An Open Letter to Our Oppressors

[Natasha]

An Open Letter to Our Oppressors

http://petersontoscano.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/an-open-letter-to-our-oppressors/
12/24/2008

In light of the passage of Proposition 8 with the denial and removal of rights for gay and lesbian couples, and the other anti-gay ballot measures recently passed, the inclusion of Rick Warren in the upcoming US presidential inauguration festivities, and recent anti-gay comments by the Pope (along with may many other previous anti-gay statements), I wish to write an open letter to my oppressors, many of them fellow Christians.

Dear Oppressors,

Yes, I hear you. I am not deaf to your messages. To the Holy Father in Rome, Reverend Rick Warren in California, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,  the many supporters of Prop 8, Focus on the Family, Exodus International, and so many others who publicly speak out against LGBT people and our rights, I hear you loud and clear. No matter how you sugarcoat it and wrap it up with smiles and scripture and say that you are nothing like the extremist, Fred Phelps, I hear your message loud and clear telling me that I am inferior and unwanted in your world. These are not your words, but all the same this is the message you communicate.

[Lisbeth]

In spite of the opposition and the oppression, we will thrive. Transgender people, lesbians, bisexuals, and gays will have our families, our faith, our places in our communities. We will walk hand in hand with our partners without apology and without shame. We will enjoy our sexual lives as a expression of our love and as a conduit of pleasure–pure and simple. We will not go away or heed your flawed and uninformed message.

It's interesting how this particular author did not feel that talking about holding hands in public was being less than mature.

The best way to achieve legal rights is not to violate people's personal culture.  Each should police their comrades in observing the other people's comfort levels,

So, no walking down the street holding hands, hunh.

Be mature, there does not have to be rules and laws, just common sense. Would you flaunt things in front of a Catholic school?

Maybe I just feel that holding hands is much more important than mere sex.