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Blog Entry: A Christian meets a homosexual
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A Christian meets a homosexual
First: the title is the title of the video from YouTube I'm talking about in this blog. No, it is not the best title ever nor is the video the best video ever. (If you want to watch it here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVPncQCzKSc ) You will probably have to copy and paste the link as it isn't turning blue.  I'm not the most computer savvy person ever.
I watched this video a month or two ago and it has stuck with me. Then, I read a blog on here after that that kind of had to do with a similar topic. (The blog post was about how the person accepted homophobic friends. If you read this, I'm really sorry I can't remember what your name was!) Both of these things have taught me it's okay for others not to believe the same things I do!
So I'm saying I only believe I was born gay and it is not a sin? I'm not even religious but for the arguments sake I'm going to use 'sin' as a synonym as wrong as that what it really is. What I actually believe is that it's a FACT I was born gay and it is obviously NOT a sin.
Other people have different opinions, though. We cannot take away their opinions and just because it is a fact being gay is not wrong doesn't mean they are a bigot for believing being gay is wrong.
The LGBT community is all about acceptance so while we should make sure there is no bullying, mentally or physically, going on we should accept others opinions. At least I will. I do firmly believe all opinions should be respectful, which would help with getting rid of bullying.
I did not mean to offend anyone in any way, so if I did somehow I'm sorry.
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:: Falconfly
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While I can see where you're coming at, I think just allowing people to have bigoted opinions is hypocrital, if you ask me. Tolerance for intolerance is pretty much just spitting on the face of everything we fought for.
Likewise, other minorities didn't get ahead by letting themselves be trampled. If a black person has the perfectly decent reason to be pissed off at being considered inferior for his/her skin, so should we feel offended at someone considering us inferior for something so trivial as love.
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Post: #644091  , Sat 28 Apr 12, 11:50AM |
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Aren't we being hypocritical for being intolerant of their views, though? We want homophones to accept our views and when they don't, we call them bigots. We aren't accepting their views.
I was not saying by any means we should allow ourselves to be trampled. I just meant we should respectfully state our own views and explain why we think we are right instead of trying to force them on others, as they try to do that to us. Of course, we should still be fighting for equality but let those who believe being gay is a sin believe it! We aren't going to change their minds anyway.
Also, of course we are going to be greatly offended. When a person is told they are inferior that does justify being pissed off. Does that mean we should call them bigots or other names, though?
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Post: #644102 , Sat 28 Apr 12, 1:08PM |
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We are fighting for our rights as human beings. If we define rights as mere opinions, then they are pointless. This demands us to be proactive in our fight
I'm not saying to go on rampages, but encouraging the view point of "it's just an opinion" is remarkably dangerous.
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Post: #644115 , Sat 28 Apr 12, 1:47PM |
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Just as you said, other people need to respect each others opinions, as I do yours as I hope you would mine.
Its kind of like an unwritten rule.
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Post: #644125 , Sat 28 Apr 12, 3:14PM |
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An opinion isn't deserving of respect just by virtue of it being an opinion. Do you really care about getting respect from someone who believes you're going to hell for being who you are? Do you respect the opinions of racists, anti-Semites, and white supremacists? I don't respect everyone's opinions because not all opinions are equally valid or deserving of respect. And why do I need respect from someone who believes I'm a disgusting abomination?
Now, I agree that you don't need to try and change everybody's opinion that you come across. If you don't want a Christian to try and convince you that you're going to Hell and sinful, then you don't need to try and convince them that they're a bigot. That's not going to go anywhere. But again, I implore: think about whom you want respect from and why you want respect from them.
Personally I think it's possible for someone who believes homosexuality is a sin but doesn't condemn every homosexual they meet to have a respectful relationship with me. However, I am not going to respect someone who tells me I'm disgusting, etc. And I also agree with the above: homophobia is an opinion, homosexuality is a state of being. You have one person defending their rights as a human and another person defending their right to believe something is gross. Which one sounds more important to you?
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Edit: Merovingian, Sat 28 Apr 12, 6:38PM
Post: #644215 , Sat 28 Apr 12, 6:34PM |
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Of course I will respect others opinions. I see where you are all coming from and I agree in a way but I also disagree. If you read my comment I said "Of course, we should still be fighting for equality." Can't we do that respectfully? Yes, we are fighting for our rights as a human being and they are merely defending their rights to a belief. Isn't the right to believe what you want a human right, too? As long as their belief isn't stopping me from having my human rights, I don't care what they believe. If it is, who wouldn't care? That is the time to be respectful, but voice what you think!
Respectfulness and standing up for yourself and rights are not antonyms in any way!
Also, being a homophobe, racist, white supremacist, etc does NOT define who you are so of course I would like respect from them and I will give respect to them.
The whole point of this post was you don't have to agree with a person on something to be respectful! Likewise, you don't have to agree with me on this either. I don't expect many people to.
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Post: #644323 , Sun 29 Apr 12, 12:59AM |
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But that's just it. People like that don't want you to have rights. They want to take them away. So they're not going to join with you and fight for your rights; they're going to do what they can to stop them from happening. I understand you want people to be treated all the same, but if people have opinions that want to deny people rights or hurt people, then I can't respect that and those are not people I want to ally with.
But yes, of course some people aren't going to agree. But I don't just respond to posts I agree with. Sometimes it's good to get a discussion of opposing viewpoints.
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Edit: Merovingian, Sun 29 Apr 12, 1:30AM
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