Longtime anti-gay activist David Wilson is wasting his time and money handing out fliers opposing Annise Parker as a potential mayoral candidate for Houston. Wilson once led a very successful effort to deny benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian city employees. The 35,000 fliers he has handed out show a photo of Parker being sworn in as controller while her partner, Kathy Hubbard looks on. The headline reads, "Is this the image Houston wants to portray?," on the reserve side it says, "Just because Annise Parker is a lesbian doesn't make her qualified to be mayor of Houston." Regardless if Parker is a lesbian or not, that should not determine weather she is qualified to hold a political office.
Wilson said that he tried to word his flier as a compassionate Christian. In my opinion, I do not think that Christians need to insert their constant two cents into politics and what is right and wrong. Shouldn't religion and state be separate? I am constantly hearing Christians preach this, but yet that is not what I am seeing. My mother is one of these "Christians" that will not shut up about gays and family values. As a homosexual, it really makes me upset that my own mother is the same way if not worse than Wilson. Wilson is also concerned that if Parker is elected mayor that it would inspire others to enter politics that are possibly gay or lesbian. At this point in life, who cares? Are we not adults? I do not think that someone's sexual orientation has to do with his or her qualifications on a job. In a political office, we need more people that are open-minded not only for gays, but for everyone. I think David Wilson should stop wasting his money and time on something that will eventually not even be a second thought for most Americans.
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I could not agree more. Religion, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation should have no bearing on whether someone gets accepted somewhere or not. People need to transcend beyond the differences. The younger generations seem to be better at this than the older ones; perhaps because we are exposed to much more at an earlier age.
After spending a few years in different church environments, I concluded that people largely spiritualize their fears, prejudice, and pride. And it is fear of standing alone, of the unknown, and fear based on only paying attention to the anger of G_d in the scriptures. This fear is contrary to the Christian battle cry: “for G_d did not give us a spirit of fear but one of power…” I have not seen a lot of power but have seen a lot boredom, a lot quarrels, and a lot of judgments.
The focus should be on embracing humanity as brethren, tearing down barriers no matter the guise, and not on building up barriers, creating subcultures, and labeling people (hurting them).
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