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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Quatre Winner: [QB] *ahem* I couldn't care less if the man (Trovillion) is a raging homophobe, anti-Jew, whatever...what he believes is his own business. The fact he did it to a group of gay-lesbian-bi teens is what offends me. Daniel's right. He could have said "I'm sorry, but I cannot support your organization due to my own personal beliefs, and must decline your invitation." But the fact that he said that homosexuals will burn in hell to an AUDIENCE who's suicide rate is way higher than straight teens because of this kind of intolerance is offensive and hurtful. And what Trovillion said wasn't hurtful? "Trovillion's insistence that the students needed no protection led to more verbal abuse for 17-year-old Chris Vasquez. "Chris had to listen to some ugly comments on the bus the next day," " Trust me, I know from personal experience on this one. My best friend Jason killed himself because of the rampant homophobia in his home and school. Hell, i've nearly done it myself! I've had some particually viscious things said to me. I was kicked out of my own home because my parents were homophobic to the extreme. And yeah, I got into a fight or two because some twit homophobe thought he could make a target out of [i]me[/i]. He quickly learned his particular mistake on that one. But that's a whole different topic. The problem with all this, is the fact that out of all the bigotry in this country is that homophobia is the last really big one to be tackled and dealt with. Gay kids are dying in droves, thanks to so called "Christian" leaders like Trovillion and followers of his ilk who listen to him and help perpetuate homophobia. Words can't kill? Think again. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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