Spread The Word

Apparently, the following document has been, at the behest of the defendant (A Pastor Phelps who took umbrage at the content of it) pulled from the publication they were in, and the court documents in which they are found have likewise been sealed.

But not in this jurisdiction.

In the interest of allowing someone to disseminate an opinion, I present a link to the document in question.

Basically, the Pastor Phelps is one of those who believe that God hates homosexuals with unbridled passion in strong opposition to the message of 'love your neighbor.' Even if you believe that homosexuality is inherently sinful, Phelps' rhetoric is obscenely vitriolic and vicious. If he is so willing to spread such hateful ideas and speech, he can let the world know what he says, wether he wants to or not.

An idea which came to me the other day goes thusly: It is not up to us to determine, judge, or speculate on the state of grace of any being other than ourselves. It is merely our duty to at the very least show respect for other people as fellow living beings in this world.

And no... I am not speculating on wether God -- any god -- favors Pastor Phelps and his message.

Pax.

Edit: Don't read the link if you're even remotely sensitive. I'm sorry, I should have warned you before. The Intorduction disturbs the hell out of me, and it really overall just gets worse. But just like trudging through Bare-Faced Messiah, the book about L. Ron Hubbard, this is information about someone who is having deleterous effects on others. So... read if you can.

A Day

Woke up to a few laughs with this. So very much like how it is!

Got a call not long after from Apple, saying that my previous contact no longer works there and that they'd call me later this week about a job position.

Did grocery shopping and it didn't come out to how much I thought it would. Came across a mother dancing with her toddler in the baby supplies aisle.

Watched Godzilla: Tokyo SOS which is supposedly the next-to-last Gojira movie Toho is going to make. (And if you believe that, I've got a bridge in Tokyo Harbor to sell you. Kaiju (monster) insurance not included.) And it even had the guy who played in the original Godzilla vs. Mothra, reprising his role from 43 years ago. I don't know why but I thought that was a great touch. Pretty fun, all in all, and watched it while nibbling something very very tasty: a French onion cheeseburger.

All in all... so far a good day. Of course now I worry about what's going to happen next to make it a not-good day.

Pax

Words

Edit: Uncommented. Unrepentantly.

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.

I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.

I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.

I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.

I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.

We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.

I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.

I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.

I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.

I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.

I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.

I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn’t have to always deal with society hating me.

I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.

I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most: love.

Repost this if you believe homophobia is wrong.