day of silence

“You’ll never last all day.” I heard this comment in different forms through out the day on Friday. It got old, really fast.

“Are you sure you didn’t talk Friday?” I heard this comment in different forms through out today. It too got old.

This year, Day of Silence made me want to scream.

Yesterday at my school, we had a Day of Silence for those who have to stay silent due to lack of support and/or tolerance for their sexual orientation.

Today I participated in the Day of Silence, as many people have done today. I want to congratulate everyone who successfully made it through the day without speaking. I hope that you participated because you wanted to make a point and not for a silly reason.

I want to know what this day meant to you.

Right now, I’m sitting at a computer in school with a silence armband (made of blue duct tape) on my arm to signify my support of gay rights. With my vow of verbal abstinence, my silence is supposed to say in a loud, clear voice, “I oppose opposition.” I wonder how effective it really is. Am I helping make an impact on society?

I am angry beyond belief. You have no idea.

I saw a link to this christian clothing site with some discussion about some of the things you can get printed on a t-shirt about abortion. I clicked it, mildly curious about what other things they had. I surfed around a bit until I found the t-shirt saying that has me fuming. it says: