Interesting Quote: Reverend V. Gene Robinson

But I have to ask: are religious conservatives confusing the pain of finding oneself “suddenly” in the minority with actually being a victim? Both feel uncomfortable, even painful, and are fraught with anxiety. But they’re very different.

Here’s what victimization looks like: every day, especially in some places, LGBT people face the real possibility of violence because of their orientation or gender identity. Young people jump off bridges or hang themselves on playground swing sets because of the bullying and discrimination they face. In 29 states, one can be fired from one’s job simply for being gay, with no recourse to the courts. In most places, we cannot legally marry the one we love. Some of us have been kicked out of the house when we come out to our parents, and many young LGBT people find themselves homeless and on the streets because of the attitudes of their religious parents toward their LGBT children. And did I mention the everyday threat of violence?

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Cynthia Nixon tells NOM's Brian Brown a Thing or Two about Gay Marriage

Over at Broadway World, I saw these pics about a discussion over Gay Marriage. The event was called, 'The Case for Gay Marriage'. It was a part of the 2010 New Yorker Festival at SVA Theater this weekend.

 

I was happy to see Cynthia Nixon present, so I searched for a clip or something to post and this is what I got:

She told him like it is.

The panel included Jeffrey Toobin, R. Clarke Cooper, David Boies, actress Cynthia Nixon, Brian Brown and Bishop Gene Robinson.
 Too bad you have to pay for the entire thing.

If you missed Rev. V. Gene Robinson speak...

HBO, home my favorite show True Blood, will air a different version of Sunday’s inaugural-related concert today at 11:30 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time.

This new version will include the invocation by the Rev. V. Gene Robinson.

HBO peeps said:
“We had always intended and planned for Rt. Rev Robinson’s invocation to be included in the televised portion of yesterday’s program. We regret the error in executing this plan – but are gratified that hundreds of thousands of people who gathered on the mall heart his eloquent prayer for our nation that was a fitting start to our event.”

I think it's a good start to address this issue quickly. The gay conspiracy theories were riding my nerves. I read things like, 'this is a spit in the face of Gay people' and 'how Obama caused this to happen', and Rachel Maddow got involved. People please, chill out. Have some frakking faith.

Rev. V. Gene Robinson Hanging with Rachel Maddow

Rev. V. Gene Robinson's Words

HBO messed up the timing, so if you missed Rev. V. Gene Robinson speak, here is what he said

Welcome to Washington! The fun is about to begin, but first, please join me in pausing for a moment, to ask God’s blessing upon our nation and our next president.

O God of our many understandings, we pray that you will…

Bless us with tears – for a world in which over a billion people exist on less than a dollar a day, where young women from many lands are beaten and raped for wanting an education, and thousands die daily from malnutrition, malaria, and AIDS.

Bless us with anger – at discrimination, at home and abroad, against refugees and immigrants, women, people of color, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Bless us with discomfort – at the easy, simplistic “answers” we’ve preferred to hear from our politicians, instead of the truth, about ourselves and the world, which we need to face if we are going to rise to the challenges of the future.

Bless us with patience – and the knowledge that none of what ails us will be “fixed” anytime soon, and the understanding that our new president is a human being, not a messiah.

Bless us with humility – open to understanding that our own needs must always be balanced with those of the world.

Bless us with freedom from mere tolerance – replacing it with a genuine respect and warm embrace of our differences, and an understanding that in our diversity, we are stronger.

Bless us with compassion and generosity – remembering that every religion’s God judges us by the way we care for the most vulnerable in the human community, whether across town or across the world.

And God, we give you thanks for your child Barack, as he assumes the office of President of the United States.

Give him wisdom beyond his years, and inspire him with Lincoln’s reconciling leadership style, President Kennedy’s ability to enlist our best efforts, and Dr. King’s dream of a nation for ALL the people.

Give him a quiet heart, for our Ship of State needs a steady, calm captain in these times.

Give him stirring words, for we will need to be inspired and motivated to make the personal and common sacrifices necessary to facing the challenges ahead.

Make him color-blind, reminding him of his own words that under his leadership, there will be neither red nor blue states, but the United States.

Help him remember his own oppression as a minority, drawing on that experience of discrimination, that he might seek to change the lives of those who are still its victims.

Give him the strength to find family time and privacy, and help him remember that even though he is president, a father only gets one shot at his daughters’ childhoods.

And please, God, keep him safe. We know we ask too much of our presidents, and we’re asking FAR too much of this one. We know the risk he and his wife are taking for all of us, and we implore you, O good and great God, to keep him safe. Hold him in the palm of your hand – that he might do the work we have called him to do, that he might find joy in this impossible calling, and that in the end, he might lead us as a nation to a place of integrity, prosperity and peace.

AMEN.