So most of you probally know but for those that do not, day of silence was supposed to be a day that all the people that are gay were not supposed to talk all day. This was to help people to not discriminate agaisnt them. My Question is, is that all that it was about. I am a Strong believing christian, so i really had to think about my reaction. I still dont completly understand all of what this stood for today but i did not know how to react. I dont want to encourage people to be gay, because in the bible it states that you should not. But at the same time i dont discriminate against them, I have many friends that are gay so its not like i shun them just because they are gay. But when you ask me if i support them i dont know what to say. I dont want people to think that I am gay or that i think everyone should be or what not, but i do believe that they should not be discriminated against. So how was i supposed to help in a day like today. My school sold stickers for 50 cents to raise money for the gay straight alliance and i did not buy one beacuse i was not completly sure what the sticker stood for and exactly what they needed the money for. Does that mean that i dont support them or that i am against them, cause that is not what i am trying to say. My big question would be, How are christians supposed to respond to this? My youth group talked about it and we couldnt seem to come up with an answer so i was hoping that someone could help me.
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The point of Day of Silence is a protest about the harassment these people face in schools. It's not so much support for gay people, but for anyone who thinks it is wrong to harass/abuse someone because of their sexuality or gender expression. How doesn't think that's wrong? This year's Day of Silence was held in memory of a 15 year old that was killed in school because of their sexuality/gender expression.
The silence is suppose to represent how these issues are not talked about or how they are ignored. Like, instead of having things things spoken up about they are forced to be quiet and silently take it.
Some people in our Christian Club participated and then some just prayed together for the cause of the silence instead of doing the actual protest.
I just made a blog about this yesterday that you can read about, but if you have any more questions you can ask me and I'll try to help you out.
hi, im not gay but like you i do have many friends that are. I am not a strong believer of christianity either soo.. but i think that God will accept anybody that believes in him and is devoted soo i think that you could have cooperated because the money may be used for important things, which things i dont know. I guess that i thought that christians would kinda have the same attitude as God; the one of acceptance and everything.
I participated in this when i was in 9th grade and it was kinda hard but i know that gay people had and have many things and cicumstances against them already, soo.. it really all depends on what you feel you have to do and not on what is in the bible or the pastor at church says.
Be you and trust yourself God will love you anyways. you are part of him you are his daughter(son) he will understand.
You said you are a "strong Christian," so you know what Christianity is really all about (John 3:16). Homosexuality is a fringe issue.
Like you, I had some moral conflicts about the Day of Silence. My youth group also discussed it. We ultimately realized that these people are reaching out for help, and do not deserve to be discriminated against. Compassion is an important attribute of Christianity, and the other day I heard a pastor say something that made a lot of sense to me. Just because homosexuality is a sin, does not mean you "should not wipe the sweat off the brow of an AIDS ravaged homosexual man." (By the way, I am fully aware that AIDS is NOT a "gay disease." That's merely what he said, and his point wasn't that only gays can get AIDS.) It all comes back to loving your neighbor.
I have friends who are gay. I don't dislike them for their sexual orientation. True, I wish they weren't gay, but it's not something I let get in the way of having meaningful friendships with them.
I think you can speak out against the violence, but not support them at the same time. I wrote a blog about that and my view on it if you want to check that out.
Tegan.