Reply #20: No it doesn't serve any purpose [View All]

[ismnotwasm]

----That last part 'passing'-- Reminds me of the 'one drop' rule from the old Jim Crow laws. Sykes was pointing out bigotry with her marvelous sense of the ridiculous.

Why should Gays have to "pass"? I think part of the problem is Gays are associated with sexual acts in a society that likes to keep sex 'dirty'. Gays are simply human beings who should have basic human rights. It should be a no brainer. It should be. But still Gay children every day go to school and are threatened with violence. Gay men and women get called names and are harassed even in areas of high gay population. Still gays are being murdered in what are, to me acts of terrorism.

What I think happened is that fundamentalist bigotry grabbed to big pieces of constituency. Churches, not just black churches or Mormons, but the newer "mega-churches"--some of which scare the shit out of me, spoon feed or cherry pick parts of the bible to keep their particular congregation outwardly docile and internally conflicted to the point of psychological damage. Saddleback is one of those churches I dislike intensely. I was very surprised at the interview with the candidates being held there. There is some evidence that these fundie churches with Ministries in Africa for "Aids" children have filtered government funding, a bit tin foil, but I understand there is a money trail.

All of our politicians with very few exceptions have given a nod to these groups, with carefully phased words, and vague descriptions of faith and it's place in society. They do the same thing with abortion, using "late term abortion" as a safe procedure to get all moral about despite most of them are NOT physicians and not qualified to make any determination at all.

I did appreciate Obama using the words "Gay, straight" in his acceptance speech. Hopefully that is a sign of a more open policy and acceptance.