DailySusan Humor Blog

FIRST AMENDMENT FUN

You know how sometimes, you can totally agree with something that someone is saying, but hate the way they say it? That’s how I feel about a guy who has been standing outside different area high schools in recent days holding up a sign with an anti-homosexuality message.

He was certainly within his First Amendment free speech rights to do so. Although he was on school property, he was outside the buildings, so he wasn’t disrupting class. Apparently, at least one administrator asked him to leave, and he refused. But again, he was within his rights.

I agree that homosexuality hurts people and should be treated, at minimum, and overcome, like alcoholism and other complex behavioral syndromes. But I don’t think in-your-face tactics work, and I don’t think they’re very nice.

That’s why I’m still laughing over what a student did, at our local high school. He made a sign that read, “My Life Partner,” and drew a big arrow. Then he went out and stood next to the anti-gay protestor as school was letting out.

Hey! He was just exercising HIS free speech rights. I’d say pretty darn well, too.

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Prayer request: A neighbor, Cindy, hears the news about a biopsy today. She is a sweet, solid believer with a very worried husband, three young children, and a family history for breast cancer. But it could very well be something benign and easy to treat. Father God, we lift Cindy and her family up to You for extra-special attention and comfort today as this news is shared. We pray for mercy and for good news. May it make her rejoice, and be something mild and very treatable, we ask in Jesus’ Name. (Matthew 21:22)