This makes me fear our future.

[Thaluikhain]

Am I incredibly jaded or are the rest of you just ignorant to the most parts of the United States?

Seconded...though I'd expand that to the rest of the world.

Not speaking of anyone in particular here, but there seems to be a lot of people in my country at least who are content to ignore an issue that doesn't concern them, but who will be shocked and appalled every so often at things they should have known and cared about all the time, and who will go right back to angrily dismissing people trying to bring attention to these issues afterwards.

 

[shrekfan246]

There are no words.

Christianity: Loving your fellow neighbour, unless of course they don't love the opposite sex. Until about forty years ago the provision also included "Unless they're not white." and I'm sure that for plenty of people it still does.

This is why I can't be catholic. This is why I can't believe in God. Because these people honestly, truly believe that God would be happy with them looking the other way over teenagers killing themselves because "homosexuality is a sin" and "suicide lands you in Hell". While at the same time conveniently ignoring all of the contradictions such as God supposedly creating all of mankind in "His" own image, and loving them for it. And his own son, as already mentioned, having little more than disdain for anyone who considered themselves to be "righteous crusaders".

God was wrathful over many things man did, but hardly ever was he wrathful because of something like Will & Grace.

EDIT: Just to clarify, because it's rather late and I'm sure my rage-filled post will easily be taken the wrong way, I know quite clearly that many, many Christians of all denominations do not share these insane views. But it's these types of religious whackos that make me unable to comprehend how they could possibly think their all-loving deity would be okay with what they're doing.

 

[Monkeyman O'Brien]

New plan. Lets find one of those extremely disfunctional kids, the ones obsessed with guns and death and shit, basically the ones who are on the verge of shooting up a school. Load them up with as much firepower as they can hold. Wait till their "Day of Bigotry" and just let the kid go nuts shooting any wanker wearing one of their hateful shirts.
Some people do not deserve to live.

Oh and the teachers should all be fired and forbidden from ever teaching again. I do not care what district policy states. If you put your job above your duty to the kids then you should not have become a teacher in the first place and are a disgrace.

All I know is if I have a kid I am going to enroll them in a martial arts class when they are like 6. I would rather have my kid suspended or even expelled for breaking a bunch of assholes jaws rather than have them commit suicide.

 

[alandavidson]

Good god. I'm Christian, and I still want to tell those people to go eat a dick.

You and I have every right to tell other Christians who soil the very good name we are that they can go eat a dick. Or even call them inhuman fuck douches. I'm catholic and I think people in my religion who do this are assho- No. BEYOND Assholes.

As a Christan, I almost want to go there... With a AK47 and say: "You guys gave up your rights as Human beings" and then mow them down. Normally I am a one who hates fighting (outside Video Games granted) but this is just fucking sick.

I am being a bit overly rash here, but my point stands as I hope I got across...

These people gave up their human rights, they wish to hurt other human beings for being different then themselves.

You're doing it wrong... you need an M4A1, much better groupings.

OT: I'm a Christian and I think those people need to get their heads out of their asses. It's not okay to let kids suffer. Ever.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

I read this earlier today and cried my eyes out. It makes feel like a coward for hiding my sexuality my whole life while other braver people lived through hell and died.

There is nothing wrong with who you love, and who you are. DO NOT EVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU OTHERWISE.

"Die on your feet, don't live on your knees."

Oh, I know that, but it isn't going to change my hiding in High School. When I finally get to go to college (Whenever the Hell that'll be), on plan on being completely honest about my sexuality even if "college" means the community college a town over where I'm sure there are plenty of rednecks and religious bigots.

 

[AnotherAvatar]

This is in no way acceptable. No wonder that whole area is falling deep into the recession, they have educators pushing LESS education in their schools, in addition to bigotry.

I don't believe in hell, but I certainly hope Michele Bachmann and her manipulative, uncaring, and psychotic cohorts fucking burn in it.

Some group really needs to go in there and fix this shit. It's not the fucking 20's, I mean seriously this is barbaric.

 

[lacktheknack]

Nope, not going to read it. I shouold be going to sleep, not infuriating myself. I'm just gonna say that psychos are psychotic and I thank God that we don't have to deal with this crap everywhere else.

 

[Trull]

Personally I think as long as it doesn't effect you then SHUT THE F**K UP. Bloody christians.



(Should note I am actually christian, I'm talking about THOSE christian catholics. you know the ones.)

 

[Sprinal]

Considering that one of my first cousins came of the closet just before Christmas. This makes me nervous. he's a nice guy and as far as I can tell is happy. Yet isn't that always the way?

Hmmmm. What to do? Not alot really. He lives in a fairly conservative area although my familly who are Catholic do not seem to mind as long as it's Genuine.

eh really just makes me sad. No one wants to be homosexual. So why make it even worse for them? If it was a choise I can't see anyone choosing it over being hetrosexuality.

But being pushed to suicide. Sadly I've heard of this happening many times before.

 

[ReinWeisserRitter]

Considering that one of my first cousins came of the closet just before Christmas. This makes me nervous. he's a nice guy and as far as I can tell is happy. Yet isn't that always the way?

Hmmmm. What to do? Not alot really. He lives in a fairly conservative area although my familly who are Catholic do not seem to mind as long as it's Genuine.

eh really just makes me sad. No one wants to be homosexual. So why make it even worse for them? If it was a choise I can't see anyone choosing it over being hetrosexuality.

But being pushed to suicide. Sadly I've heard of this happening many times before.

Offer him your support. Tell him if he needs to talk to someone, he has you, even if nothing else. Make it one hundred percent clear that he isn't alone. That's the most you can do, but it could make all the difference in the world.

As for "no one wants to be homosexual", speak for yourself; it's as natural and unremarkable as breathing to some people.

 

[mrhappy1489]

Senseless. Unsurprising, but senseless.

I might be getting into R&P territory here, but are not Tolerance, Compassion, and Sympathy 'Traditional Christian values'?

It's ironic that the people who tend to frustrate me most in this world are other 'Christians'.

No, you're right, and I know it's a topic that I have to argue with my parents about whenever the topic of homosexuality comes up.

One of my favorite teachings is "love your enemy" just because it's so counter-intuitive but yields amazing results. Maybe I'm just old-school though I guess. Also I don't view homosexuals as enemies but I hope you see the point anyways.

I went to private Christian Middle & High schools. I saw a lot of ignorance tossed around and as the old saying goes 'you fear what you don't understand'. I still twitch every time I hear someone suggest that 'the gay' is something you can catch, like a disease or something. I will say, honestly, the nicest thing about the Christian schools is that they armed me with the very book that dispensed with their irrational fears.

Christ hung out with whore, drunks, and tax collectors. He had nothing but disdain for the 'religious'.

I too went to a catholic high school, run by a former brother, but I never ever experienced anything as deplorable as this. I don't mean to sound offensive here, but this is one problem that seems to be near endemic to the US, more specifically in your central states. I know 3rd world countries and Muslim countries have similar problems, but for the supposed pinnacle of society this is just completely unacceptable. I'm not American and I cannot begin to fathom what it is like to live in a society like this, but something must happen soon in your country, because the fact that people like Michelle Bachman can even have an influence is more frightening than anything I can imagine.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

Anyone think they should put these people in to that upcoming "God bless america" movie, I would love them too.

OT: Goddamn these people get me pissed off, a persons life is worth far more than any religious belief, no matter how legit. They should of seen fucking suicides and stopped, not continued. I wish that any future presidents of America see that gays are people too and decide to stop all these religious bigots from killing people due to their years old beliefs.
This isn't really an attack on religion, it's an attack on people who focus their religious time on the worst parts of their chosen religion. I know plenty of Christians and the like in real life and I'm fine with their beliefs because they don't try to make their beliefs affect other people.

 

[beniki]

Appalling.

Teachers should know better. I don't care what the reason is, if you hurt one of my students or make them cry, then expect the "Angry Face". I will not have it in my classroom. Some of the material is hard enough already without trying to look at it through a blur of tears. Turning a blind eye just because you're worried about your job... shameful.

Not in my damn classroom, and not in my damn school.

 

[chadachada123]

I'm just going to say this much, I'm glad I live in Canada where we don't have to deal with this BS on anywhere near the same level as you guys.

Gay marriage for example, it's legal in Canada. Also guess what? It was legalized without a public vote. Why? Because it was deemed unconstitutional to forbid it, end of story, no religious BS barging it's way into our schools and politics.

To be fair, several US states have done the same thing as Canada and ruled that it's unconstitutionally sexist.

It just sucks that people like the ones in this article exist in such large numbers in southern states...

Here in Michigan, no one gives a shit about sexuality. Teasing like that just doesn't happen for something as silly as sexuality or gender.

 

[viranimus]

You know I find it repugnant when a group of people gather together and try to force their will on other people. How you cant turn on the tv, play a game, or read something on the Internet without it being browbeaten into you that your wrong if you dont agree with how they think and end up using half assed justifications to stand by their holier than thou positions. Every day being unable to escape these people trying to shove their smug sense of superiority in their personal opinions in your face. Wanting to condemn you as an inhuman monster if you dont agree . Justifying hatred, violence, and intolerance. Standing idly by as they watch others who agree with their position try to make rallying cries to justify violence and murder and take the position to extreme levels. Trying to force their agenda on everyone. To sit in judgment over the way people choose to live their lives, while trying to stick their nose into affairs they have no reason to be involved in. Then to have the audacity to try to portray themselves as the victims by assigning unrelated blame to their specific situation so people will have sympathy for them.

Yes... After reading this I am really sickened by the hatred I have read.

 

[TheGauntman]

I'm not a gay rights advocate because I feel I shouldn't need to be. The same way I shouldn't be a human rights advocate, or a pro-breathing advocate. Some things are so fucking fundamental that it should require no thought.

If two people of the same sex want to be intimate - emotionally and/or physically - it's NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS, at the very least.

To take it so far that you call them abominations and foster a climate that pushes people to suicide is unforgivable.The gall, the fucking gall of these people.

And the teachers who wouldn't intervene when a group of students pushed another student to the ground and called him '******', or when a student was openly abused in class. At some point you have to make a judgement call, and that right there jumped past 'gay issues' to 'assault'. Surely as a teacher you're gonna try and prevent students from being assaulted...right?

Frankly, I'm not even angry: I'm disgusted.

 

[Dandark]

I couldn't even finish reading it. That is just horrible and completely disgusting. There are many things wrong with America but that right there has got to be one of the worst.
I just really don't even know what to say about it, it's sickening.

Is it bad that I wish humans had a lower average life expectancy just so that all these horrible people would die already so we can get a generation that doesn't have all this evil hatred and prejudice inside them?