Gay Rights

[athenaltena]

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines

We would like to know who really believes in gay rights on LiveJournal. There is no bribe of a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights." If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this.

(Reposted from a gratifying number of you.)

Edit: Not entirely sure I like the language of this after mulling for a bit, it seems very "You're with us or you're against us!" which has always struck me as a very anti productive attitude. I would say "support" as oppose to "believe" as I think people can have differing beliefs and still be supportive of this issue, since fundementally I feel it's an issue about human rights before belief. I'll keep it up, however, but I definately don't like the tone.

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By the way, I realize the guns comparison may not have been the best, but I interpretted the quote as meaning that the culture's concept of "morality" may be skewed. I believe the context of the quote had to do with the fuss over Brokeback Mountain but the indifference of the public relating to the almost omnipresent images of violence in the media. *shrug* That's just how I interpretted it. That and it might have do with what can really cause harm to the society, violence and the perpetuation of violence or two people honestly caring about and loving one another.