Op-ed excerpt from Faith In America’s Founder Mitchell Gold in the Washington Blade:
“As thousands converge on the nation’s capital this weekend for the National Equality March, our demand is simple: We want full equality.
Now. Although there has been great progress in the last 50 years, the equality movement for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans has not moved forward as quickly as we should and could have. In the final analysis, it is because we have not effectively addressed the biggest barrier between us and our equality: religion-based bigotry and prejudice.
For those who do not realize the significance of religion and the impact religion-based bigotry has on our struggle for equality, they will continue to wander about aimlessly, dragging the pink elephant in the room behind them, holding them back.”
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I’m a devout Atheist who kicked religion my life 30 years ago and I couldn’t agree more.
Our Constitution says, “All men were created equal.” It DOESN’T say, “Except for homosexuals, bisexuals and transgendered people.”
Also, for those true believers, if God created man in his own image, then a part of God must also be gay!
Jerry Johnson
Comment by Jerry Johnson — October 10, 2009 @ 10:39 pm
This post is very good: accurate, thoughtful, feeling, and well expressed. Religion has caused an immense amount of suffering throughout history and no doubt contributes heavily to the prejudice that remains against homosexuals. The sad truth is that a large segment of society still regards gay men and women as second-class citizens – or worse. That is the salient point of my recently released biographical novel, Broken Saint. It is based on my forty-year friendship with a gay Mormon man, and chronicles his internal and external struggles as he battles for acceptance (of himself and by others, including co-religionists). More information is available at http://www.eloquentbooks.com/BrokenSaint.html or authorautobahn.webs.com/bookpeek.htm.
Mark Zamen, author
Comment by Mark Zamen — October 12, 2009 @ 5:44 pm