamental web site. Please don't look at this if you are very easily offended.****CAUTION****
****This link contains uncivil and vulgar material directed at the GLBT community by a church****http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/feb2006/20060204_leavenworth-high.pdf
****End of uncivil and vulgar material****
((((I'm hoping that pointing to a source of truly uncivil language isn't itself considered uncivil. I'm just trying to show the attitudes that I am fighting against.))))
This is today folks. This is what the GLBT community has to put up with. This is what we are fighting.
I know that not all churches are this bad, this hateful, this outrageous. Still, a great many of them are actively anti-gay. They attribute all manner of evil against us. They say that if gay marriage is permitted, that we are going to raise up children for NAMBLA, or to be gay themselves.
Again, this isn't ALL churches, but it is MANY churches.
Personally, in the face of what I see coming at the LGBT community, and what I read directed against me, and the people I love, I believe that I was being civil. I called no-one names. I threatened no-one. I questioned motives, and institutions, but I called no-one evil. Nor did I use vile or vulgar language.
If you can find a way to state desperately important things, highly charged things effectively but more *civilly*, please let me know. I believed I was challenging, and don't believe there is a way to present this material without being so.
If you want me to, I'll avoid posting about important and emotionally charged issues.
Blessings,
--Dee
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