RE: Iran, more arrests of gays and lesbians.
October 14, 2013 at 7:53 pm
(This post was last modified: October 14, 2013 at 9:14 pm by Brakeman.)
Before you totally stomp his grapes, consider that the change from a propagandized social bigot to a understanding believer in full equality is achieved in a series of several steps. Most of us old enough to remember know that homophobia was not a self-acquired position, anymore than racism was. It was pushed through social peer pressure. It was reinforced from the churches and families. As one falls away from the towed line, one slowly self corrects as one learns more and contemplates more from a position of equality.
I was raised in a Southern Baptist preacher's house and you can best dern bet that I was a homophobe for years.
It takes time to unlearn all that one has learned.
I suggest that we not harshly attack anyone who is not concretely on the other side of the fence but argue and explain why they are so wrong.
P.S.
Oops.. I just saw his following post.. nevermind..
I was raised in a Southern Baptist preacher's house and you can best dern bet that I was a homophobe for years.
It takes time to unlearn all that one has learned.
I suggest that we not harshly attack anyone who is not concretely on the other side of the fence but argue and explain why they are so wrong.
P.S.
Oops.. I just saw his following post.. nevermind..
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