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The 'ex-gay' movement's Day of Truth

by: Pam Spaulding

Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 09:00:00 AM EDT


Box Turtle Bulletin's Daniel Gonzales exposes the Day of Truth (April 28), the dishonest counter to the tolerance effort in schools on April 24 known as the Day of Silence, sponsored by GLSEN (The Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network). The "Truth" -- sponsored by the fundie legal outfit Alliance Defense Fund -- is little more than promotion for the ex-gay movement. BTB has this video up:

The flat-earth crowd's faith is so weak that it cannot tolerate students being silent during one school day in protest against violence and bullying against LGBTs. The DoT web site encourages students to pass out cards and wear T-shirts with a pray-away-the-gay message, gift wrapped as a First Amendment stand. See below the fold.

Pam Spaulding :: The 'ex-gay' movement's Day of Truth
From the DoT web site:
The Day of Truth was established to counter the promotion of the homosexual agenda and express an opposing viewpoint from a Christian perspective.

In the past, students who have attempted to speak against the promotion of the homosexual agenda have been censored or, in some cases, punished for their beliefs.  It is important that students stand up for their First Amendment right to hear and speak the Truth about human sexuality in order to protect that freedom for future generations. The Day of Truth provides an opportunity to publicly exercise our free speech rights.

Participating students are encouraged to wear T-shirts and pass out cards (not during class time) with the following message:

I'm speaking the Truth to break the silence.
   True tolerance means that people with differing -- even opposing -- viewpoints can freely exchange ideas and respectfully listen to each other.
   It's time for an honest conversation about homosexuality.
   There's freedom to change if you want to.
   Let's talk.

Now, let's just do a mental exercise here -- what exactly is the Day of Truth countering? According to these folks, the Day of Silence is part of the Homosexual Agenda's "overall strategy to change how our society perceives homosexual behavior."

How is a silent observance meant to encourage tolerance and oppose violence against a "Christian perspective?"

Is the problem here that Alliance Defense Fund, Exodus and other ex-gay organizations would like to see the gay and trans bashing continue on school campuses?


The Day of Silence this year honors Lawrence King, who was killed by a class mate for not adhering to gender norms.

GLSEN's video, featuring Lance Bass:

Also:
* Defense attorney of Lawrence King's murderer: it's the victim's fault

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They don't want us to be silent...
...but they don't want us to speak out.

Well - that leaves just one option they tacitly approve. But - There's freedom to change if they want to.  


It would probably be more effective
if these "ex-gay" people would take a day of silence themselves. Heck a year of silence would be nice. Think of how much better the world could be with at least one day of them not spewing their hate.

I hope there will be a lot of students participating this year in the Day of Silence, and that they have the strength and courage not to be cowed by the less tolerant.

watashi no yomeiri wa doko desu ka


day of truth
does any public school actually sponsor the day of truth or is it just an inidividual psychotic student thign?

http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com

my comment below what supposed to go here.


[ Parent ]
Actually
From personal experience. The Day of Silence is a school sponsored event run by a student group (in most places).

The day of lies is, at least from what I've seen, not. In my area and I've heard of a few other cases elsewhere, a group of fundies push this on a school. But unlike DOS, its not a student event held by the school. In some of the pictures I've seen there are a lot of adults trying to hand stuff out to students, off school grounds. Or in other cases one or two students who don't have the school's approval hold the event. A lot of those school's just ignore those students or only deal with them if they disrupt the school and/or classes (what a homophobe being disruptive and rude? Never heard of that before.)    

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[ Parent ]
Students ask the school to sponsor the day
What's your problem?
Click on the Day of Silence link at the beginning of the post or ck out the Day of Silence Frequently Asked Question page.
http://www.dayofsilence.org/co...
Students ask their schools to sponsor the day.

Think Hippie was asking about the fundie's Day of Truth...
not Day of Silence.

[ Parent ]
whoops my bad, apologies.
ADF strongly pushing Day of Truth as can bee seen by their website for ti.

[ Parent ]
Oh, gag me with a spoon.
That's all I'm going to say. The fundies are making my head explode lately, and writing a big intrepid comment on why they're full of crap is not going to do anything except annoy me more.

"What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary." - Lea DeLaria

How about a 'Day of Just Shut Up About It'?
We could do it in honor of Fox Pundit Bill O'Reilly, who can't seem to shut up about shutting up about it...

Not really "ex gay" movement..
..that's misleading.  The Day of not shutting up about it is heavily promoted by
Alliance Defense Fund...an Arizona based anti gay legal organization.

A quote right off their dayoftruth.org website;
"This marks the fourth year of the Day of Truth, which was established to counter the promotion of the homosexual agenda and express an opposing viewpoint from a Christian perspective."

I guess this means a Christian perspective which opposes the outreach and teaching about bullying and harrassment of GLBT youth.


It means, in the end
...that the Christian Right agenda is to make sure that our young people keep on dying....

I tell you Chica that no greater abomination exists than women denying their spirit of sisterhood and instead becoming the oppressor. -Rebeca, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

[ Parent ]
Peter LaBarbera and "Silence" - A Story in Hypocrisy
I find it quite amazing (not to mention hypocritical) that people like Peter LaBarbera who condemn the Day of Silence, practice "silence" everyday on their websites.

Has anyone else noted that his "blog like" website (www.americansfortruth.org) does not allow for commenting or rebuttal?

It's a one-way street with him: His views only.

Of course there's a reason for this: all 6 of his readers would be inundated with facts and correct information about GLBT folks and The Peter would be out of a job (again). He'd have to make up another reason to go to Steamworks, the Folsom Street Fair and International Mr. Leather.  (Hey just loves the leather guys! You gotta wonder what his poor wife and 5 kids are thinking about him, eh?)

Another site that does the same thing is the Illinois Family Institute (www.illinoisfamily.org), where The Peter used to work before getting dumped.

So the next time The Peter, Bam-Bam and the rest of the wingnuts whine about silence, they need to be reminded of their "silence" (and hypocrisy) by not opening up their websites to public comment and rebuttal.


Oops, Day of Silence is actually April 25, not 24
...

Translation
I'm speaking the Truth to break the silence.

I'm speaking the Lies dictated to me by the Alliance Defense Fund.  

True tolerance means that people with differing -- even opposing -- viewpoints can freely exchange ideas and respectfully listen to each other.

True tolerance means you'll have to put up with hearing fag or dyke and especially being beat up on a daily basis.  Don't try and change the way things are and have always been!

It's time for an honest conversation about homosexuality.

It's time for me to give you a sermon on the evils of homosexuality.

There's freedom to change if you want to.

You have to change to conform with what we think society and the family should look like.

Let's talk.

You listen!


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