My gay agenda for today, plus: Fresh hate mail!

For those who are wondering what exactly is the "gay agenda," I thought I'd post mine today.

7:30 AM, I woke up. This is late for me, but I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night.
7:40 AM, walk dogs.
8:10 AM, make breakfast, shower, get dressed, check email
8:25 AM, order "Second Class Citizen" t-shirt
8:30 AM, get assignment to cover tonight's protest on Prop 8 at San Francisco's Civic Center
8:33 AM, read hate mail (posted under the jump)
8:37 PM, start this post

My gay agenda for the rest of the day is to write three things that are due today and Sunday (I try not to work on the weekend, but it's nice to know it's there as a buffer if I get backed up), blog a little at Pet Connection, which I've been neglecting since the election; try to get a PR guy to follow up on an interview I need to do; walk the dogs again; make an appointment to get my hair cut and a pedicure;  set up an interview with a children's librarian about great animal books for kids; take my camera to the Castro and get a photo of the Pride flag flying at half mast; go to the protest.

Please tell me your Gay Agenda for the day, and enjoy today's hate mail, under the jump. And why is it that haters and right wing Christianists don't use paragraphs?

From: dina little
catesby624@yahoo.com
http://cradlerocker624.blogspot.com/

Proposition 8 passed primarily because of Gays themselves. I know I am one of those people who said: "well, live and let live...good for you, have a happy life"..blah blah blah.... I honestly didn't care if gays get "married" legally. I doubted they would stay 'married' and indeed, 'married' Gays are already clogging up the divorce courts, so it's a joke really. It's when the gay mafia started getting on the cases of churches, organization and pastors who refuse to marry them, threatening them with lawsuits and criminal prosecution. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Gay marriage establishes a 'new religion' and by default prohibits the free exercise of established conservative religions by insinuating that now that it is 'legal' all people must recognize this lifestyle. And then the gays started with the 'in school' indoctrination "Massachusetts style" teaching kindergarteners about 'gay and lesbian' lifestyles...hello? Children don't belong to the state, they belong to families. I had one hint of a teacher reading about two mommies to my kids and I pulled them out. No...you can not teach MY children about homosexuality. Sex ed shouldn't even be touched on till the middle school years, and then it should approached with respect to the needs of kids at THAT time, with age appropriate curriculum that REPECTS cultural and psychological differences. Too much can be over whelming. That's a fact. The way the left wants to teach kids not just about plumbing, but techniques as well is ridicules. It's child abuse really. And it isn't just Christians who think this, but muslims as well, of which California has a growing population. But teaching kids about homosexuality in kindergarten because 'well, marriage is legal, so we should'..that was WHY you got the huge backlash. You can not have your cake and eat it too. You can't go after churches who wont rent halls to you, you can't go after pastors who wont marry you, you can't force people to teach their children about homosexuality the WAY you want them too. You just haven't got that right. You say 'stay out of our bedroom'...I'm telling you: 'Stay away from our church and children.' Follow this to the logical end: if you must have your way, you must kill all the Christians, take their children from them and arrest the people who believe the bible: Homosexuality is a disordered and sinful lifestyle.... Something I DO teach my children. I know that my fellow Christians are very aware the violent persecution is the next step and has already started.

Dina Little
Massapequa, Ny

Comments

[Meryl]

"And why is it that haters and right wing Christianists don't use paragraphs?"

Or know how to spell? Sheesh!

[Mara57]

Sandy's Gay Agenda for November 7, 2008

5:30am: Alarm goes off and I transition from sleep to conscious thought.
5:50am: I get out of bed, pull on sweats and start work.
7:00am: My first business call, with someone in Europe.
8:00am: My second business call, with more folks in Europe.
9:00am: My third business call/online meeting.
10:00am: My fourth call will begin.
Rest of my Gay Agenda day: Work until 5pm.
7pm, dinner with friends to celebrate a birthday. This dinner includes a couple, two men who were married on October 11, finally "legalizing" their relationship as marriage. (They have been together 20 years and raised two children who were abused and abandoned by their straight family of origin).

[Shalea]

Can I, as a straight person, apologize in any meaningful way for the attitudes and behaviors of crazies like Christie's hater? Hanging my head in shame, 'cause I sure feel like I need to (apologize and be ashamed).

[KT]

I know that my fellow Christians are very aware the violent persecution is the next step and has already started.

Mmm. I'm a little confused. Violent persecution of who? Me? Her? Her children? Paragraphs? Run-on sentences?

What?

;)

[Kelley]

My Gay Agenda-

7:00 AM-9:00 AM Get up, take shower, get dressed, put finishing touches on crock pot dish to take to work potluck.

9:00-9:30- Read news on Google. Tell ferret to stop scrabbling around in his cage.

9:30- Head to work.

10:30-7 PM: Work.

7-9:30- Grocery store, prep for girlfriend to come up this weekend.

Now - Watching episodes of Bones, cooking a pizza, and bemoaning the way humanity clings to only the facets of religion that moans against things they think are icky, but screw all the rest of Leviticus.

[Barbara Saunders]

I'm still wondering why these people bother to hide behind the label "Christian" at all. My mother is minister; I know a bit about Christianity. I am not aware of any part of that doctrine that requires or even encourages followers to select Biblical edicts (at random and by personal interpretation at that) and ram them through the law system of any society.

Now, that said: I think "humanity clings to only the facets of religion that moans against things they think are icky" is also a broad generalization, which ignores those religious folks who are supporters of equality in every way.

[Becky]

So how did your gay agenda work out? Me, I got sidetracked by a movie on TBS and wound up staying on the couch eating popcorn in my fuzzy socks all day. Heh. (Lightbulb: Some entrepreneurial queer needs to start selling a day planner with the words "Gay Agenda" in big letters on the front!)

Your hate mail, btw? Classic. I especially enjoyed the bit about pulling the kids out of school because "sex ed" shouldn't be taught till middle school. I love that these are the same parents who don't make a peep about overcrowded classrooms, janitors getting paid more than teachers, and school librarians buying books on their own dime. Education is sacred, yessiree! Also? I love how any mention of same-gendered couples automatically means "sex ed." Oprah's made a career about the dead sex lives of straight marrieds... why do they assume that we've got the mojo thing all figured out?

Anyway, thank you for the bits of levity in this dark time. As a lesbian Floridian, I'm heartbroken; I can't even imagine what my brothers and sisters in CA are going through.

Hang in there.

[Kelley]

Firstly, I'm not trying to make a blanket statement. Obviously not everyone is like that. Unfortunately, a fair number, and it seems the majority of the voting public who actually got out there and voted, ARE that way.

[Kim]

*also hanging head in shame on behalf of heterosexuals everywhere*

Although holding my head somewhat at half mast... I'm Canadian. :O)

Perhaps we should trade secrets: your democratic system (our parliament is an f-ing joke) for our progressively GLBT-friendly agenda.

P.S. I have the utmost respect for anyone with a coherent opinion... but I hate a hater who can't spell. It's ridicules!