I have a post up on Lez Get Real about Chuck Colsen. He is a guest blogger for the Christian Post. I copied and paste it here. The Christian Post has an opinion piece titled: Thug Politics, by Chuck Colsen, one of the guys that signed the Mob Veto ad in the New York Times. In essence this is his stance:Despite our fundamental disagreements with one another . . . we will stand shoulder to shoulder to defend any house of worship—Jewish, Christian, Hindu, whatever—from violence, regardless of the cause that violence seeks to serve. We also are committed to exposing and publicly shaming anyone who resorts to the rhetoric of anti-religious bigotry against any faith, on any side of any cause, for any reason. I hope others will join us—especially those who claim to support civil rights. Will they condemn the attacks, will they remain silent, or—ugliest of all—will they excuse the violence?Why are we thugs? This is his description of the incident:It began with shouts—foul and violent verbal attacks. Then the assaults became physical. Rioters threw hot coffee on people and began shoving them. One thug yanked a cross out of a woman’s arms and stomped on it. Another grabbed a woman’s Bible, struck her on the head with it, knocked her to the ground, and kicked her. Others engaged in sexual exhibitionism.One incident can be found here. The lady with the cross is this one: They were two seperate incidents. None of which either showed, or described the “engaged in sexual exhibitionism”.I am not advocating that what was done was okay. I don’t agree with violence. I feel actions like these set us back instead of progressing us, but I find the “Christians” grabbing onto this and adding more to make it seem worst, “thuggish”. For years the Christians have persecuted us. They were showing up at the same-sex ceremonies that were held in public with their signs. They have shown up at our prides with their signs. They have shown up at the funerals of victims of hate crimes wi...
I have a post up on Lez Get Real about Chuck Colsen. He is a guest blogger for the Christian Post. I copied and paste it here.
The Christian Post has an opinion piece titled: Thug Politics, by Chuck Colsen, one of the guys that signed the Mob Veto ad in the New York Times. In essence this is his stance:
Despite our fundamental disagreements with one another . . . we will stand shoulder to shoulder to defend any house of worship—Jewish, Christian, Hindu, whatever—from violence, regardless of the cause that violence seeks to serve. We also are committed to exposing and publicly shaming anyone who resorts to the rhetoric of anti-religious bigotry against any faith, on any side of any cause, for any reason. I hope others will join us—especially those who claim to support civil rights. Will they condemn the attacks, will they remain silent, or—ugliest of all—will they excuse the violence?
Why are we thugs? This is his description of the incident:
It began with shouts—foul and violent verbal attacks. Then the assaults became physical. Rioters threw hot coffee on people and began shoving them. One thug yanked a cross out of a woman’s arms and stomped on it. Another grabbed a woman’s Bible, struck her on the head with it, knocked her to the ground, and kicked her. Others engaged in sexual exhibitionism.
One incident can be found here. The lady with the cross is this one: They were two seperate incidents. None of which either showed, or described the “engaged in sexual exhibitionism”.
I am not advocating that what was done was okay. I don’t agree with violence. I feel actions like these set us back instead of progressing us, but I find the “Christians” grabbing onto this and adding more to make it seem worst, “thuggish”. For years the Christians have persecuted us. They were showing up at the same-sex ceremonies that were held in public with their signs. They have shown up at our prides with their signs. They have