When those opinions endanger lives.
I have tried to avoid the Duck Dynasty controversy because I don't like to bring attention to ideas that I believe are harmful and divisive. But finally, I had to put down my thoughts. The stakes are too high.
Here is the problem. Straight, supposedly religious people have gay kids. It is unfortunate but it is just the way it is. And I know, believing that we are born gay is not universally accepted in the way that the Big Bang or evolution is not universally accepted. But it is true and a fact of nature.
Most kids know they are gay when they are still too young to leave home and thus, lives are endangered by those opinions. Growing up with a parent who will tell you that you can change or that who you are is intrinsically evil, is in fact a form of child abuse. And that is that. Gay kids kill themselves because of this and it is a form of parental bullying and that is that.
In this country, those kids, if they survive childhood can grow up and live happy, healthy lives after they work through their parent issues. But in other parts of the world, this idea and message continues to spread in large part with the help of so called Christian evangelicals. Take a close look at Africa and you see that this is a message that is endangering lives. So while you spout off your opinions, you have a role in the torture and abuse of innocent gay people all over the world. When do those opinions become the same thing as crying fire in a crowded theater?
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