 Gay proms & bigots | Jun. 4th, 2006 @ 05:55 pm  |
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A local Gay & Lesbian organization held a gay prom a while back and a journalist who covers human interest stories wrote about it in the local paper. Some Christianist bigot wrote a letter to the editor about it, protesting the concept of a gay prom and criticizing those who promoted it. This letter got published and is as follows:
"Gay prom promotes sin"
Re: "Ozarks area students boogie at gay and lesbian prom," May 24 Sarah Overstreet column.
Gay and lesbian prom? You must be kidding?
Please understand this is not a shot at the confused young people who were at this prom, this is the truth straight at the adults that allowed and put this thing together. When are we going to wake up and see that this lifestyle is a choice and that God forbids any such act.
A "gay gene" has never been found. Homosexuality is a choice! God created each of us in his own image and he has never created a homosexual, alcoholic or wife abuser. I believe God has a reason for creating us male and female. And when we get away from God's created purpose for the sexuality of his creation and pervert his intention, it becomes a sin. God says the wages of sin is death.
Every adult and business that supported this event is encouraging these young people to sin. I am not judging anyone, God has already done that.
Sure, times have changed, but God is the same yesterday, today and forever. Please, let's stop encouraging our young people to sin.
Mark Kiser, Springfield
Of course I couldn't just let this kind of idiotic rationalization of bigotry stand so I decided to make a rebutal in a letter to the editor:
Bigotry is what it is
In response to June 2, "Gay prom promotes sin" by Mark Kiser.
It's very convenient to say 'I'm not judging anyone, God has judged', as if that somehow excuses someone who is unapologetically judging others. These judgments are mere highly debated interpretations of supposed divinely inspired literature.
In addition to homosexuals, some people believe hating Hindus, Blacks, or liberals is god sanctioned and they quote scripture 'proving' it, yet most of us would agree they're not only wrong but most definitely bigots.
Mr. Kiser talks as if he's not a bigot. I have yet to meet anyone who admitted they were. Even the most blatantly bigoted people deny being merely intolerant.
Those who have prejudices & narrow views see themselves as speaking an unquestionable truth but that doesn't change the nature of what they advocate.
People have every right to feel, believe, & say what they want. People also have a right to couple together, straight, gay, mixed religions or races. It's no one else's business or responsibility. Social conservatives really need to remember this when they seek to foist or legislate their 'god sanctioned' views on others.
If you really believe that homosexuals or anyone else is going to hell for what they do, "God says so", then let's let God tend to it, shall we? And in the meantime, tend to your own business — live & let live.
And on that note: "Live and let live, that's what I say. Anyone who can't understand that should be killed." — George Carlin
Feeling like:  amused Listening to: Nine Inch Nails ~ Terrible Lie |
This was published on June 7th in response to this point of bigotry. "A thorn to those who are intolerant
"The only "sin" committed regarding our gay neighbors is by those who use the Bible and God as vehicles for hatred, condemnation and judgment. I find it sadly ironic that so-called Christians cherry pick passages from the Bible to hurt others while patently ignoring "love thy neighbor."
"A rose to Sarah Overstreet for her compassion and understanding.
"A thorn for those who equate homosexuality with alcoholics, wife abusers, sexual predators and deviants. Being gay is not a lifestyle choice, and I suspect that in our lifetime this "gay gene" will, in fact, be identified. Until then, I would like to see more compassion from Missourians and fewer statements like this, "God says the wages of sin is death."
"How arrogant of the writer of this letter to act as God's messenger, and how dangerous for him to encourage death for the "sin" of homosexuality."
Janet Burns, Bradleyville I'm glad they're finally starting to print something in response to this socially conservative prick! I did receive a phone call that they were going to print mine as well, but it has not yet appeared.
And this appeared in the paper yesterday. Hateful messages get us nowhere as a community
"As a transplanted retired high school teacher from northwest Indiana, I have been so favorably impressed by the kindness and decency of the people of the Ozarks.
"When I read Sarah Overstreet's column on May 24 regarding the gay and lesbian prom, I thought this only reinforces my positive feelings.
"I cannot express how sad I was, as a teacher, of the cruelty and meanness I witnessed of the treatment by the "elect" high school students toward gays and lesbians.
"I do not think most Ozarkers approve of gay and lesbian life-styles, but I believe their innate decency prevents them from casting the first stone at those they disagree with.
"Then I read Mark Kiser's "holier than thou" letter identifying himself as the godly and the gay and lesbian students as the damned. What a disappointment.
"What hypocrisy in saying, "I am not judging anyone, God has already done that." His whole letter was nothing but a judgment against these students.
"I would like for him to recall that Abraham Lincoln, who some historians regard as our best and wisest president, said that his one hope was not that God was on his side, but that he was on God's side.
"I would also like Mr. Kiser to reflect on the saying of Jesus in Matthew, Chapter 7: "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considereth not the beam that is in thine own eye? ... Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote of thy brother's eye."
"Let's spend our time productively trying to improve ourselves, rather than damning those who disagree with us."
— Frances Shackleton Ceaser Amen sister! The kool thing about this was that they printed Ms. Ceaser's picture and she is an older, silver haired woman. She looks just one would imagine a retired school teacher look, and loveable.
Now this letter to the editor was just very amusing! "Bush has wrong set of priorities
"Too bad Osama bin Laden isn't gay or Mexican.
"Then maybe President Bush would allocate some resources to finding and prosecuting him."
— Jeff Riggins
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