in singapore(my country), the laws criminalise homosexuality but the police do not enforce the laws. gays are free to carry on with their activities discreetly.
currently, the gays in singapore are trying to fight for decriminalising of homosexuality.
a few of our government ministers opposed the gays in their speech during an official meeting.
shortly, they received letters and emails from gays asking them if they were stupid or christians or both? the ministers have since reported the letters and emails to the police.
i was so shocked. so it seems that gays are not as harmless as they seem??? do gays hate christians that much????
2007-11-15 13:22:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
i am christian and gay. i believe god doesnt hate gays, and i was raised chirstian.
2007-11-15 13:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know nothing about Singapore, so I can't comment on the political situation there. Are Christians a majority there? What is the nature of anti-gay sentiment - is it religiously justified, or are arguments against decriminalization religiously based?
I know in the US at least, the most vehement and vicious attacks on queer people are done in the name of Christianity.
It should be noted here that this is *not the same thing as saying that Christianity as a whole is anti-Gay.* We have many devoted and ardant allies among various Christian denominations. But unfortunately, most of our most dangerous and aggressive enemies are not only Christian, but have actively defined their cruelty towards us as being part of, or even defining, what it means to be Christian.
They act as if they are the voice of Christianity as a whole (though they aren't), and have formed in the public imagination the idea that to be Christian is to be by definition anti-gay. And the inevitable reaction to this is both that many gay people recognize an enemy in this self-appointed representation of Christianity as a whole, and that the public imagination also conceives of the inverse - that if Christian = Anti-Gay, then Gay = Anti-Christian.
This is horrifying. While the bulk of our enemies in the US may be self-described Christians, *Christianity as a whole is not by default our enemy.* But unfortunately it is in part the fault of the progressive branches of Christianity that this public image has taken such hold - for whatever reason, progressive Christians can't make themselves heard despite their numbers. And because they are not seen or heard the way the anti-gay Christians are, few queer people end up seeing any reason to regard Christianity as a whole as being anything other than attack on the legitimacy and beauty of queer life.
2007-11-15 22:31:03 · answer #2 · answered by Mike 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's rather a loaded question, my Child. I'm an Eclectic Pagan. I don't hate Christians at all and would rather see all of the Big Three Religions come back together in a show of unity rather than the emnity that they're showing.
Many more Gay Folk are working towards Peace and it's a very tiny few that hate Christians. It's sort of like that radical fringe on the edge of every Faith that makes it hard for the rest of those who really want Peace.
The old adage that "One Bad Apple spoils the Whole Barrel" really does apply in this case.
I hope you will forgive them.
2007-11-15 21:41:43 · answer #3 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's the same in most cases of the "extremists and radicals" getting all the press, media, and attention. I myself am gay and a pagan. I do not hate Christians as a whole, have many Christian friends (even some sadly, *sigh* Catholic)
But it's the the ones that kill abortion clinic doctors, protest at a gay soldier's funeral, etc, that make me shake my head in disbelief and even get alittle angry. I hope those in Singapore can find peace and compromise, as I do with my friends and agree to disagree. Just my thoughts.
2007-11-17 22:56:56 · answer #4 · answered by truckinotter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm bi and Christian. I find it quite lamentable that some people claim to love Jesus, but make their own bigotries more important than His love.
2007-11-16 07:15:23 · answer #5 · answered by Kara J 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not gay, but I certainly don't love the Christian religion. I don't hate it, but I'm not fond of it either.
2007-11-15 21:34:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am not against christians because I'm bisexual.
I am against all religions because I am an atheist.
2007-11-15 21:45:29 · answer #7 · answered by blackcat3556 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋