Recently, one of our (British) MPs has been "outed" on national TV. But why does it matter? Does it impair him from being capitalist scum or what? Would it matter if he only fancied blondes or tall people? No,we all say. What the hell does anyone's private life have to do with us?
I want to add to yesterday's message by adding a comment I overheard in scool once. Here it is:
I have seen a lot of homophobia and it is really pathetic. This will sound trite, but there is not enough love in this world. So when we find people who love each other, we should celebrate it, not tell them they're sick or immoral or whatever.
I've already brought up this point in another discussion a long while ago, but another good reason not to make homophobic remarks is you never know who you could be hurting, it could be someone near & dear.
By Celia Gardner on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 - 08:19 am:
"The one good thing Hitler did was to get rid of the gays."
I want to say that I find it abominable that anyone could think it okay to KILL a WHOLE GROUP of people. That they think a Nazi view is a good and practical idea.
People are shutting themselves off from potential friends and people who could do some good because of one facet of their personality.
It's a shame, it really is.
By Laurel on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 - 08:22 pm:
Another thing: Sometimes people think Christians are homophobic. I'm a pretty liberal Christian and I will say that isn't true of all Christians. Jesus taught that everyone should be accepted and loved, so gay-bashing seems pretty un-Christian to me.
By Endora on Wednesday, November 4, 1998 - 10:47 pm:
I went through a one year period where one of my cousins came out, a good friend announced he was bi & 2 friends I knew from college came out (I thought they were just roommates). Thanks to homophobia, my friends & family went through a lot of turmoil before they decided to come out. My friend who's bi still hasn't told his dad because he doesn't think he'll ever talk to him again if he does.
I felt badly when I found out about all the anguish they went through. Everyone seemed to feel better once they were out in the open because they didn't have to hide things anymore.