- Warren Throckmorton proposes an alternative way conservative Christian families can respond to the Day of Silence
- Ford denies American Family Association claims of pro-family victory following boycott
- The Wittenburg Door speculates on how James Dobson might respond to The Newest Threat to American Families
- Focus on the Family supports homophobic Oklahoma rep Sally Kern, describes controversy over gays/terrorists comparison as “quibbling”; Kern claim to have received death threats unsubstantiated; thankfully, Kern doesn’t represent all Oklahoma Christians
Well if they feel the need to protest Day of Silence by staying home, doesn’t that pretty much add to the silence of the day?
I’m also thinking that if you have to protest “anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools,” then you’re pretty much protesting the Golden Rule itself.
If you oppose trying to stop violence against gays, then you are contributing to the violence against gays.
This statement is so true. Many of the people who work so hard against hate crime protections for gays would never throw a brick or a punch at a gay person. But they need to take responsibility for the hostile enviornment that they foster that encourages the violence, and they need to take responsibility for their own efforts to cover for those who are commiting these crimes.
So true. Too many people are hurt just by words alone. Every time someone says something anti-gay it adds to the hurt that all of us feel or have felt at one time.
It’s always … “I don’t hate Mexicans, BUT …”
I don’t hate Catholics, BUT …”
I don’t hate Jews, BUT …”
I don’t hate Gays, BUT …”
It’s as if they say, “We don’t believe in being prejudice; we just practice it.”
I checked with the editor of our local paper to see if he had heard anything about a “day of silence” at our Rhea County HS, but he reports there is nothing like that in the works.
It’s too bad that here in rural East Tennessee where an event like this is so necessary, it isn’t going to take place.
We still have a lot of work to do, it would seem.
To Mr. Schneeberger of CitizenLink: What’s outrageous is that you defend Ms. Kern’s diatribe as a respectfully held position. What’s outrageous is that you defend the indefensible in service of your cause. You make much of her freedom to speak her opinion but you also make it clear that your organization is doing everything possible to deprive GLBT people of their rights. So don’t come crying to me about how some compare you to the Taliban. Don’t expect me to believe you are benign when your actions speak so much louder than words. Your actions and words in defending Ms. Kern speak volumes! Did you really think that Americans would be blind to the hypocrisy you displayed? Did you really think that you can hold on to a firebrand and not set a fire? Perhaps it is time for CitizenLink and crew to come out of the bubble world you’ve built around yourselves and join the rest of us in the real world; because it’s obvious you can’t see the consequences of your words and actions from in there.
I hope that people realize that the “newest threat to american families” is a satire. Judging by some of the comments in that article, some of the readers weren’t aware of that.
That said, I thought it was pretty funny, but the sad thing is there really are people who think and talk like that.
I used to have the strangest idea that common sense was an American virtue.
Well i couldnt find a way to contact one of the ppl at exdaywatch so ill just leabe it up to someone to e-mail me if possible. Wanted to post something but its way off topic to this post.(still relevant to gays tho).
Contact me at editor@exgaywatch.com if you need something Joel.