Honesty & Integrity
Are two words apparently lost on Evangelicals and Republicans. Both have screeched about the sins of homosexuality, they paint a picture of the end of society as we know if homos are allowed to marry.
They say such things as:
"better dead than gay" - anonymous
"gay marriage will lead us down a slippery slope to man on dog sex" - Rick Santorum, Repbulican
"gays are diseased depressed and miserable" - Pat Robertson, Evangelical Leader
"gays molest children" - Colorado for Family Values
"pedophilia is a basic part of being gay" - anonymous
"tattoo AIDS patients and castrate gays" - Dr. Paul Cameron
"gays cheat, fight and hate the one they love" - National Association for Research and Treatment of Homosexuality (NARTH)
"gays lie, are immoral and harmful" - Peter LaBarbera
"gay 'civil rights' will lead to slavery and cannibalism" – Claremont Institute
“gays are like alcoholics, kleptomaniacs” – Trent Lott
“gays hurt children and kill our people” – Reggie White
“gays are like Hitler and the Gestapo” – Lou Sheldon
“gays are sickening and intellectually dishonest” – Jesse Helms
“gay parenting is despicable, unhealthy and gay parents make their children gay” – Dr. Laura Schlessinger
“homosexual marriage will bring the downfall of this great nation” – Ted Haggard – Evangelical leader of the “New Life Church” accused of having a 3 year relationship with a male prostitute.
The irony of the above is that each and everyone of these people have engaged in some type of abhorrent sin from soliciting prostitutes, to drug abuse, to being filmed for pornography.
So why are these people so hateful and hypocritical? Why do they rail against out gays and lesbians who are living their lives in honesty and with integrity? For the past 6 years the people in power in this country have lead a campaign of gay bashing bigotry all the while protecting those hypocrites among them who lie about themselves.
Why do evangelicals point their fingers and cry “faggot” and all of the slogans above when in reality their very leadership are the biggest immoral liara among them?
I just don’t get it.
I absolutely respect the conservative opposition. In fact when I enter into conversations with them I generally find that we have many ideas and beliefs in common. If someone dislikes me because I am gay then that is truly their problem, not mine. However, when they make the attempt to regulate my life, criticize me for being gay or make efforts to suppress, oppress or deny me my right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness I will fight back tooth and nail!
Why, then, do we keep seeing, over and over again, a repeat of our own Jim West story? Why do the most anti-gay, homo-bashing, bigots among us who scream that the current state of gay oppression is not enough, always turn out to be gay themselves?
Why does it appear that there are more self hating, bigoted, closeted Evangelicals and Republicans in positions of power than healthy, normal gays and lesbians?
If everyone would just realize that being gay is just another part of the human condition we could all just move on and focus on things that are more important.
Think of it – a world where gays are accepted as worthy human beings treated with equality and respect. Where would the opposition focus there billions of dollars and billions of hours of volunteer labor? World hunger? Ending poverty? What would the world look like if all of those who wish to oppress us and regulate who we love focused all of their attention on social justice issues? Would there be genocide in Darfur? Would there be homeless American children whose last meal came from a dumpster? Would there be sub-Saharan African babies with bloated distended bellies from lack of food and clean drinking water?
Evangelicals and Republicans alike have said they are called by Jesus Christ their lord God and savior to do what they do, all the while blindly following hypocritical leadership that is representative of the very thing they despise.
“What would Jesus do?” indeed.
They say such things as:
"better dead than gay" - anonymous
"gay marriage will lead us down a slippery slope to man on dog sex" - Rick Santorum, Repbulican
"gays are diseased depressed and miserable" - Pat Robertson, Evangelical Leader
"gays molest children" - Colorado for Family Values
"pedophilia is a basic part of being gay" - anonymous
"tattoo AIDS patients and castrate gays" - Dr. Paul Cameron
"gays cheat, fight and hate the one they love" - National Association for Research and Treatment of Homosexuality (NARTH)
"gays lie, are immoral and harmful" - Peter LaBarbera
"gay 'civil rights' will lead to slavery and cannibalism" – Claremont Institute
“gays are like alcoholics, kleptomaniacs” – Trent Lott
“gays hurt children and kill our people” – Reggie White
“gays are like Hitler and the Gestapo” – Lou Sheldon
“gays are sickening and intellectually dishonest” – Jesse Helms
“gay parenting is despicable, unhealthy and gay parents make their children gay” – Dr. Laura Schlessinger
“homosexual marriage will bring the downfall of this great nation” – Ted Haggard – Evangelical leader of the “New Life Church” accused of having a 3 year relationship with a male prostitute.
The irony of the above is that each and everyone of these people have engaged in some type of abhorrent sin from soliciting prostitutes, to drug abuse, to being filmed for pornography.
So why are these people so hateful and hypocritical? Why do they rail against out gays and lesbians who are living their lives in honesty and with integrity? For the past 6 years the people in power in this country have lead a campaign of gay bashing bigotry all the while protecting those hypocrites among them who lie about themselves.
Why do evangelicals point their fingers and cry “faggot” and all of the slogans above when in reality their very leadership are the biggest immoral liara among them?
I just don’t get it.
I absolutely respect the conservative opposition. In fact when I enter into conversations with them I generally find that we have many ideas and beliefs in common. If someone dislikes me because I am gay then that is truly their problem, not mine. However, when they make the attempt to regulate my life, criticize me for being gay or make efforts to suppress, oppress or deny me my right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness I will fight back tooth and nail!
Why, then, do we keep seeing, over and over again, a repeat of our own Jim West story? Why do the most anti-gay, homo-bashing, bigots among us who scream that the current state of gay oppression is not enough, always turn out to be gay themselves?
Why does it appear that there are more self hating, bigoted, closeted Evangelicals and Republicans in positions of power than healthy, normal gays and lesbians?
If everyone would just realize that being gay is just another part of the human condition we could all just move on and focus on things that are more important.
Think of it – a world where gays are accepted as worthy human beings treated with equality and respect. Where would the opposition focus there billions of dollars and billions of hours of volunteer labor? World hunger? Ending poverty? What would the world look like if all of those who wish to oppress us and regulate who we love focused all of their attention on social justice issues? Would there be genocide in Darfur? Would there be homeless American children whose last meal came from a dumpster? Would there be sub-Saharan African babies with bloated distended bellies from lack of food and clean drinking water?
Evangelicals and Republicans alike have said they are called by Jesus Christ their lord God and savior to do what they do, all the while blindly following hypocritical leadership that is representative of the very thing they despise.
“What would Jesus do?” indeed.
posted by Unknown at 8:19 AM
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