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In reply to the discussion: "Gays can't be trusted with children" [View all]Prism
(5,815 posts)So, I figured I might as well discuss it in a forum of my own community, since straight people find it too unpleasant to deal with. A straight person forgiving this means nothing. Only LGBTers can determine the potency of the statement. I wanted to check myself, so to speak, against my peers. To see if they felt as I do.
You are in no position to judge the pureness of my heart. I am plainspoken. A DUer said this in the past, and many people feel they can paper over it because of their ideological alliances. I do not want it papered over. I do not want it forgiven. These statements have caused grave damage to the LGBT community. I have seen the hurt it causes. I have seen the lives destroyed by these attitudes.
Who are you to question me?
I suggest you pontificate elsewhere. You think this is some silly message board war. I volunteer with LGBT youth in shelters. I see the lives destroyed by the rhetoric. I experience the damage done.
Question elsewhere. I'm having a discussion with my community.