Have you heard about this? Public schools all over America take a day where all the children are asked to remain silent for the whole day. Why?
To teach our students that homosexuals – gays, lesbians and those of transgender – have been poorly and wrongly treated. This day of silence is in respect and reverence of the folks who are treated poorly and children are encouraged to feel sorry for them, so they are not to talk all day long — to ponder these truths… This year – April 25, 2008 – the LGBT Day of Silence is coming to a school near you…
Wow. <stunned>
There is much to be concerned about in America. We look around a see attacks taking place against many of our foundational pillars. The liberal contingent is serious about advancing their agenda.
One of the most dangerous of liberal agendas is their attack on traditional marriage through the attempts to legalize homosexual marriage. This heinous agenda not only seeks to legitimize the union of same sex couples, but to change our culture and our cherished values as well. This agenda has and continues to infiltrate and influence our government, entertainment, media, scientific and educational communities.
This movement would like us to believe their agenda is a Civil Rights issue. Many buy into this because they are uneducated about what Civil Rights really mean.
According to the Supreme Court, three things must happen to qualify a class for Civil Rights protection.
1) History of discrimination evidenced by a lack of ability to obtain economic mean income, adequate education or cultural opportunity. Evidence shows us this is clearly not the case. What do the facts say?
a. Homosexuals have an average annual income of $55,430, over $20,000 more than the general populous.
b. More than 3 times as many homosexuals as average Americans are college graduates.c. 3 times as many homosexuals as average Americans hold professional or managerial positions
2) Protected classes should exhibit obvious, immutable or distinguishing characteristics, like race, color, gender, that define them as a discrete group. This is obviously not the case with homosexuals.
3) Protected classes should clearly demonstrate political powerlessness. All we have to do is watch the news or view the current debates in the halls of Congress to find this criteria is not met either.
It is clear that none of this criterion is met! So what then do we find to be the truth if we peer beyond this smoke screen? The issue is really one of the attempt to legitimize and normalizing their BEHAVIOR through public law!
This is impractical, unwise and very dangerous to society.
Behaviors should not be the subject of Civil Rights protections! Extending such protections to homosexual behavior would set a dangerous legal precedent that would likely open doors for legalization of incest, polygamy or any other crazy behaviors people can dream up!
If protections are granted based on behavior alone there are serious future consequences…
Imagine what happens when enough folks want the right to have sex with animals. or worse…
It is east to see where this could lead. Very few see past the smoke screen however for many have taken the approach “live and let live”.
For those who would purport that the homosexual lifestyle is a private matter between two people with no ill effect on society, I would direct their attention to the next few paragraphs. The following are three reasons why homosexual behavior is dangerous to our American society and why it should be opposed.
1) It is dangerous to the health of those involved. Take life expectancy for example:
a. Average age of death of married man was 75, 80% of who die at 65 or older
b. Average age of death of a homosexual man was 42, if diagnosed with AIDS average age was 39
c. Homosexuals are 116 times more likely to be murdered and 24 times more likely to commit suicide.
2) It is dangerous to our values which ultimately affect our way of life.
a. The core issue, the underlying theme of this marriage battle is simply this: Will America continue to be “One Nation Under God”? I shudder to think of what will happen to our society if our Nation decides to remove God from its foundations.
b. Take the Declaration of Independence for example, it reads – “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
c. If we remove our Creator from the equation, then who is left to endow us our rights? THE STATE! This is exactly what our forefathers sought to avoid at all costs! For if the State grants the rights, it can surely take them away.
3) It is dangerous to our children. Children today more than ever suffer from sexual identity crisis. The homosexual agenda is being instilled into our schools via literature and curriculum. Our kids are being taught that the homosexual lifestyle is an equal and normal alternative to traditional marriage! No parents in their right mind should ever want their kids to become homosexual; even many homosexual parents admit that they hope their children grow up to be heterosexual.
Therefore, “It is our faith in human dignity that underlies our purposes. It is this faith that keeps us a strong and vital people. This is the hour to rededicate ourselves to the faith in mankind that makes us strong. This is the hour to rededicate ourselves to the faith in God that gives us confidence as we face the challenge of the years ahead.” Harry S. Truman
We are not to hate people because of their behaviors. In fact, we are to radically love them. However, Love does not require we tolerate immoral behavior by way of public policy. In Love, we can say NO! Keep your kids home on April 25 and say “No” to the day of silence.
Are you kidding me?
You say that homosexuality is “dangerous” because the life-expectancy of married couples is longer. Whose fault is that, now? Last I checked, gays wanted to get married but bigots like you decided to block any attempts to get those rights. More likely to commit suicide? Last I checked, that was because of bigots again. For the record, the only “identity crisis” I’ve seen from kids and teens as far as their sexuality goes is again… guess what! Brought on because of bigots like you who try and push heterosexual lifestyles on people who obviously are not. So on those points, how DARE you even think that these effects are simply naturally intrinsic to homosexuality. They are not, they are caused by people who argue up and down that LGBT people should not be protected and given basic human dignity.
Your statistics on things like income are dependent on more factors than you are allowing shown, many LGBT people, especially youth, are in fact homeless because their families kick them out. Again… hmmm… I wonder whose fault that is?
Wow, this article is quite possibly the stupidest and most close-minded self expression piece i’ve ever seen. I personally am a straight 19 year old who has gone to both private and public high schools. So, I guess you can say I’ve been in a pretty diverse enviroment, and in addition to that, I also attended both a state and private college. So, who is the bad guy? Is it the homosexuals who keep to themselves and, as you said before, contribute more to society than the average straight person? Or is it you, the close-minded homophobe who’s so insecure with your own sexuality that you sit at your computer all day trying to find ways of belittling a productive group within our society. Take my advice, and stop hating your father for making you the insecure punk that you are.
Thanks for calling me names and insulting me. This is quite amusing… seeing as you doing the very thing you purport is wrong – belittling those who are different than you.
Isn’t this the same kind of attitude that creates the problem that you seem to be fighting against (bigotry)? The same stance that suppresses the homosexuals and other classes? Sounds like you are part of the problem, not the solution.
Do you actually think by name calling and labeling me that you will really somehow “shame” me into silence? This country was built on guys like me standing up for what they believed and not letting anyone – even those with muskets – even those with power – to quiet their voice. Your attempts at persecuting me with insults and name calling not only fails to shame me into silence, but provokes me into having a louder voice for my beliefs. Thanks for the inspiration.
Lastly, I’m not advocating that the LGBT are treated any differently that the rest of us. What I’m advocating is that they are NOT treated any differently nor given special protections or preferences for their behaviors. I’m not advocating hating them or anyone else. Perhaps if you would not try to stereotype me with the haters, you wouldn’t misunderstand my “stupid self expression piece”.
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