tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post3668543321995712916..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Heterosexuality is not normalSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-27607789105675532802008-02-27T01:57:00.000-08:002008-02-27T01:57:00.000-08:00Padre Tom,I do respectfully bed to differ. Kids A...Padre Tom,<BR/>I do respectfully bed to differ. Kids ARE more accepting of LGBT people. Yes, we still have a long way to go, especially as this young martyr shows us, but I was highly encouraged by a recent experience. <BR/><BR/>I am a disability rights activist, and also a part-time teacher at a local Catholic parochial school (in Oregon, 8th graders). We are doing a a series on respect for Bill Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257750258829876757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-47672475910298904892008-02-26T15:05:00.000-08:002008-02-26T15:05:00.000-08:00Paul (a.):I've just re-read Luke 7:2-10 in 4 diffe...Paul (a.):<BR/><BR/>I've just re-read Luke 7:2-10 in 4 different translations on-line. What do you mean by "beloved" in this context?RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-44146743226530442132008-02-26T15:02:00.000-08:002008-02-26T15:02:00.000-08:00... martin Luther King, Jr. and Saul Alinsky. Both...<I> ... martin Luther King, Jr. and Saul Alinsky. Both ignored heirarchies.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't know much about Saul Alinsky (to my shame, being a Chicago area resident and all), but I believe that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. certainly made use of the churches in the black and other communities.RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-31227554720027190442008-02-26T14:59:00.000-08:002008-02-26T14:59:00.000-08:00It's not just that physical and psychological viol...<I>It's not just that physical and psychological violence is tolerated. It is promoted with the claim that it's prevention or punishment violates Christian's rights to practice their religion.</I><BR/><BR/>lilbearsings, let's see you back up the assertion that physical violence (we won't bog down with a definition of "psychological violence") against homosexuals is promoted with the claim that toRonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-43396611473057374042008-02-25T10:19:00.000-08:002008-02-25T10:19:00.000-08:00Why should we pretend that we don't know what Jesu...Why should we pretend that we don't know what Jesus would do? We know <B>exactly</B> what He did: He looked to the centurion's faith rather than to the fact that his beloved was another man (Luke 7:2-10). <BR/><BR/>For us to do otherwise is not Christian. Period.Paul (A.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543357437252555101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-44496496184287287582008-02-24T16:24:00.000-08:002008-02-24T16:24:00.000-08:00I have a situation in my parish in which a younger...I have a situation in my parish in which a younger boy was molested by an older boy because the older boy believed because the parents of the younger boy were lesbians" that he could get away with it. No body would do anything for a couple of lesbian's kid.<BR/><BR/>The older boy because he is 18 is facing as much as 30 years in prison now. The little town is beginning to split over who is Muthah+https://www.blogger.com/profile/10589837671378205837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1547218715820357892008-02-24T14:21:00.000-08:002008-02-24T14:21:00.000-08:00I was struck during the initial reporting of this ...I was struck during the initial reporting of this story by the local police and school spokespersons' saying that there was a "personal conflict" between the victim and his killer. This points to a kind of ethical myopia to which we--liberals as often as anyone else--often fall prey when we look on situations of oppression or victimization and misread them as simply "ugly conflict," thereby Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00826261592231567924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-7890827149615561252008-02-24T13:22:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:22:00.000-08:00Perhaps we should considered the models of prophet...Perhaps we should considered the models of prophetic action demonstrated by martin Luther King, Jr. and Saul Alinsky. Both ignored heirarchies. They just organized spontaneous groups and did it! They acted without getting permission from those above or those below. Did they get into trouble? Oh yes! Big time: attacks, jail, even death. But in a relatively short time it worked. If we start Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214781429302087168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-74751024788171586562008-02-24T12:28:00.000-08:002008-02-24T12:28:00.000-08:00Those who claim that this issure will split the Ep...Those who claim that this issure will split the Episcopal Church often point to those who have left or are leaving as proof that they are right. By that argument virtually every change that has been made in the Episcopal Church,from local changes like the color of the Guild Room, to more global issues like the revision of the Hymnal, has "split" the Episcopal Church. People leave for all sorts ofDaniel Weirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430381764138066595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-18175936805901852082008-02-24T12:05:00.000-08:002008-02-24T12:05:00.000-08:00Amen!Amen!the Reverend boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606211682028390049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-56696801245558593862008-02-24T09:33:00.000-08:002008-02-24T09:33:00.000-08:00I am the gay adoptive father of a gay son who is a...I am the gay adoptive father of a gay son who is also multiracial, and wheelchair bound. I adopted him when he was 3yrs. old. He's now 20 and a junior at Niagara University. He was one of the founders of a Gay-Straight Alliance at his High School, and a member of our local Youth Group which now has about 300 members. I know a little bit about the subject. If you remember beatings, gang rapes and Jim Costichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791917017485731005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-84113770112473089932008-02-24T08:53:00.000-08:002008-02-24T08:53:00.000-08:00Susan, too often we hear that the youth of today a...Susan, too often we hear that the youth of today are more accepting of LGBT people. Perhaps this is a sign that they are not as accepting as we thought. Perhaps the one who pulled the trigger is now the poster child of uneducated youth and what "normal" truly is. Often times children are the reflection of their environments (we all are). There is too much violence. And yet I can't help but take Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346054053029196178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-17634254557418278522008-02-24T08:27:00.000-08:002008-02-24T08:27:00.000-08:00THANK YOU Susan for that. It is Necessary that we ...THANK YOU Susan for that. It is Necessary that we NOT sit back and let HRC or other organizations take the "Front Seat" in this issue.<BR/><BR/>While the younger generations are moe accepting of GLBT's, there are also those of those generations that are even Less accepting as well. <BR/><BR/>We cannot get it in the schools, very often, but in our churches, it is paramount that we educate all edav38https://www.blogger.com/profile/13194838235717863739noreply@blogger.com