tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post2649647842680795672..comments2024-03-26T08:35:24.246-05:00Comments on That man Quilts?: Oh, the hateLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-77622162853797330282015-06-25T23:06:55.101-05:002015-06-25T23:06:55.101-05:00I think Rob is right about the death knell of hate...I think Rob is right about the death knell of hate---I think they are screaming loudly because they are losing that battle. (The gay marriage thing sure confuses me, though, as it's been legal in Canada since the 90s and somehow God has more or less neglected completely to smite us.)<br /><br />In the late 70s, my father married my mother because he couldn't imagine having a normal life and career in our little backwater corner of the world if he came out as a gay man. Today, he and his partner have bought a house together and lived together for several years, and nobody bats an eye. Life's not perfect, by a long shot, but I do see progress. ;)Tanit-Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824217102632813598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-37982856901763452432015-06-25T19:48:03.468-05:002015-06-25T19:48:03.468-05:00The problem with TV news is that it's a busine...The problem with TV news is that it's a business that revolves around ratings, and ratings go up in tandem with shock value. I swear those TV newscasters go around looking for the whackiest crackpot nincompoop they can find to put on TV just for the drama. Yes, the central message of Christianity is love and acceptance of other people, including and especially those who are very different from you. I am so sorry that you were ever made to feel unwelcome in the church where you grew up. If you ever want to give Christianity another try, you might want to try an ELCA Lutheran congregation. The ELCA even voted to start ordaining openly gay pastors a few years ago, in case you're looking to REALLY get involved and make a difference... ;-) If you were local, I'd welcome you and your family to our church with open arms. Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-57550704340475829262015-06-25T18:58:53.634-05:002015-06-25T18:58:53.634-05:00Turn off the news. There are far more good people,...Turn off the news. There are far more good people, than bad.But that doesn't make it on the news. Some people are stupid. Some people are ignorant. Some people are accepting. Some people get that Christianity is about love. <br /><br />Sorry you are hearing the fools right now. Wish I had something profound to say...just hope you feel love and acceptance today.FabricandFlowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10307125497190752024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-8964018662384855042015-06-25T15:47:18.772-05:002015-06-25T15:47:18.772-05:00I see it as our responsibility as parents to raise...I see it as our responsibility as parents to raise our kids above what we grew up with. I know I did a good job and I know you are too Lane. I am lucky that my son has a positive gay male role model and I was proud when I heard him say to a friend when they were 15, "It's cool to be gay".Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-24300307382772722762015-06-25T10:42:47.019-05:002015-06-25T10:42:47.019-05:00God bless you, Lane. It seems to us like the progr...God bless you, Lane. It seems to us like the progress is very slow, but it is progress. We're better than our parents, and our children will be better than us. The founders of our society would barely recognize it today, what with women voting on top of everything else. Isolated pockets of hatred will always exist, but they are vastly outnumbered by good people who believe in equality and justice. The good will always prevail. Yesterday they took down the Confederate flag in Alabama. Texas went to the Supreme Court so that they wouldn't have to put that flag on license plates. Who could have imagined those events even 10 years ago? No matter what happens with the law, society is moving rapidly towards acceptance and equality. It will come, and good people will bring it, not because it fits a legal code, but because it's right. Our grandchildren will live in a better nation, and that will be because of what we do today. So take heart! The arc of the moral universe is bending rapidly. Try to have a good day--MariMarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195401144486416881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-43420077881646624912015-06-25T09:48:17.734-05:002015-06-25T09:48:17.734-05:00I worry about hate a lot, too. The one thing that...I worry about hate a lot, too. The one thing that nearly all of the mass murderers have had in common is the use of psychiatric drugs; general practitioners give them out like candy, so that now one in five adults in the US are taking them (Archives of General Psychiatry.) Drugs like SSRIs seem to blur the ability in some people to distinguish between the stray random hateful thought and what seems like a good idea. If you want to get really scared, read the package insert for any of the popular SSRIs. So I worry about hate a lot.<br /><br />I am hoping that the Supreme Court rules that bans on same sex marriage are unconstitutional. Then your blog ladies can all dance in front of our keyboards on your wedding day!<br /><br />lwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731797783816953087noreply@blogger.com