A narrow-minded, hateful belief
YAGYAH Adams’s letter (“Too much empathy for ‘gay agenda’,” Cape Argus, July 7) refers.
First, Mr Adams, you need to keep your letters on one point, not flit between politics and genetics as you have. Second, why should opinion define the law? Sure, billions all over the world hate gays as much as you do, and you and each of them are fully entitled to your/their opinion. But this narrow-minded hateful belief cannot ever be grounds for law in civilised society.
It is the bigotry and closed-mindedness of your ilk who spew hate speech under the name of a religion in the sick hope that you will be recognised as an authority on a subject that you have refused to research that perpetuates this divisive mentality. Had you bothered to learn, you’d discover that there are also billions of gay, and even more LGBTI, people in this world who are as they are due to the consequences of their genes and womb development.
Contrary to popular religious belief, being gay is not a free will choice. Being gay is a biological condition found in humans and in many other species including other primates and marine mammals. There is much scientific evidence to prove this. The same cannot be said for the contrary belief of the religious freaks.
On your point of murders, if a person is killed simply because he/she is gay then damn right it will be so stated. Equally so if the “reason” for the murder was that the victim is straight/Muslim/ Christian/Jew/Buddhist/black/coloured/white/ purple/tall/short/fat/thin/old/young, etc.
But if it’s “just another murder” related to gang violence or drunk driving, for example, then there is no reason to report on any of the victim’s demographics.
You conveniently omit that many of those 16 000 murders are gay people who are not referred to as such because they are simply victims of hateful/careless behaviour. You are quick to draw attention to the Muslimness of a victim if he/she was killed because of his/her religion but ignore it otherwise. Think about that, Mr Adams.
You seem to believe that “practising Jews, Christians, Muslims and others regard homosexuality as a sin” and hence that you “all automatically hate gays”. Mr Adams, I have news for you. There are millions of strongly devoted “Jews, Christians, Muslims and others” who are gay. I know some of them. They are my friends. You choose to adopt the ostrich pose and pretend that they do not exist while they pray with you on Fridays.
You also imply that “bosses bonking workers” is a gay activity. Contrary to your pathetic attempt to discredit gay people, the world of office affairs and screwing your way up the corporate ladder has been heavily prevalent among straights, a group to which I understand you belong.
Also contrary to your hate speech, the gay community does not wish to receive any special status. They wish simply to be recognised as bona fide citizens and afforded equal rights in society devoid of ostracisation from the holier-than-thous of the world. They seek acceptance from the selfappointed-yet-utterly-clueless bigoted “authority” on their sexuality such as yourself who use the pathetic crutch of an unproven belief system in a feeble attempt to justify your intolerant and indeed hateful stance. And all this hatred and bigotry during Ramadaan, nogal!
Mr Adams, your hate speech is inflammatory and dismissed with extreme contempt. You need to realise that banning the inevitable among others simply because your belief system claims it to be wrong for them is akin to shutting down every fast food retailer simply because you are on diet.
Your personal preferences are yours, keep them to yourself and respect those around you. You do not have to be gay to respect a gay person. Indeed, a person’s sexuality is entirely irrelevant to everyone aside from that person and his/her intimate partner.
If you really must hate any group in society, focus on those who destroy peace and growth. You know, drug dealers, gangs, hateful religious extremists, corrupt business and government officials. And leave alone those who contribute to both the fiscus and well-being of society – regardless of what they do in the privacy of their own home.