HOMOPHOBIC FEARS

HOMOPHOBIC AMERICA 

   Perhaps you haven’t heard that a young high school basketball player by the name of Dalton Maldonado was attacked by members of an opposing team for bring gay. Or maybe you haven’t heard that a young lesbian high school senior by the name of Claudetteia Love has been denied the right to attend her high school prom in Monroe, Louisiana, simply because she wants to wear a tuxedo. It is hard to imagine that young students are subjected to this kind of treatment, especially in America. Nevertheless, these actions are the direct result of America’s homophobic leadership. 

   Conservative Christians are yelling loud because they realize they are losing ground. For years they have been able to use the weapon of religious fear as a tool to keep gays in the closet. Now they realize that the social tide in America is turning. No longer are gay Americans, together with millions of straight Americans, going to sit on the sidelines and do nothing while right-wing Christians attempt to pass laws that discriminate against minorities and are designed primarily to keep gays in the closet.  

   When all else fails, the leaders of conservative Christians are now attempting to use “reverse psychology” to advance their cause.  After using all kinds of false accusations concerning the gay lifestyle, they now are trying to say that the LGBT community is the cause of all the problems. Their latest accusation is that gays are attempting to destroy America’s churches.  May I make this perfectly clear, we are not the ones trying to destroy anything, but we are the ones fighting to keep from being destroyed. When was the last time you saw a gay person walking around carrying a hate sign?  Or when was the last time a gay personality appeared on a Sunday morning talk show advocating passing laws that would deny the rights to anyone or any group? You haven’t seen it because it hasn’t happened. 

   The problems can be correctly laid at the steps of conservative Christians. You are the ones who will not admit that hate, prejudice, and bigotry are destroying the happiness of millions. If you would stop trying to force your lifestyle on others, most America’s socials problems would be solved.