Over the centuries, and even today, the Bible and Christian theology have helped justify the Crusades, slavery, violence against gays, and the murder of doctors who perform abortions. The words themselves are latent, inert, harmless - until they aren't.
The thematically related 'Boys Don't Cry' and 'Brokeback Mountain' reinforced the narrative that gays like Mr. Shepard are regularly isolated for cruel and unusual attacks.
Gays are the molecular opposites of blacks.
I have huge fans. Gays love me.
It's not a question of being out of touch or traditional. It's a question of wanting to preserve marriage as uniquely between a man and a woman. Gays get full civil rights with civil partnerships anyway.
If we are endowed by our Creator with rights, then why shouldn't those be attainable by gays and lesbians?
Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.
Being a teenager, a gay teenager, in such a small village is not that much fun. I am part of the gay community and most gays have a similar story to mine.
Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.
The disgust and latent hostility I felt toward gays were subcategories of hatred, plain and simple.
