tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post4746208382186025142..comments2023-10-07T04:19:14.316-07:00Comments on A CHRISTIAN VOICE FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER RIGHTS: PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEOJerry Manekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-20035391955658970212008-01-09T15:34:00.000-08:002008-01-09T15:34:00.000-08:00Hi Genevieve: I'm glad that they have admitted the...Hi Genevieve: I'm glad that they have admitted their faults in deceiving so many LGBT people and their families, as well as everyone who believed the lies and distortions of the "ex-gay" industry. <BR/><BR/>My major concern, however, is the fragmentation of the LGBT communities, and so many people and organizations (e.g. Barney Frank and the HRC) being all too willing to omit the Transgendered from ENDA. I think that omission speaks not only to the "second class," "outsider," status held within the LGBT "community" of Transgendered people, but to the willingness of many people to use political expediency and downright selfishness to get their own needs met at the expense of others within the "community." <BR/><BR/>It seems to me that LGBT people are not only being hurt by the homophobes, "ex-gay" or not, but are being hurt by the fragmentation of the LGBT community itself, and its lack of esprit de corps and its commensurate lack of desire to fight for full and equal civil rights for everybody.<BR/><BR/>If there was such a fire in the belly for acquiring full and equal civil rights, most LGBT people would have come down with both feet on the liars in the "ex-gay" industry, and engage in grassroots activism, such as picketing homophobic churches, clergy, and politicians; engaging in mass, coordinated protests until full and equal civil rights are obtained.Jerry Manekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748201321055468172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688218899576616463.post-63787619394058579192008-01-09T12:52:00.000-08:002008-01-09T12:52:00.000-08:00I am happy that they apologized to those they hurt...I am happy that they apologized to those they hurt. As a transgender individual I found that God loves me unconditionally. I pray that these people are doing something to help thsoe that have been hurt by these ministries.<BR/><BR/>Genevievegenevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041499205158357183noreply@blogger.com