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This is the sister thread to the "Things that don't help reasonable atheists" thread. I thought this was an interesting recent news story.
[QUOTE='Straight Pride' T-Shirts With Bible Quotation Cause Stir At St. Charles North High School ]Students who wore anti-gay T-shirts to their suburban Chicago high school during "Ally Week" won't be punished, but the shirts have caused an outcry among students and activists alike.
St. Charles North High School, about 60 miles northwest of Chicago, had organized the anti-bullying week in response to the many tragic suicides of gay teens around the country in recent months, according to the suburban Daily Herald. Nationally, Ally Week was observed in mid-October, through the efforts of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
But as students showed up to school Monday, they saw some peers presenting a different message. Nick Swedberg at the St. Charles Patch reports that three students were wearing shirts with the words "Straight Pride" on the front, and a quotation from Leviticus on the back: "If a man lay with a male as those who lay with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination and shall surely be put to DEATH."[/QUOTE]
'Straight Pride' T-Shirts With Bible Quotation Cause Stir At St. Charles North High School
I perceive this as a little tactless. Walking around during a week of remembrance for gay youth who committed suicide with a T-shirt with a Biblical quote saying that gay people should be put to death. Given all those individuals who argue that homosexuality shouldn't be "shoved in their face" what are your thoughts on these kids and their parents pushing this particular Christian message in this manner?
Another interesting case occurred after Exodus International, a big anti gay group, gave up the "Day of Truth" (where kids were encouraged to tell people that homosexuality is a sin) that was meant to counter the "Day of Silence" (a day of protest for bullying and harassment of gay and lesbian youth). Since then, the anti gay group, Focus on the Family has taken it over and called it "Day of Dialogue" and introduced specific talking points for kids to argue that homosexuality is a "broken sexuality" and to be associated with dysfunction.
Focus on the Family to sponsor anti-gay school program - Portland Humanist | Examiner.com
How do Christians feel about this kind of adversarial action? How tactful is it for Christians to create a day of protest against gays on the same day that gays are protesting bullying and harassment of LGBT youth?
[QUOTE='Straight Pride' T-Shirts With Bible Quotation Cause Stir At St. Charles North High School ]Students who wore anti-gay T-shirts to their suburban Chicago high school during "Ally Week" won't be punished, but the shirts have caused an outcry among students and activists alike.
St. Charles North High School, about 60 miles northwest of Chicago, had organized the anti-bullying week in response to the many tragic suicides of gay teens around the country in recent months, according to the suburban Daily Herald. Nationally, Ally Week was observed in mid-October, through the efforts of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
But as students showed up to school Monday, they saw some peers presenting a different message. Nick Swedberg at the St. Charles Patch reports that three students were wearing shirts with the words "Straight Pride" on the front, and a quotation from Leviticus on the back: "If a man lay with a male as those who lay with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination and shall surely be put to DEATH."[/QUOTE]
'Straight Pride' T-Shirts With Bible Quotation Cause Stir At St. Charles North High School
I perceive this as a little tactless. Walking around during a week of remembrance for gay youth who committed suicide with a T-shirt with a Biblical quote saying that gay people should be put to death. Given all those individuals who argue that homosexuality shouldn't be "shoved in their face" what are your thoughts on these kids and their parents pushing this particular Christian message in this manner?
Another interesting case occurred after Exodus International, a big anti gay group, gave up the "Day of Truth" (where kids were encouraged to tell people that homosexuality is a sin) that was meant to counter the "Day of Silence" (a day of protest for bullying and harassment of gay and lesbian youth). Since then, the anti gay group, Focus on the Family has taken it over and called it "Day of Dialogue" and introduced specific talking points for kids to argue that homosexuality is a "broken sexuality" and to be associated with dysfunction.
Focus on the Family to sponsor anti-gay school program - Portland Humanist | Examiner.com
How do Christians feel about this kind of adversarial action? How tactful is it for Christians to create a day of protest against gays on the same day that gays are protesting bullying and harassment of LGBT youth?
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