Trailer for Kirby Dick’s documentary on closeted gay politicians, Outrage.
I just watched this last night. I fully anticipated it, but it absolutely infuriated me. Kirby Dick is on a roll making films about topics I’m already so passionate about that by the time I’m done watching them, I’m pretty much ready to lead a march.
In a community that invoked the bible and Christian beliefs in condemning Constance, these homophobes clearly chucked the sacred tome when it comes to loving thy neighbor, hospitality, and general decency without a second thought. To think that Fulton not only displayed rank homophobia, it raised the bar of evil by sending learning-disabled students to the fake prom, clearly labeling them ‘others.’ I challenge any of these ‘Christians’ in Fulton to cite where in the bible Jesus teaches that the physically or mentally challenged deserve to be outcasts.
Long Beach’s Wilson High School organizes a counter-protest of Westboro Baptist Church.
Yes, Westboro is not really even worth taking seriously and, yes, organizing counter-protests gives them more publicity. But the fact that students - you know, those younguns we complain never do anything but sext and watch Twilight and whatnot - organized, on their own initiative, three thousand strong to stand up to Westboro’s message, and, over the course of the day, chased them out … well, I think that’s kind of awesome.
More evidence that the upcoming generation has already determined the course of the gay civil rights battle, and that winning is just a matter of time.
