tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post2122170218412988259..comments2023-10-07T04:19:14.316-07:00Comments on A CHRISTIAN VOICE FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER RIGHTS: THE POSSIBILITY OF CIVIL SUITS AGAINST HATE SPEECH IN CHURCHES AND THE QUEST FOR MEANINGFUL ACTIVISMJerry Manekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-72047962578643376622010-03-18T12:20:37.462-07:002010-03-18T12:20:37.462-07:00Those who stage "kiss-outs" and the &quo...Those who stage "kiss-outs" and the "Million Fag Marches" are, indeed, embarrassments, Don Charles. In order to get equal rights there will have to be "a season of suffering," as Martin Luther King said regarding the African American Civil Rights movement. <br /><br />Those who engage in frivolity or who betray the dignity of Gay people by calling themselves such hateful names as "fags" are, in fact, retarding the struggle for equal rights. <br /><br />Part of the quote from Frederick Douglass that is on my Side Bar reads: "If we ever get free from all the oppressions and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives, and the lives of others." <br /><br />Douglass, to put it mildly, would be proud of a Lt. Choi; he certainly wouldn't approve of derogatory terms for African Americans and wouldn't approve of any equivalent of the "Million Fag March." Best wishes, Jerry.Jerry Manekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-10323369066916044012010-03-18T11:50:01.499-07:002010-03-18T11:50:01.499-07:00"Kiss-ins" and "kiss-outs" are..."Kiss-ins" and "kiss-outs" are an example of make-believe activism. What Lt. Dan Choi did this morning by chaining himself to the White House fence is real activism, with unpleasant consequences to follow. Lt. Choi did what he needed to do in the face of ignorance and injustice. He's my hero, and he rates my admiration. The people who stage kissing demonstrations and Million Fag Marches, on the other hand, are embarassments. They rate my contempt.DC HAMPTON JACOBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884630801131861786noreply@blogger.com