Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!decwrl!sunny From: sunny@sun.uucp (Sunny Kirsten) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: "Why hate gays ...?" Message-ID: <1282@sun.uucp> Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 06:05:53 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.1282 Posted: Wed Jun 20 06:05:53 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 08:40:34 EDT References: <719@grkermit.UUCP>, <628@pyuxqq.UUCP> <1016@ihuxq.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 33 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)