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Originally Posted by brandon9
All responses are totally welcome, and much appriciated! I totally get your message here, and I typically am a pretty passive and tolerant person in regard to many things, but I have been against this event for years (since my middle school years). I have spoken on this before to friends, even to several homosexual people I know (I know several and am on good terms with each, I played soccer with one guy for 6 years before I knew he was gay, doesn't bother me because he respects my and other people's orientation). Several of those homosexual friends and acquaintances don't even support the event themselves honestly. I just firmly believe it shouldn't take place in schools for the many reasons previously listed. And I am at the point of being fed up with "political correctness".
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I have a young friend who is gay and he opposes the local Gay Pride Parade. He doesn't attend it intentionally. That doesn't make him homophobic, it makes him unsupportive. If you don't go to an event, it doesn't mean anything. Other people can't create meaning for you. They can interpret your non support any way they want, that doesn't make it true. It's true only in their heads.
Now, you may be homophobic, that's an entirely different issue. I didn't read your entire original post, I just read about the non-attendance part and the letter you wanted to submit. Let's say you are homophobic, you're not the first and you won't be the last. AND you won't be converted from being homophobic on a forum. It's just not that simple. If you are not homophobic, then you have nothing to defend yourself against. If you are, perhaps that will change one day. I seriously doubt anyone is going to be converted from being homophobic on a forum like this.