Ok, when I first saw this article online from 365gay.com, I thought it was perhaps a typo or mistake. But when I checked the website for Concerned Women for America, there it was. This was a reaction to forner NBA player, Tim Hardaway's reaction to John Amaechi's recent revelation that he is gay.
It is interesting to see a group who makes it there mission to deny gay people their rights comdemn someone as "rooted in 'hate'":
“Hardaway’s comments are both unfortunate and inappropriate. They provide political fodder for those who wish to paint all opposition to the homosexual lifestyle as being rooted in ‘hate.’ It’s important to note that Hardaway’s words represent the feelings of Hardaway. His words do not represent the feelings of the vast majority of people opposed to the homosexual agenda."
Ok, so this statement is in the model of 'love the sinner, hate the sin'. It's ok to condemn gay people, but not to hate them. But, alas, they chose to continue to elaborate their position, I guess in an attempt to show what an appropriate reaction to the homosexual agenda is. (OH and by the way if any gays are reading this, can you forward me my copy of the agenda, I haven't gotten my 2007 version yet.)
“It’s perfectly natural for people to be repelled by disordered sexual behaviors that are both unnatural, and immoral. All too often those behaviors are accompanied by serious physical, emotional, and spiritual pitfalls. However, the appropriate reaction is to respond with words and acts of love, not words of hate."
Oh, now I get it. Because when i think of "words...of love", the first words that spring to mind are "repelled," "disordered," "unnatural," and "immoral". They fail to mention that it is precisely these types of words that create the "emotional and spiritual pitfalls" that GLBT people face on a daily basis. They then end the brief on an upnote, providing direly needed hope for the disordered, unnatrual, immoral and repellant:
"Jesus Christ offers forgiveness and freedom for all sinners, and that is the heart of the Gospel message. Thousands of former homosexuals have been freed from the homosexual lifestyle through acts of love. Hardaway’s comments only serve to foment misperceptions of widespread homosexual ‘victimhood’ which the homosexual lobby has craftily manufactured.”
So there is a way out, oh and by the way, the gays deserved Hardaway's comments, because they've (or at least their "lobby" has) "craftily manufactured" a culture of victimhood. While I do appreciate the reference to the gay's tendancy toward being good with crafts, I was unaware that the numerous cases of harrassment and violence in schools, for example was indeed "manufactured" by gays themselves.
Thanks, Concerned Women of America, but the GLBT community doesn't need your help in explaining why Hardaways' comments were hurtful or inappropriate. Now go buy a snickers.
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"We looove all God's creatures."
"But we hate some of them!"
"Shut up! We love!"
"And we hate!"
"We don't hate, but just love some of God's creatures more."
"Unless they're gay, then we hate but pretend not to."
"No! Love them all!"
"Oooh look at the butt on him."
"Oh yea. I'd tap that."
... sorry, just started dieting.
John, we have talked about my opinions about homosexuality vs. homosexuals before so you know where I start from.
However, I think that the more time and effort that is spent loudly condemning things like this, the more publicity the statements get.
It takes some kind of a lunatic to hate an entire group of people because of a single charecteristic so the statement itself has no credibility but it is like a libel lawsuit. The subsequent publicity generated by suing the lebeler results in the publication and republication of the libel.
I had not heard about these statements until people started protesting them. If I were the type to be swayed by such a statement , the fact that it has been repeated over and over in the past few days would have made that much more likely to happen. Otherwise, it would have just disappeared into the realm of one-day wonders.
Vickey, Good questions. I think that kind of forgiveness is something that's very rooted in modern American culture. The public apology. I think it may have its roots in the pervasive Christianity of our culture. To confess one's sins out loud is an important part of Catholicism, at least. And I think of 12-step programs, that also have that as a part of their process. That contrition is supposed to be sincere and heartfelt, but it seems to have devolved into something less honest as of late.
Maybe 2 weeks?
I think that Washington referred to Knight a faggot, not Dempsey. (I'm not a little faggot, like TR [Knight] was what Washington said to Dempsey.) And Dempsey got in his face about using that word to describe Knight (who is, indeed, gay), not about being called a faggot himself. Dempsey was protecting his (then-closted) gay friend, not defending his own masculinity.
TR's take on the situation confirms this: "T.R. Knight says hearing Isaiah Washington call him a "faggot" on the set of Grey's Anatomy gave him the courage to come out of the closet – and that he's speechless that Washington on Monday denied using the word."