Death Threats and Tolerance

Death threats in the name of tolerance.

I came into my office Monday morning and turned on the answering machine to hear cursing and threats to kill me, because of an article on a pro-gay web blog that took one of our recent press releases and twisted and spun it to say that we advocate labeling gays, when we never said such a thing. The responses that filled my e-mail in-box, and telephone answering machine were most revealing. It’s been said that when the tube is squeezed you get to see what was inside. Well, the pro-gay blogger squeezed the tube and we’re seeing what is in the hearts and minds of those who claim to be proponents of “tolerance.”

Aside from every expletive imaginable, the general message is that we should be murdered because we are evil and we’re going to hell for our sin.

This type of response is typical when the merits of an issue cannot be challenged. A “strawman” is established by claiming the person said something he never said, then attacking him for that which was never said. When you can’t challenge the message simply try to discredit the messenger.

The hatred and venom contained in these responses reveals what’s truly in the heart of those who claim to be “loving.” Their responses are black and white illustrations of bigotry and hatred accusing us of bigotry and hatred. How interesting! Truth must be consistent with itself to be truth. This is beyond irony.

Let’s set the record straight. We never said or even suggested that gays should be labeled.
For what purpose? It makes no sense. (If gays were really proud of what they are, why would they have a problem with labels anyway? I would gladly wear a label as a Christian. But that’s beside the point.) We never said it, nor would we ever say it. What we said was that cigarette packs are labeled because smoking is hazardous to your health. That’s simply a statement of fact. We then drew a contrast to the way we deal with homosexual behavior by celebrating it, when all the studies show, and common sense and observation verify that promiscuous homosexual behavior is much more dangerous than smoking.

We were specifically talking about warning against behaviors that are hazardous to one’s health. This is something the gay community does on a regular basis, but if a member of the Christian community says the same thing he’s an evil bigot deserving of hell.

The question begs to be asked seriously, “Where really is the bigotry and hate?”

To see the original press release we published click here.

To See the actual responses we received click here

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