Recently there have been multiple references to me by Christians about the \u2018gay agenda.\u2019 I want to make one thing very clear:<\/p>\n
Everyone has an agenda. I don\u2019t care who you are or what you\u2019re about. You have an agenda \u2013 Christian, gay or whatever. And the broader community or population of people you affiliate yourself with (or are just similar to) have an agenda as well.<\/p>\n
For years I have said that I don\u2019t believe in a \u2018gay agenda.\u2019 It\u2019s a mythical gathering of procedures, that, as the myth goes, is intended for gays and\u00a0lesbians to take over the world. However, the more I\u2019m around and involved the more I realize there is a gay agenda. Not to take over the world, but because everyone universally and innately has an agenda \u2013 person or communal.\u00a0And it\u2019s no more or less of an agenda than the Christian one.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a\u00a0quick note I want to point out from a sociology standpoint:<\/p>\n
We have to start realizing that the dominant, majority culture\u2019s agenda is always the acceptable agenda, taken at face value. And it\u2019s always the minority culture\u2019s agenda that gets deemed evil, bad or threatening. Why? Because the minority culture\u2019s agenda is at some level\u00a0universally asking\u00a0the majority culture to relinquish some of their power; or at least realize the privledge that comes with their dominant cultural status. Therefore the minority culture\u2019s agenda always gets the negative label because it\u2019s a threat to mainstream culture\u2019s status quo. Status quo can also be renamed as \u2018majority culture\u2019s agenda.\u2019<\/p>\n
Fear is easier to react to than intentional constructive tension. I am not even talking directly about the Christian\/GLBT culture war. This is applicable for any population or culture, in any situation.<\/p>\n
I just ask that you please think of your own agenda (because you have one, no matter how well intentioned) the next time you\u2019re about to exclude or speak bad about something or someone because you label it\/them as having a negative agenda.<\/p>\n
Much love.<\/p>\n