tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post9058743784705501516..comments2023-10-19T09:36:41.506-05:00Comments on A Mormon Enigma: HomophobiaAbelard Enigmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166049686152203530noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-87147568073630942432008-02-15T15:24:00.000-06:002008-02-15T15:24:00.000-06:00its quite an affirming environment.I suspect it de...<I>its quite an affirming environment.</I><BR/><BR/>I suspect it depends on what part of the country you live in. The public schools in my home town have gone to great lengths to <I>prevent</I> GSA from forming a chapter in the local high schools.<BR/><BR/>Dallas had a private high school exclusively for GLBT students (supposedly the first one in the country). There is a documentary about it Abelard Enigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166049686152203530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-9328933495781540332008-02-15T15:00:00.000-06:002008-02-15T15:00:00.000-06:00BTW... Was looking at your poll.Göran was physica...BTW... Was looking at your poll.<BR/><BR/>Göran was physically assaulted, smashed in the face with a beer bottle. As they were assaulting him, in addition to calling him a "f**king faggot" they also accused him of trying to "act white."<BR/><BR/>I've never been assaulted, but have been the target of physical threats. I had a knife pulled on me, but fortunately escaped from the would-be John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-20196154851136425642008-02-15T14:51:00.000-06:002008-02-15T14:51:00.000-06:00I think the answer to this question is we simply h...I think the answer to this question is we simply have to live our lives openly, lovingly, and without fear.<BR/><BR/>I can't control somebody else's behavior. I can't "make" someone else a more loving or tolerant person. I can only control my own behavior. I choose to organize my life around the principle of unconditional love. It is up to others to choose whether they will respond in kind...John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-56539514618128057822008-02-15T09:17:00.000-06:002008-02-15T09:17:00.000-06:00I can't help but think that the world is becoming ...I can't help but think that the world is becoming more tolerant of each other (even if one person at a time like Kengo said). <BR/><BR/>I can't help but remember the open discussion in Priesthood meeting last September where homophobic comments were crushed and extinguished by comments of love and acceptance. <BR/><BR/>If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere... it just takes time.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-76516529897034212422008-02-14T10:23:00.000-06:002008-02-14T10:23:00.000-06:00combat it ... one person at a time, one friend and...<I>combat it ... one person at a time, one friend and their family at a time</I><BR/><BR/>That's an area where I need to be more courageous. When I hear inappropriate comments I need to speak up more. I need to explore ways ways of doing that without 'outing' myself.<BR/><BR/><I>I still am not "out" yet</I><BR/><BR/>I wasn't out in school; in fact, I was still in deep denial and didn't considerAbelard Enigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166049686152203530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-20715457422228881212008-02-14T00:19:00.000-06:002008-02-14T00:19:00.000-06:00It's going to take time. We still see racism issue...It's going to take time. We still see racism issues going on in America and discrimination against women. As mean as this may sound, I think we might just have to wait for the intolerant homophobic people to die out. I think each rising generation brings a new perspective.dracohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984716489966065319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-78113991861527665512008-02-13T23:11:00.000-06:002008-02-13T23:11:00.000-06:00Very well put. I enjoy reading your blogs.I still ...Very well put. I enjoy reading your blogs.<BR/><BR/>I still am not "out" yet, but when I was in high school, I drove the same car as an openly gay guy at school. One day, after arriving home, my dad pointed out that someone had covered my license plate with a piece of paper that read "FAG" in thick black letters. I told him what probably happened...someone mistook my car for the gay guy's. I was Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226208429329312021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-15449952807082842332008-02-13T17:36:00.000-06:002008-02-13T17:36:00.000-06:00I don't know that we can really combat it any more...I don't know that we can really combat it any more openly than one person at a time, one friend and their family at a time. And there will be people like Utah Senator Chris Buttars who spews hate, which is so much more readily acceptable to average people, because it's always easiest to hate the people that aren't like you.Kengo Biddleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12083962910965544925noreply@blogger.com