In general, I try to be a fairly tolerant person. My basic motto is, "live and let live." If what you're doing doesn't harm me or my family, well, carry on.
However, there are those in this world - in this country - and now, in this town - who believe that they have the God-given right to decide Not only what's best for all of us, but what's right and what's wrong. And best of all (yes, I am saying that facetiously), they believe they - and only they - have a direct pipeline from God, a stamped card allowing them alone to say what He wants.
Yup, those people (I'm not going to identify them - follow the link) were in town this week, protesting and picketing the funeral of Sgt. Joe Vanek, who was killed in Iraq. Why were they standing alone south York Road with signs? Because they believe - no, they know! - that God wants out sons and daughters (and fathers and mothers) to die in Iraq due to our tolerance of homosexuality.
Their God is a hateful, spiteful, non-tolerant God - obviously, not the same Christian God that many of us acknowledge. Their God preaches hate. Preaches exclusion. Preaches ego and self-importance.
I wish they would stay in Kansas, and let Christians (and Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, etc.) who believe in peace and harmony and the innate goodness of humans live as we wish.
I'm generally tolerant. But for these people, these hateful, spiteful asshats . . .
Stay the hell out of Elmhurst. We do not want you here.
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