{"id":3867,"date":"2014-02-25T13:38:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T19:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtfulpastor\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2014-02-25T13:38:02","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T19:38:02","slug":"my-tiny-protest-about-anti-gay-legislation-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtfulpastor\/2014\/02\/25\/my-tiny-protest-about-anti-gay-legislation-in-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"My Tiny Protest About Anti-Gay Legislation in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019m just going to add my puny little voice to this situation where a bill has been passed by the Arizona Legislature<\/a> to permit business owners to deny service to anyone they think may be part of the GLBTQ community. Many have already made eloquent links to this bill and our shameful national memories of refusing service to anyone<\/a> whose skin wasn\u2019t white enough to pass the color test. Governor Jan Brewer now faces the responsibility to either sign, or not sign, that bill.<\/p>\n

Now, assuming that she signs, I\u2019m not sure how business owners are going to determine who is and who is not gay, so I\u2019m making this suggestion: \u00a0Let\u2019s do what the Nazi\u2019s did and create a symbol for people to wear. The Nazi\u2019s insisted that all Jews wear a yellow star on their clothes so everyone would know they were actually vermin, not really people. Perhaps along with this law, the noble Arizona legislators need to also require a new symbol for all the GLBTQ\u00a0folk to wear so there is no chance of accidentally serving one of \u201cthem.\u201d<\/p>\n

And I promise you: \u00a0I will wear one in solidarity.<\/p>\n

Now, I want to make this clear: \u00a0I am NOT out to\u00a0trivialize the horror of the Holocaust. We are not sending a population to the gas chambers. \u00a0I am NOT calling the Arizona Legislatures \u201cNazi\u2019s.\u201d They are not that corrupt.<\/p>\n

I am saying: This is how it starts: one group thinks they are superior to another, and that gives them the right to expel the other.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And it is about as anti-Christian and anti-American as anything I\u2019ve seen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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