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Gay rights and related thoughts
Oct. 14th, 2006 01:26 pmThe following has been going around in several of my friends' journals:
"Why is it that as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?"-Ernest Gaines
We would like to know who really believes in gay rights on livejournal. There is no bribe or a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights". If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this.
It's made me think, do I or do I not believe in gay rights?
Personally, I believe very much in equal rights for everyone. I believe that everyone has the right to do what they want with their lives without being judged - as long as they don't judge others, too. I believe everyone has the right to have their own political, religious etc. beliefs, as long as they're not offending and derogatory to people who disagree with them. I believe in defending these beliefs and even trying to convert other people to them, as long as it's done with respect and has a reasonable approach, and it's not forcing, threatening or exercising any kind of pressure to the other person to accept your views. I believe in exchanging views, and learning what we can about each other's opinions.
These rights I recognize to everyone. Including gay people.
What's making it so hard to just repost these three lines without all this comment?
( Explanation ensues. )
So I guess this means I accept gay rights too. Still, I don't like homosexuality, but I'm trying to follow a "hate the sin, not the sinner" policy. If someone's gay, for whatever reason, it doesn't mean they should be excluded from the society. Just as long as there's respect from and towards both sides.
See ya,
Anna.
"Why is it that as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?"-Ernest Gaines
We would like to know who really believes in gay rights on livejournal. There is no bribe or a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights". If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this.
It's made me think, do I or do I not believe in gay rights?
Personally, I believe very much in equal rights for everyone. I believe that everyone has the right to do what they want with their lives without being judged - as long as they don't judge others, too. I believe everyone has the right to have their own political, religious etc. beliefs, as long as they're not offending and derogatory to people who disagree with them. I believe in defending these beliefs and even trying to convert other people to them, as long as it's done with respect and has a reasonable approach, and it's not forcing, threatening or exercising any kind of pressure to the other person to accept your views. I believe in exchanging views, and learning what we can about each other's opinions.
These rights I recognize to everyone. Including gay people.
What's making it so hard to just repost these three lines without all this comment?
( Explanation ensues. )
So I guess this means I accept gay rights too. Still, I don't like homosexuality, but I'm trying to follow a "hate the sin, not the sinner" policy. If someone's gay, for whatever reason, it doesn't mean they should be excluded from the society. Just as long as there's respect from and towards both sides.
See ya,
Anna.
