Gay Rights groups exploiting recent suicides to advance an agenda?

Last updated on: October 6, 2010 at 6:35 am by Dave Griffey

Gay Rights groups exploiting recent suicides to advance an agenda? 2010-10-06T06:35:00-04:00 Dave Griffey

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That’s what you might think if you read Bill Donohue’s reaction to Larry King’s show on some recent suicides. I admit that the Catholic League is like the out of control uncle at a reunion, often saying things that can be as offensive as the offensive things they are condemning. Here is no exception. In the end, young people are dying. They are committing suicide and we need to ask ourselves why. That doesn’t mean slighting the reasons they give.

But in his defense, there does seem, once again, to be a leap forward by the Gay Rights Movement to exploit these deaths to push an agenda. An agenda that, like many of its European counterparts, is increasingly intolerant of the right to dissent. So even in cases where the homosexual factor seems shaky at best, it is becoming the only factor worth discussing. This is, of course, a hallmark of the homosexual rights mentality – that there is sexuality, and then there is everything else.

Naturally CNN is at the forefront of this, pushing over and over and over again ad nauseam against bullying, advancing gay rights, and condemning traditional morality, including the not too subtle concerns over people having the right to disagree with the homosexually active life. But Donohue should be careful not to sound every bit as callous and cold in dealing with the tragic deaths of these young people.

I admit that there are a lot of questions here. Was homosexuality the only issue? What about others who are bullied. Being overweight is still a major cause of bullying, are those kids committing suicide at the same rate? What about them? What about others? Are others also committing suicide and we’re just not hearing about them? Should Gay Rights advocates advance contempt for religion when religious kids can be bullied as well (my sons are proof of that)? Are we sure we have the facts straight? And why are kids no older than twelve or thirteen committing suicide after saying they were gay for years? For years? How early are we instilling this sexual ideal? At twelve, I was just getting over the fact that girls had cuties. How are these kids at such a young age spending years struggling with such an issue without it coming from somewhere else? Should they be told that every thought, urge, notion makes them a certain way? Are they confusing natural curiosity a child might have about his or her body or that of classmate with some notion of a genetically predetermined identity because of poor catechises on the part of sexual education at such a young age? What about the not-so-subtle suggestions by some that speaking out against homosexuality itself should be seen as bullying (and by implication, not allowed) in our schools?

Much to think about, but never to eclipse the fact that young people are dying. That should really be our main concern, with agendas and counter-agendas taking a back seat, if that’s possible in our day and age.

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