Because I am too much of a wuss to actually send something like this into the local paper due to the language and the fact someone would probably come and shank me if it was printed, I humbly reply to the letter you sent to the newspaper.
You shitstain, you unmitigated cunt, you festering wound on the face of the Earth. I cannot believe you would dare send in a Letter to the Editor comparing homosexuality to alcoholism. That homosexuality costs as much healthcare money as alcoholism. You want to know why? Because assholes like you drive people to attempt suicide which leads to hospitalization. You quote a study about healthcare costs related to risky sexual behavior, when that quote doesn’t even distinguish between sexual orientation! If you wanted to help your cause, pick a quote from the study that actually implicated the group you are protesting against.
The only bright light I see is that my father tells me everyone in this city considers you to be a fucking crackpot anyway. By the way, I hope you are happy with our first Gay Pride Parade last weekend that got press and support all the way down in San Francisco! I’m fairly sure the 80 people who showed up from all around the province rivals the numbers of your congregation.
Sincerely,
me
(I haven’t had time to scan the letter, and they aren’t archived online. If I get the time, I will. Oh, and hilariously enough, all the resistance to the parade was from reverands, and not the sizable community of Catholic priests we have here. Oh no, they kept quiet and respectful.)
:rolleyes: <---- the size of all Saskatchewan for your local Reverend
Why is it that religious fundies, in their seething hatred for homosexuality, seem to always try to compare it to other things they consider bad (terrorism, child molestation, murder, addiction), and on the flimsiest of rationales?
You really ought to write a letter to the Editor. It doesn’t have to be profane you know.
Yea, you said you were afraid, but anonymous rants like yours, on a message board, don’t get any respect or credit. If you really believe in a cause, as it seems you do, then stand up and go public about it.
Oh, me? I wrote a letter to the paper once that got me a not so veiled death threat in the mail, and a couple of ugly phone calls. But I kept on with the subject, in further letters.
But kudos anyway for the parade, it sounds like it was fun. I don’t think there’s ever been one here in Topeka. Could be useful though, it might make a certain local crackpot of our own split his head wide open!
Dear Reverend;
Thanks for contributing to the pervasive idea in the rest of Canada that Saskatchewan is a backwards province, full of ignorant redneck hicks.
signed,
Featherlou
Tired of defending Saskatchewan and Alberta to the rest of Canada. Would you people please, for the love of all that’s holy, smarten up already? (That’s my official title. I don’t use it very often.)
I agree with Baker- if it’s important to you, then speak up.
There was a very nasty letter in the local paper about alcoholics in recovery that really chapped my dad’s backside, full of lies, untrue stereotypes and ignorance.
He wrote a response full of love, facts, honesty and open-mindedness, and signed his name as the proud father of an alcoholic in recovery. He stood up for me, and everyone like me, loud and proud for everyone in our little community to see. For him to stand up and be counted when he could have just done nothing made me feel great.
That’s what everybody does when they talk about something they seethingly hate. You should hear how people talk about religious fundamentalists, many of whom are actually very decent people who do not condemn homosexuals or anyone else — what with their Lord telling them not to and all.
The whole subject came up first when they were just considering the parade last year. I did actually have a letter written, but my parents told me not to send it out of a mix of ‘yeah, we can stand gays, just don’t want to see/hear/read about them’ and ‘your brother is a businessman, it might reflect on him’ so I wussed out.
featherlou, rest easy. The rest of Canada has its own quota of frothing-at-the-mout bigots, too. We have one local whacko whose letters, IMHO, are printed as much for their entertainment value as for their actual contribution to issues.
Nobody’s going to come and shank you if you write a decently but strongly worded letter. You should see some of the tirades I’ve had printed on this subject, and I remain unshanked. And don’t let your parents tell you what to do in this department.
