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April 24th, 2008

Conservative Days Of Silence

The anti-gay religious right is mounting Yet Another protest against the Day Of Silence, itself a protest against anti-gay violence in schools.  First it was the misnamed Day Of Truth.  Now it's the Golden Rule Day.  Jim Burroway over at Box Turtle Bulletin writes about the competing religious right activity, and sums it up pretty thoroughly here...

More than a year ago, I attended a Love Won Out conference in Phoenix put on jointly by Exodus International and Focus On the Family. That’s where I heard Focus’s Mike Haley address anti-LGBT violence in a Q&A session:

I think, too, we also have to be just as quick to also stand up when we do see the gay and lesbian community being come against as the Body of Christ. We need to be the first to speak out to say that what happened to Matthew Shepard was a terrible incident and should never happen again. And that we within the Body of Christ are wanting to protect that community and put our money where our mouth is…

That was a real “Wow!” moment for me. I thought finally, someone gets it. I can’t tell you how encouraged I was to hear Mike Haley say that. It was an ultimate Golden Rule moment. And I can’t begin to describe how disappointed I’ve been since then.

One year later, Lawrence King was killed in cold blood on February 12 in front of his teachers and classmates. Since then, conservative Christians leaders have celebrated seventy-three consecutive Days of Silence.

Emphasis mine.  You should go read the whole thing.  Day of Silence?  How about seventy-three Days of Silence after a 15 year old gay boy was shot in the head. 

That says it all.  Can we please stop talking about their "sincerely held religious beliefs" now?  This isn't about faith.  This isn't about how much they love God.  It's about how much they hate us. 

2 Responses to “Conservative Days Of Silence”

  1. Tavdy Says:

    In philosophy, the "Golden Rule" is another term for the law, or ethic, of reciprocity - treat others as you would like to be treated. It seems to me that this was what the inspiration for what Jim Burroway wrote. That supposedly "Christian" leaders chose to ignore this rule following Lawrence King's murder is unfortunate but perhaps not unexpected. If I were Burroway I'd be inclined to consider their lack of integrity a personal insult.

  2. Tavdy Says:

    Sorry - that should be Mike Haley, not Jim Burroway (I really need that coffee...)

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