Comments on: If You Support Gay Rights, I’m Ditching Class

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:32:39 +0000

I’m time and again amazed how much hate and intollerence the so-called christians on the far right in the US spew out. If I didn’t know better I would have thought that the stories we get on our evening news(yes the actions of those groups are so foreign to us) were 50 years old! That’s about how many years you would have to go back to find the same views in Western Europe! We too DO have far right christians but their numbers are very low and most importantly, they are NOT given any influence on politics. In society THEY are the “outcasts”
An example: In a Danish village The Evangelists set up a protest in front of the local hookers house to fend off “customers”. After a while the rest of the village went out in SUPPORT of the hooker, because as they said:”We won’t let a small group of loonies force their views on the rest of us” Imagine this happen in the US.
Sadly it wouldn’t.

By: TroyJMorris

TroyJMorris — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:54:52 +0000

And a comment to Miller. I think that the purpose is to create a sense of empathy with the LGBT, who feel the forced silence daily. Have you tried to not speak for an entire day? It really is difficult and makes you feel worthless, however, if you take a vow of silence, it can be very eye opening as you spend more time listening and less time waiting to speak.

I think the Days of Silence are but one very important weapon in the arsenal of awareness. Because, yes, we should stand up and act as well.

By: TroyJMorris

TroyJMorris — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:50:32 +0000

If they went to school that day, they may risk learning something. The AFA can’t have any of that. What’d be next? Free-thought?! Questions?! Perhaps… gulp…. actual independence?

By: C. L. Hanson

C. L. Hanson — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:02:20 +0000

One of the people on my blogroll had an amusing take on this:

Imagine a world with no bigots.

A country with no little bigot-spawn spewing forth their biblical curses and rants towards gay people, or people without faith, or people of a different faith.

Imagine a classroom where all children feel loved, regardless of their differences.

Imagine a school that teaches acceptance and love for all. A school without bigot-brigades, self-righteous hypocrites, or “religious” leaders attempt to censor the words of teachers.

Imagine a time when there are no fundamentalist religious congregations and CEOs “pastors” trying to force their beliefs on everyone else.

Sounds nice, right?

Well, that can become reality for just one day if you participate in “Keep the Bigots Home Day” on April 25.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:43:23 +0000

By remaining silent, the intent of the pro-homosexual students is to disrupt the classes while promoting the homosexual lifestyle.

I am a teacher … and I laughed out loud when I read this. It’s priceless.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:32:56 +0000

these people aren’t worried about damaging their kids’ educations.
They only send their kids to school because a) the state requires it and b) it’s free daycare.
They would rather their kids just read the bible all day since that’s all they need to know.

By: Shaded Spriter

Shaded Spriter — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:38:24 +0000

I First heard about Day of Silence from a comic three years ago (I can’t remember which one because I read a few written by open LGBT members.) The UK I think is more friendly to gay/etc people than america is…But saying that I didn’t know anyone who was gay till sixthform and never talked to him about if he was persecuted or not.

By: MikeClawson

MikeClawson — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:04:16 +0000

If the point of this day is to bring more attention to LGBT issues, then I guess AFA is actually helping the cause by encouraging kids to stay home. Wouldn’t simply ignoring the silent kids make more sense?

By: Chicken Girl

Chicken Girl — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:57:42 +0000

In September, some Christian school groups organize "See You At The Pole" events. I just thought it was annoying when I was in school, but according to ReligiousTolerance.org, in some (*cough*, red) states, the students at these events symbolically crucify the non-Christian students by nailing/affixing their names to a wooden cross. Now it sickens me. And they have the nerve to get upset about the Day of Silence.

By: terri

terri — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:50:43 +0000

At our high school, there’s a Day of Prayer a week or so after the Day of Silence; some of these kids wear nasty T-shirts or start preaching outside, yet nothing is said to them.