The annual "Day of Silence" has in recent years become extremely
popular among students at schools and colleges across the country.

According to the Associated Press, "Most Day of Silence participants
go through the school day without speaking - a tactic for drawing
attention to the isolation and harassment experienced by many gay
students."

And it's working - the Day of Silence is apparently now observed by
tens of thousands of students each year.

But faced with this outbreak of tolerance and understanding, the
pro-harassment lobby has decided to have its say.

It seems that drawing attention to the plight of gay students is not
acceptable to pro-harassment groups such as the Alliance Defense Fund
and Focus on the Family, who have organized their own "Day of Truth"
to counter the Day of Silence.

Participants in the Day of Truth will hand out cards to classmates
which criticize the "detrimental personal and social behavior" of
homosexuals.

Mike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund stated last week that the
Day of Truth is supposed to be "peaceful and respectful."

He said, "No one is for bullying and harassment, but ..." (ah, you
knew there would be a but, didn't you?) "... that's cloaking their
real message - that homosexuality is good for society."

And Mr. Johnson's view of homosexuality is?

"You can call it sinful or destructive - ultimately it's both."

So let me get this straight.

The Alliance Defense Fund and their pro-harassment buddies don't want
to promote the persecution of gay students per se - they just want to
let people know that gay students are sinful, destructive, and
participate in detrimental personal and social behavior.

Hmm... well that should help end the bullying.

From The Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/

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"Bible scholar" is just a euphemism for "unemployed."

The annual "Day of Silence" has in recent years become extremely
popular among students at schools and colleges across the country.

According to the Associated Press, "Most Day of Silence participants
go through the school day without speaking - a tactic for drawing
attention to the isolation and harassment experienced by many gay
students."

And it's working - the Day of Silence is apparently now observed by
tens of thousands of students each year.

But faced with this outbreak of tolerance and understanding, the
pro-harassment lobby has decided to have its say.

It seems that drawing attention to the plight of gay students is not
acceptable to pro-harassment groups such as the Alliance Defense Fund
and Focus on the Family, who have organized their own "Day of Truth"
to counter the Day of Silence.

Participants in the Day of Truth will hand out cards to classmates
which criticize the "detrimental personal and social behavior" of
homosexuals.

Mike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund stated last week that the
Day of Truth is supposed to be "peaceful and respectful."

He said, "No one is for bullying and harassment, but ..." (ah, you
knew there would be a but, didn't you?) "... that's cloaking their
real message - that homosexuality is good for society."

And Mr. Johnson's view of homosexuality is?

"You can call it sinful or destructive - ultimately it's both."

So let me get this straight.

The Alliance Defense Fund and their pro-harassment buddies don't want
to promote the persecution of gay students per se - they just want to
let people know that gay students are sinful, destructive, and
participate in detrimental personal and social behavior.

Hmm... well that should help end the bullying.

From The Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/

---
http://www.ElmerFudd.US/ http://www.notserver.com/
Scientology crooks: http://sf.irk.ru/www/ot3/otiii-gif.html
http://PerkinsTragedy.org http://www.rightard.org/
"Bible scholar" is just a euphemism for "unemployed."