The Spectrum of Things
Hey again
hooray, it's friday
and it's nap time, cause i just got off of work:)
Anyhoo, I was going through the files today...(I am not even 25% of the way done with them and I have been working on them since tuesday..or wednesday)
And I was going through the spectrum file, this is the organization on campus that is for gay, lesbian, transsexual and bisexual. They call it an alliance with straight people and hold several events throughout the year, many I attended this year. Most of the material in this file was from 1992-1994. It was about a program, that still goes on on campus today, called SAFE, which seeks to educate faculty and staff about conseling students and working with students in Spectrum or that may need someone to talk to.
There was one report that I was going through that was put together by the president in 1993. Spectrum had sent out several letters to faculty and staff explaining the SAFE program and encouraging participation.
The responses included in this report were terrible. People sent back the letter with comments written on them like "fag" "jesus loves you" "the bible says homosexuality is wrong" "no way would I ever help out with this" etc..
I was appalled, this was only a little over a decade ago. And these were the people that the students paid tutition for the univerisity to pay.
I think now, we are at the same place with gay marriage.
I hear commentary on NPR, ministers who preach that marriage is only for the making of babies, protests against the fags, etc.
The whole thing makes me sick, but then again this is america. People are allowed to have their own opinions. But such blantant hatred I can't understand.
For more ideas, watch the Larame Project.
Anyhoo, it's nap time for me.
this is more of a venting post than anything else, i suppose.
:)
later
hooray, it's friday
and it's nap time, cause i just got off of work:)
Anyhoo, I was going through the files today...(I am not even 25% of the way done with them and I have been working on them since tuesday..or wednesday)
And I was going through the spectrum file, this is the organization on campus that is for gay, lesbian, transsexual and bisexual. They call it an alliance with straight people and hold several events throughout the year, many I attended this year. Most of the material in this file was from 1992-1994. It was about a program, that still goes on on campus today, called SAFE, which seeks to educate faculty and staff about conseling students and working with students in Spectrum or that may need someone to talk to.
There was one report that I was going through that was put together by the president in 1993. Spectrum had sent out several letters to faculty and staff explaining the SAFE program and encouraging participation.
The responses included in this report were terrible. People sent back the letter with comments written on them like "fag" "jesus loves you" "the bible says homosexuality is wrong" "no way would I ever help out with this" etc..
I was appalled, this was only a little over a decade ago. And these were the people that the students paid tutition for the univerisity to pay.
I think now, we are at the same place with gay marriage.
I hear commentary on NPR, ministers who preach that marriage is only for the making of babies, protests against the fags, etc.
The whole thing makes me sick, but then again this is america. People are allowed to have their own opinions. But such blantant hatred I can't understand.
For more ideas, watch the Larame Project.
Anyhoo, it's nap time for me.
this is more of a venting post than anything else, i suppose.
:)
later
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