8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 7:12AM #1 | |
It looks like Newsweek has taken a hammer to this documentary, for obvious reasons. Check this out:
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8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 9:40AM #2 | |
One thing we both can agree on; it should be interesting.
It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval.
Thomas S. Monson |
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8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 9:48AM #3 | |
Do you have an actual link to the article? |
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8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 10:01AM #4 | |
Mieeapolis Gay Pride happens this weekend.
Believe it or not, I Go back to the Farm even though I am invited by many people to go. It's just NOT my kind of scene. BUT, aparently there is going to be a Rally at the Saint Paul Temple... I'd almost want to be here just to see it... But to me that's kind of SAD as Saturday is a pretty busy day at the Temple here in one of Saint Pauls outer suburbs. I can completely understand the frustration... but interrupting peoples' intimate Saturday Worship and probably no one there had anything directly to do with prop 8... I say I agree with them being angry, but don't take it out on the average Joe that really has nothing to do with it. Minneapolis Gay Pride is typically one of the top 4 or 5 largest in the country... we have people from all over the US, Canada, and other parts of the globe that come for it. I think its great that they can have a week of celebrating who they are but I have reservations about them going to the Temple to protest. |
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8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 10:16AM #5 | |
Sadly, a lot of the more radical gay rights types don't see things that way. In fact, whenever I bring up the fact that violence was done to 8 supporters in the aftermath of the bill's passage, the ones I've spoken with inevitably get in lockstep with each other and start chanting "they deserved more than what they got". I've actually seen people all but applaud the folks who perpetrated that anthrax scare. And these folks wonder why so many people in the US see homosexuals as frightening and deviant. |
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8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 10:28AM #6 | |
Well, there is a GAY campaign going around here trying to encourage the Gays to either write letters to the LDS Church expressibe their frustrations or talk to local leaders. There is a large group of LGBT people here working to STOP the Temple protest.
I would say its a small minority of Gays actually getting violent. Most are patient and are people wanting dialog and the ability to talk respectfully. What's funny is that Bishops here have said they just don't want gays to use the TERM "Marriage." Many of our LDS leaders have stated that gay people and their partners deserve civil benefits. So... I think both sides need to chill out. Look at the big picture and make some compromises. |
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8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 11:53AM #7 | |
That's my point.
In fact, the radical anti-8 types who committed all those crimes and sent all those death threats did more to justify the passage of 8 than any of 8's supporters owing to the fact that they fed into the existing stereotypes. |
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8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 12:14PM #8 | |
IRONHOLD SAID: "In fact, the radical anti-8 types who committed all those crimes and sent all those death threats did more to justify the passage of 8 than any of 8's supporters owing to the fact that they fed into the existing stereotypes."
UWUWM: NO, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. IF A FEW BAD APPLES CAUSE TROUBLE AND MISCHIEF, YOU DON'T PUNISH AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. TO SAY ALL GAY PEOPLE GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED WHEN PRO 8 WON IS PRETTY BAD. I HOLD YOU TO A HIGHER STANDARD. IT'S LIKE SAY YOU HAVE A BOTHER AND 6 OTHER SIBLINGS. YOUR BROTHER STEALS THE CAR, THEN SETS IT ON FIRE... BUT YOUR PARENTS PUNISH ALL OF YOU BECAUSE, WELL YOU ARE ALL SIBLINGS. NO, THERE WERE SOME JERKS, BUT THAT'S NOT A JUSTIFICATION TO "TAKE AWAY" RIGHTS THAT PREVIOUSLY EXISTED. |
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8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 1:49PM #9 | |
Let me explain something. I'm an MBA student with a minor in marketing. I have experience with psychology, sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice. In short, I live and breath public relations and interpersonal psychology 24/7/365.
Human nature is to fall for the "vocal minority vs. silent majority" trap. If one person from a group is a jerk while a hundred people from that group are nice, the public iwll fixate on the jerk and ignore the others. In this case, you had a small number of 8 opponents who, in the wake of the bill's passage, responded with violence, intimidation, and terroristic threats. Forgotten were the thousands who took part in peaceful demonstrations and letter-writing campaigns. Making matters worse is the fact that among those people who would be supportive of seeing 8 be repealed, you have even more people who are willing to condone violence and other such acts (or at least pretend that such incidents never occurred). This feeds into the commonly-held stereotype that homosexuals have an "agenda" that they wish to force on the nation and that liberal Democrats (who sided with the anti-8 crowd in large numbers) are all too eager to suppress the voice of those who disagree with them. Thus, rather than go "Oh jive; we've got a few nutbars we need to keep an eye on", people go "Oh jive; there's a whole subculture of mentally unstable criminals who would gladly kill us all if they knew where we lived." Hence my point: as much as people want to bash the church for its part in 8, people also need to be honest enough to admit that what took place in the middle of the aftermath was uncalled for. |
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8 years ago :: Jun 21, 2010 - 2:11PM #10 | |
It was uncalled for on both sides. But IF the Church, and the REST of the Prop 8 numb skulls would have just left well enough alone... The reprocissions of "ANGRY MOBS" of Gay and Lesbian people wouldn't have happened.
That's my point. That's why Iowa won't allow any challanges to the bill there. They said, the people have voted. It's done. California should have done that too... but coming from a state that is known for its producing "entertainment," maybe it should NOT be such a surprise such drama is goin on there. |
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