OPINION: Gay Pride Month - Just What Are We Celebrating?

By Exodus - June 09, 2009

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by Alan Chambers , President of Exodus International Barack Obama just issued a proclamation declaring June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. Of course, his declaration poses a problem for most Christians, but his words raise some ideas worth pondering. In his public statement, Obama said: "LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society . There are many well-respected LGBT ... Read the Full Article
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OPINION: Gay Pride Month - Just What Are We Celebrating?
  • Jerica
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    I've never been a fan of "pride" anything. I don't see what being born a certain way has to do with what you achieve or what talents you have or skills you've learned. To attach those things to a certain element like sexuality or race is to also imply that people don't have choices. You are either able to do something or you're not, by birth. It reinforces stereotypes.

    I'm not sure about being "proud" of something you had nothing to do with. I didn't make myself a woman or white or heterosexual, so I don't give myself a parade for it. *I* had nothing to do with it.

    Maybe we should have a "pride in the achievements of certain types/classes/races of people month." But isn't that even segregating instead of integrating, singling out people based on those differences?

    - JericaUS June 10, 2009 1:42PM

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