Comments on: Do Tell, Live In Hell http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/03/2148/ Fighting antigay lies and the ex-gay myth Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: adrianT http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/03/2148/comment-page-1/#comment-11369 adrianT Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:47:52 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=2148#comment-11369 If you want to see some real stupidity - see this story about how all service members stationed at a US base in England were sent this suicide prevention presentation, based on Rick Warren's ridiculous 'purpose driven life', in which, of all things, accepting evolution was tantamount to having no purpose in life! More seriously, this is a breach of the constitution and highly sectarian. http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/11/30/11914/687/Front_Page/Creationism_The_Latest_In_Military_Suicide_Prevention I hope that LGBT people work together with secularists, free thinkers, atheists, and frankly, any religious person with a tolerant live-and-let-live attitude to stand up to this kind of bullying, which clearly goes on as this testimony shows: http://www.richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=23365 I guess that is much easier said than done, but I would guess there are more who would speak up, if they were brave enough to. I am pleased to see some personnel doing exactly that. It's good to see dedicated support groups for non-theist military such as MAAF as well. ( http://www.maaf.info/ ). If you want to see some real stupidity – see this story about how all service members stationed at a US base in England were sent this suicide prevention presentation, based on Rick Warren’s ridiculous ‘purpose driven life’, in which, of all things, accepting evolution was tantamount to having no purpose in life! More seriously, this is a breach of the constitution and highly sectarian.
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/11/30/11914/687/Front_Page/Creationism_The_Latest_In_Military_Suicide_Prevention

I hope that LGBT people work together with secularists, free thinkers, atheists, and frankly, any religious person with a tolerant live-and-let-live attitude to stand up to this kind of bullying, which clearly goes on as this testimony shows: http://www.richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=23365

I guess that is much easier said than done, but I would guess there are more who would speak up, if they were brave enough to. I am pleased to see some personnel doing exactly that. It’s good to see dedicated support groups for non-theist military such as MAAF as well.
( http://www.maaf.info/ ).

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