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Originally Posted by SolInvictus
Agreed TX - we are a LGBT family & members of the greater human family.
Wow Joe about the vigil - lets hope more people will see that violence against others is wrong, and we LGBT are just the same and deserve equality like everyone.
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Vigils are a great way of showing support and love, yet at the same time denoucing hate. I fullly support this.
I have said this a million times but here I go again ( i guess I haven't said it here).
Hate crimes are like FIRES.
You can put themn out when they start.
You can try to prevent them.
You can try to teach people to deal with them when they occurr.
You can try to teach people about how they ignite.
But you will never stop them until you find the cause and deal with it. For me, I believe thay cause is religious and political hate speech adding to a climate that fuels the fire, starts the fire, adds to the climate of hate against Jews, Gays, Blacks...etc....
We must speak out, and stop hate crimes where they start, not when they happen, prevention is everything...
How do we do this?
NON-VIOLENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am happy to tell you all that I have applied to be a trainer of non-violence for the Institute for the Study and Practice of Non-Violence. I cannot afford the $245 training fee so I appled for the scholarship. Please pray for me that I get it. I so want to be a traininer of non-violence so I can teach what I know about this to others.