tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468157774833801513.post701908695134277428..comments2023-05-25T04:18:25.866-07:00Comments on OUT IN THE SILENCE: "Bible Believing Response" to OUT IN THE SILENCE Promotes Anti-Transgender ViolenceJoe Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11641836316126743135noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468157774833801513.post-45230194112272803572010-09-08T12:36:15.399-07:002010-09-08T12:36:15.399-07:00Joe and Dean,
You captured a frightening and chal...Joe and Dean, <br />You captured a frightening and challenging moment. Thank you for speaking up. <br />Thank you for your persistent efforts to expose us to the hate that LGBT community members are facing, but also the messages of love and support that you are surfacing from rural towns and big cities across the country. Keep On.Patricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595919677302754449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468157774833801513.post-1543851564923544412010-09-07T20:14:28.275-07:002010-09-07T20:14:28.275-07:00Thanks for having the guts and integrity to be the...Thanks for having the guts and integrity to be there. It might seem at first glance that your presence was a hopeless gesture, but your strength and eloquence will stay with those people whether they like it or not.Darya Teesewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128115775349804171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468157774833801513.post-80015705950053171452010-09-02T20:18:03.997-07:002010-09-02T20:18:03.997-07:00What would happen if you had a gay couple, a lesbi...What would happen if you had a gay couple, a lesbian couple a transman and a transwoman at such a meeting, and they did nothing but be scolded by Robert Wagner, Diane Gramley, and any other attendees who felt the deed (or desire) to scold them for being filthy, deviant perverts? The LGBT folk would say nor do anything to defend against any verbal attack, though they could answer non-judgmental questions (or the non-judgmental parts of judgmental statements disguised as questions.)<br /><br />What might happen if the six LGBT folk were polite, never showed anger or defiance, and thanked the group for allowing them to attend?<br /><br />What if the meeting were videotaped, like the video accompanying this blog entry?<br /><br />Would it just reinforce the hardness of heart? Or would perhaps one or two of the 'normal' participants begin to feel a twinge (or two) of shame for the way the LGBT folks are being treated, for their being cast into roles of sick, evil perverted sub-humans.<br /><br />Would it make a difference.<br /><br />Is it even worth trying?Hazumu Osaragihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830865823239787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468157774833801513.post-72553779565106086412010-09-01T09:12:48.506-07:002010-09-01T09:12:48.506-07:00What isn't amazing is that this point of view ...What isn't amazing is that this point of view in more common then not. My Partner and I live in the Lehigh Valley and have experience a twilight zone of inequality and indifference that has baffled us. We are Elders in the tribe. For the last 27 years we have been harassed, dealt with what we believe are collusive Police and Law Enforcement in general. Lawyers have kept their distance. We believe that our experience borders on insanity. Gun fire, fraudulent litigation and harassment have been used. One family who we share a road with , has harassed us for 27 years and has gotten no more then a slap on the risk.<br /><br />I admire your tenacity. Thanks for telling the story.<br /><br />JerryJerry Kotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432041953601833043noreply@blogger.com