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From: sunny@sun.uucp (Sunny Kirsten)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: "Why hate gays ...?"
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Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 06:05:53 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 20 06:05:53 1984
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Excuse me for napping, but how did you make the leap-of-logic required
to bring sin into your otherwise lucid reply?  It would seem on the
basis of your one message that while you are above looking down on gays
as disease spreaders unjustly, you are not   above looking down on gays
as sinners.  

Excuse me for napping, but I missed religion when that was being passed out:
Aren't ALL humans sinners in the eyes of YOUR lord?
Doesn't YOUR lord preach that thou shouldst not cast stones, lest (S)He be
forced to remind you that you TOO are a sinner in the eyes of the lord?

My point is not to bring net.religion to net.singles, but to point out
that the subtle anti-gay tone of the simple word sin introduced into your
message changes the nature of the entire message, to the point that you
are NO BETTER than the person you are criticizing, but merely have a
DIFFERENT anti-gay bias.

The whole point of the diversity of life on this planet is to teach you
tolerance for, and even appreciation of, differences between individuals.
I don't care if you're black & jewish & female & a computer nerd & gay,
you are first and foremost an animal, complete with animal rights.  These
rights are possesed by the animals around you (yes, I DO mean you have no
right to kick the dog unless he peed on your leg :-).  When you slander
individuals in the name of YOUR lord, taking His/Her name in vain, and
assuming His/Her position of judgement over another animal, *you* are the
sinner, not the person you so judge.  End of sermon...I feel a nap coming on.

It's love it or leave it time again folks...this is America, where we all
must say..."I may not agree with {what you say, who you sleep with}, but I'll
defend unto death your right to {be a hatefull human, hug your teddy}."
oops, that's right, this is netland, so I'd better credit the above misquote...
or the [cosmic muffin]-forsaken heathens will flame me unto crispy critter land.
[ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4]!sun!sunny	(Sunny Kirsten of Sun Microsystems)