It's no crime to have an agenda. But it is unbelievable that every time someone mentions The Gay Agenda that it is laughed off by the activist gay community as if there isn't one.
Come on guys, you are smart, gifted, talented, unified, organized and often put the rest of us to shame because you are so effective in accomplishing your mission. Just admit it.
Or, is there such a disconnect between smaller gay rights proponents and activists that they really do not know what HRC, GLAAD, GLSEN, NGLTF, etc. are trying to accomplish?
Those of you who read the following reprinted article can decide for yourself...the article was written in 1987 and appeared in Guide Magazine. Looks like an agenda, smells like an agenda, it's an agenda. And, as you read, you will see that this particular agenda has been accomplished.
(BELOW, YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS ARE NOT MINE--I COULD NOT REMOVE THEM. THEY DO NOT HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING SPECIAL IN MY OPINION)
The Overhauling of Straight America
by Marshall K. Kirk and Erastes Pill
The first order of business is desensitization of the American public
concerning gays and gay rights. To desensitize the public is to help it view
homosexuality with indifference instead of with keen emotion. Ideally, we would
have straights register differences in sexual preference the way they register
different tastes for ice cream or sports games: she likes strawberry and I like
vanilla; he follows baseball and I follow football. No big deal.
At least in the beginning, we are seeking public desensitization and nothing
more. We do not need and cannot expect a full "appreciation" or
"understanding" of homosexuality from the average American. You can
forget about trying to persuade the masses that homosexuality is a good thing.
But if only you can get them to think that it is just another thing, with a
shrug of their shoulders, then your battle for legal and social rights is
virtually won. And to get to shoulder-shrug stage, gays as a class must cease
to appear mysterious, alien, loathsome and contrary. A large-scale media
campaign will be required in order to change the image of gays in America.
And any campaign to accomplish this turnaround should do six things.
God's Grace for George Rekers & Jo-Vanni Roman
Cross-Posted from Exodus International Blog
It is being reported widely throughout the media that Dr. George Rekers, husband, father, NARTH Board Member, scholar, theologian and Baptist minister (to name just a few of the highlights), confirmed that he hired a 20 year-old man to accompany him on a 10-day European mission trip and extended vacation. As it turns out, that young man happens to be a prostitute, as well. And while there has been no allegation of sexual misconduct, Dr. Rekers actions, at best, lacked an enormous deal of discernment. At worst, he is guilty of leading a double life, even if just in motivation.
Despite the familiar human desire to throw the stone in my hand at Dr. Rekers, I cannot. He is a human who seems to have made a mistake. He is a Christian who seems to be guilty of practicing what he has preached against. It is that fact that alone causes the deepest feelings of anger to arise no matter what side of the debate one falls. Regardless of any sexual impropriety, his actions were not above reproach and that has hurt his, until now, excellent reputation. This fiasco has also fueled speculation and doubt about the lives of others who have chosen to pursue a life in Christ above their sexuality - people like me, and those I represent at Exodus. And while Dr. Rekers may be guilty of things beyond those he has admitted, he deserves no less grace than I or any in the gay community now reveling over what must feel like a victory beyond their wildest dreams in their campaign to prove that people affected by same-sex attraction cannot and should not do anything but embrace a narrow view of their same-sex attractions by adopting and celebrating a gay identity.
And, what about the young man, Jo-Vanni Roman, at the center of this controversy. The carnivorous gay bloggers and their followers seem most concerned with the downfall of a man, a marriage and a movement; not to mention the titillating photos and full bodily description of this boy barely out of high school. While I can put myself in the shoes of those who are angered by the potential hypocrisy of the Rekers’ story, I cannot understand the gay communities’ lack of regard for this 20 year-old boy who has been prostituting himself to anyone who “asks” and “pays”. While the gay community seems hell-bent on forcing everyone to be tolerant of their “just like everyone else” lives they seem completely incapable of showing Jo-Vanni Roman any compassion or care that this kid is so desperate for love or money or care that he would stoop to dehumanizing himself with anyone who can afford to use and abuse him. That’s no less disgusting.
Well, it’s time for the Church to rise up and show that the counterfeit really isn’t the best kind of community. While it has been common in the Christian community to cast stones, extend the left foot of fellowship and shoot our wounded; the tide is changing. And, I for one am inclined to extend a hand to George Rekers, the man, and offer him help. He is, after all, a husband and father. We have seen other devastating situations in families turn around. Maybe this is the crisis that will lead George Rekers to find the healing he has been looking for, but afraid to admit he needed.
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