Please don't send me to hell. In desperation and despair, Bobby killed himself. It is only by listening that we can come to see the other as a real person made in the image of God, loved by God, and as caring and compassionate as any of us. I am terrified, because this is happening right in front of our community and we are too busy trying to fit in to see it. We as a community have become focused on being acceptable and respectable.
Genocide is a much better description.
I am terrified because we are trying to hold hands with the very institution perpetuating this genocide. We are doing this by trying to blend in and be a part of the church rather than speaking out in truth and claiming our rightful place within the creation of God. The second thing that struck me was an article written by Dr. Rembert Truluck called, Genocide is Murder. We are accused of bashing Christians when we point out the evil effects of abusive and oppressive use of the Bible and religion against homosexuals. My e-mail that comes to my web site has made it abundantly clear to me that the main reason gay and lesbian people are suicidal is because of the twisted and demeaning religious teachings that have turned homosexual people against themselves.