tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486836004893344372.post6613065879646519358..comments2023-08-17T14:31:17.423+01:00Comments on Innocent Loverboy: GayInnocent Loverboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16564876728079783376noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486836004893344372.post-20150052366533382952012-05-22T16:04:34.255+01:002012-05-22T16:04:34.255+01:00@Anna:
Yeah. I complained a bit in this post as a...@Anna:<br /><br />Yeah. I complained a bit in this post as a (necessary?) knee-jerk reaction, but evidently writing an article for the newsletter needs to be more levelled.<br /><br />From a quick jog through memory lane, the newsletter pieces are small in size so I'd need to convey a reasonable argument in about 500 words or less. But I can do that. I'm an English graduate.Innocent Loverboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16564876728079783376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486836004893344372.post-89320525816025388292012-05-21T13:12:35.458+01:002012-05-21T13:12:35.458+01:00I think writing a response for publication is a gr...I think writing a response for publication is a great idea, but my suggestion is that you not phrase it as a letter of complaint. Write an article for the magazine; a thoughtful, scriptural response to a current social issue. You have the writing skills! If it's presented as a discussion rather than an attack, you're more likely to get the whole congregation to become a part of the conversation. There are as many views as there are people, after all, and I'm sure you're not the only one with comments.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911606744887152262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486836004893344372.post-10461583072811317542012-05-20T18:14:00.624+01:002012-05-20T18:14:00.624+01:00@Harper:
Great idea! It might have the zero succe...@Harper:<br /><br />Great idea! It might have the zero success rate of trying to write a letter of complaint to the <i>Daily Mail</i> and get it published (I doubt this would be published at all!), but if I could get one in, then it would be the ideal platform for my voice!<br /><br />This one I'll consider.Innocent Loverboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16564876728079783376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486836004893344372.post-35921627003707470402012-05-20T17:50:39.659+01:002012-05-20T17:50:39.659+01:00If I were you I would ask if you can write a piece...If I were you I would ask if you can write a piece for the newsletter. If it's a small congregation and everyone is mostly friendly then letting this slip by is probably just about how no one wants to kick up a fuss.<br /><br />But you should!<br /><br />If you write a reasonable and sensible response, explaining that not everyone in the congregation agrees with the piece that was published, then it's not an attack; it's just a discussion. And one that should and NEEDS to be opened.<br /><br />Good luck!Harper Eliothttp://itgirlragdoll.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486836004893344372.post-46847267694171493322012-05-20T17:30:38.312+01:002012-05-20T17:30:38.312+01:00@Rory:
Still, I'd rather voice my opinion tha...@Rory:<br /><br /><i>Still, I'd rather voice my opinion than shrug it off thinking it wouldn't make a difference. If everyone did that, we'd never get anywhere.</i><br /><br />Amen to that.<br /><br />My mother has often "warned" me against taking a stand - despite teaching me since childbirth that one should stand up for one's opinions, she sometimes reneges on that in order to tell me "not to look like a troublemaker" - specifically, not complain to the leader of the band I was in for bullying me and not to make a fuss about the second university I went to.<br /><br />And idiotically I didn't take my stand there and then. I would've really lost my temper at the bandleader (and since I don't do 'angry' you know how that may have turned out) and I would've written all sorts of letters and made all sorts of grievance complaints about my uni, but I didn't...<br /><br />...because I "would've been a troublemaker."<br /><br />Well, no more. Someone's got to take a stand. And it might as well be me. If nobody leads by example, then everyone will be too scared to follow on.<br /><br />Leading the charge.Innocent Loverboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16564876728079783376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486836004893344372.post-72027053032452212982012-05-20T17:25:25.742+01:002012-05-20T17:25:25.742+01:00@Jillian:
Yes, I did think of writing to said wom...@Jillian:<br /><br />Yes, I did think of writing to said woman. I'd need to think of how to phrase things politely though. And I don't know what good it would do.<br /><br />I know she's the editor, but I've also no idea whose idea it was to put it in. It might not have been hers. But I guess it's a starting point...Innocent Loverboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16564876728079783376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486836004893344372.post-61275746789277803232012-05-20T17:24:53.632+01:002012-05-20T17:24:53.632+01:00I just read something in our newsletter that boile...I just read something in our newsletter that boiled down to our church stating that they accept homosexuals into the church and work against the fear, discrimination, or condemnation of homosexuals. Then in the same breath they state that they will not allow homosexuals to be members of clergy nor will they bless same sex unions. <br /><br />This, to me, is completely idiotic. It just doesn't rhyme. How can you claim to work against discrimination, then turn around and do exactly that - discriminate. <br /><br />You can always write in and offer your personal opinion. I plan on doing so, even though I'm sure it will fall on deaf ears. Still, I'd rather voice my opinion than shrug it off thinking it wouldn't make a difference. If everyone did that, we'd never get anywhere.Roryhttp://skinandlace.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486836004893344372.post-62487258759669316042012-05-20T16:40:58.611+01:002012-05-20T16:40:58.611+01:00Can you not complain about it to this woman who pu...Can you not complain about it to this woman who puts the newsletter together? <br /><br />I'm bisexual myself, and often refer to me as queer. I was raised a Catholic, and in many ways, I still am one. But I do not agree with the church's views on homosexuality. <br /><br />It niggles me that a small congregation like yours decides to publish this in their newsletter. It's like you say. They should be spreading love. <br /><br />I don't know my own thoughts about gay marriage though. <br /><br />Hope this helps. <br /><br />xJillianhttp://barenakedady.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com