Eventru2011-12-18 19:46:03
Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and close this thread. Anisu, I think you're pretty misinformed about the topic at hand, and would advise in the future watching how you phrase things. The Red Cross is not 'neutral' on the matter. They've called for an end to the ban on numerous occasions. And while the atmosphere may or may not be different in belgium, intolerance and bigotry being ignored or allowed by silent consent is not putting the feelings of a few over the lives of many, but the lives of many within a minority under the heel of the righteous, moral majority.
I think the topic's been discussed as much as it can be, and I think anyone can see the last post is just going to raise blood pressure.
To Druken.
For the record, the Red Cross has, on numerous occasions, asked for the ban to be rescinded and has long participated in the support of GLBTQ celebrations and the like. While it's easy to target an organization like the Red Cross with protests against a perceived injustice, the reality is to do so is punishing someone who agrees with you. Martin Luther King protested bus companies that adhered to archaic separate-but-equal mentalities, and so such comparisons are difficult at best to perceive. Had the bus companies said, "Look, we agree with you, but there's nothing we can do! These laws need to go!", the target of the protests would have been those more apt to make change. In this case, it is not the Red Cross.
I understand your frustration, deeply and intimately. Any instance of injustice or inequality or mistreatment based on something as core and unchangeable as sexual orientation is more than just 'deeply upsetting'. It makes every part me ache just thinking about how sad it is that people are being singled out by ignorance and bigotry.
However, I recognize that it is a small fight that will take a lot to change, and protesting allies and those who are on our 'side' in the matter won't change anything.
If you want a fight worth picking, look to the Salvation Army, who, as we speak, have thousands of individuals out ringing bells and collecting money for 'charity' - fair portions of which go to paying their executives and christian lobbying firms, all of which pour money into 'protecting children' from the 'gay agenda'. Even beyond that, their hiring practices and employee practices are radically christian, the organization itself being a christian church with ordained ministers and the like. They turn away needy individuals because they don't agree with their "immoral" lifestyle choices, and it's just flat out repugnant.
Make sure you and your family know that those red pots don't go entirely to the poor, but funding and enabling bigotry and intolerance.
I think the topic's been discussed as much as it can be, and I think anyone can see the last post is just going to raise blood pressure.
To Druken.
For the record, the Red Cross has, on numerous occasions, asked for the ban to be rescinded and has long participated in the support of GLBTQ celebrations and the like. While it's easy to target an organization like the Red Cross with protests against a perceived injustice, the reality is to do so is punishing someone who agrees with you. Martin Luther King protested bus companies that adhered to archaic separate-but-equal mentalities, and so such comparisons are difficult at best to perceive. Had the bus companies said, "Look, we agree with you, but there's nothing we can do! These laws need to go!", the target of the protests would have been those more apt to make change. In this case, it is not the Red Cross.
I understand your frustration, deeply and intimately. Any instance of injustice or inequality or mistreatment based on something as core and unchangeable as sexual orientation is more than just 'deeply upsetting'. It makes every part me ache just thinking about how sad it is that people are being singled out by ignorance and bigotry.
However, I recognize that it is a small fight that will take a lot to change, and protesting allies and those who are on our 'side' in the matter won't change anything.
If you want a fight worth picking, look to the Salvation Army, who, as we speak, have thousands of individuals out ringing bells and collecting money for 'charity' - fair portions of which go to paying their executives and christian lobbying firms, all of which pour money into 'protecting children' from the 'gay agenda'. Even beyond that, their hiring practices and employee practices are radically christian, the organization itself being a christian church with ordained ministers and the like. They turn away needy individuals because they don't agree with their "immoral" lifestyle choices, and it's just flat out repugnant.
Make sure you and your family know that those red pots don't go entirely to the poor, but funding and enabling bigotry and intolerance.
