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Mar. 31st, 2005 07:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
taratemimaDear combined religious leaders protesting against a gay pride festival in Jerusalem:
My, I am impressed. You can't agree on terrorism, war, charity, land, or anything else, but hating them gay folk really brings Jews, Christians, and Muslims (and Buddhists, and Hindus, and even some pagan traditions) together. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy, like meat left out in the sun.
Maybe I should listen to the atheists and assume that anyone that anyone who is slightly out of strict gender and sexuality roles is not welcome. That religion is just a tool for control of the masses, and not a tool for
the individual to figure out what the universe is and what you're doing here. However, that lets you off the hook. No thanks.
Sure, it's easy to take a stand when you assume 'gay pride festival' = 'gyrating guys in body glitter and gold lame short shorts and drag queens'.
However, would you block me going on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem?
How about if I organized fifty of my religiously inclined GLBT folks?
Are there behaviors you would not approve from us, and how would they be different from straight people going to Jerusalem?
Are you sure that everyone in Jerusalem is here for reflection?
What would you do if you knew that GBLT people were already in Jerusalem?
If the organizers are holding it in Jerusalem for controversy, aren't you just handing them free publicity?
Is this in the best traditions of your faith? If it is, what do you say to some young folks beating on one guy they thought was a 'fag'?
What do you say to me?
My, I am impressed. You can't agree on terrorism, war, charity, land, or anything else, but hating them gay folk really brings Jews, Christians, and Muslims (and Buddhists, and Hindus, and even some pagan traditions) together. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy, like meat left out in the sun.
Maybe I should listen to the atheists and assume that anyone that anyone who is slightly out of strict gender and sexuality roles is not welcome. That religion is just a tool for control of the masses, and not a tool for
the individual to figure out what the universe is and what you're doing here. However, that lets you off the hook. No thanks.
Sure, it's easy to take a stand when you assume 'gay pride festival' = 'gyrating guys in body glitter and gold lame short shorts and drag queens'.
However, would you block me going on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem?
How about if I organized fifty of my religiously inclined GLBT folks?
Are there behaviors you would not approve from us, and how would they be different from straight people going to Jerusalem?
Are you sure that everyone in Jerusalem is here for reflection?
What would you do if you knew that GBLT people were already in Jerusalem?
If the organizers are holding it in Jerusalem for controversy, aren't you just handing them free publicity?
Is this in the best traditions of your faith? If it is, what do you say to some young folks beating on one guy they thought was a 'fag'?
What do you say to me?
