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You’ve got to be carefully taught
Music has a very powerful way of speak
ing to people. I find songs I’ve heard in the
past come back to haunt me when their mes
sage is needed for a current situation. Re
cently all the talk in our community about
education of our children, juxtaposed against
the hate espoused by Joe Chambers, has led
me to “rediscover” the following song from
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
II’s musical South Pacific:
You’ve got to be taught, before it’s too
late.
Before you are six or seven or eight.
To hate all the people your relatives hate.
You’ve got to be carefully taught.
Joe Chambers is calling for a “March For
The Family” on Saturday, September 14.
What does he plan to tell children that day?
‘God loves you, but hates homosexuals. Trust
your mom and dad, but they will not be
allowed to love you if you become homo
sexual. Homosexuals will hurt you, they are
Satan.’ Great Joe. Fill their heads with hate
and fear instead of love and the power of
positive thinking. Destroy the self-esteem of
those likely to grow up to be gay, and encour
age the “straight” people to pass on their
ignorance to another generation.
Of course, Joe Chambers doesn’t have an
exclusive on this sort of diatribe. An acquain
tance recently relayed that she saw on the
television news that a group has started in
Oregon to “save Jeffrey Dahmer” because
“he only killed homosexuals.”
Nationally, the debate is raging about ho
mosexuals in the military, and we will hope
fully see a change in policy soon. The debate
continues about allowing gay boys (and girls
want in, too) in the Boy Scouts of America.
They exist to teach future leaders, but what is
the message by excluding someone who is
gay?
Locally, undercover police have recently
arrested a minister, a former state senator, and
a former police officer for soliciting sex (from
men) under the Crimes Against Nature stat
ute. Thanks, officers, for protecting me from
this victimless crime while murder, rape and
other violent crime continue to plague us.
Teach them well
So, where is the education going to begin?
We all have a responsibility to teach people
about our lifestyle. Some people wonder why
they should discuss their sexuality — why it
should be an issue. That’s the point — it
shouldn’t be an issue! But if we are not open,
free about it, if we feel someone will use it
against us, to hate us, to discriminate against
us — then we will always live at some level
of fear and guUt.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has a
new superintendent - welcome, John Murphy.
It will be interesting to me to see what kind of
policies are developed towards homosexual
teachers and homosexual students. I’m sure
we have homosexual administrators, and I
know homosexual parents. What will stu
dents be taught about this subject/issue/lifes
tyle? We are lucky to have a new gay/lesbian
youth support group going in Charlotte, Time
Out, but the organizers are having difficulty
gaining open, active support from the straight
community for fear of being criticized/chas
tised/condemned by their ignorant peers.
There are a lot of gay-related issues in the
newspaper thesp days. When conversation
swings around to one of those topics at work,
at home or at a club meeting, what do you do?
If someone tells a joke about Jeffrey Dahmer,
what will you do in the future? Talking hon
estly about your opinion might change help to
change someone’s erroneous perceptions.
I know it’s not easy — in fact, it can be
extremely difficult. But we’re the ones who
have to teach if the future will be different.
National Coming Out Day isFriday, Octo
ber 11. If enough gay/lesbian people or orga
nizations are interested in having their names
appear, ads might be placed in the local media
to celebrate the day. If you are interested in
participating, call the Q-Notejoffice for more
information.
— Dan Kirsch, Editor
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