Comments on: OMG!: Coming Out In Los Angeles http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RD http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52671 RD Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:54:43 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52671 Coming out as gay is an act of bravery, one that could get you killed in many parts of this City. Coming out as Christian is... what, exactly? Claiming a place among oppressed? Not in America, honey. Coming out as gay is an act of bravery, one that could get you killed in many parts of this City. Coming out as Christian is… what, exactly? Claiming a place among oppressed? Not in America, honey.

]]> By: TL http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52670 TL Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:46:37 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52670 I'm offended by how offended some of you are. I’m offended by how offended some of you are.

]]> By: jt http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52669 jt Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:23:34 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52669 Coming out as christian will not get your ass beat, kicked out of your home, kicked out of the military or denied the same rights as everyone else enjoys in the USA. To compare being gay to being christians is in poor taste. Coming out as christian will not get your ass beat, kicked out of your home, kicked out of the military or denied the same rights as everyone else enjoys in the USA.

To compare being gay to being christians is in poor taste.

]]> By: 5000! http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52668 5000! Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:12:02 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52668 <em>Yes, everyone needs to stop being "inappropriately lighthearted." Sweet Jesus, some of you guys are so easily offended.</em> I know. Every time I tell my black co-workers about how this mandatory overtime totally makes me sympathize with how hard it must've been for their ancestors to endure slavery they get all bent out of shape. What a bunch of sticks in the mud! Yes, everyone needs to stop being “inappropriately lighthearted.”
Sweet Jesus, some of you guys are so easily offended.

I know. Every time I tell my black co-workers about how this mandatory overtime totally makes me sympathize with how hard it must’ve been for their ancestors to endure slavery they get all bent out of shape. What a bunch of sticks in the mud!

]]> By: SARBAL http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52667 SARBAL Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:45:58 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52667 Honabonana,my comment was directed toward Cutter, not you. Once again, the eternal problem that "Christians" think they face,"its either all about you, or it isn't about you". Give it up. The rest of the world isn't out trying to convert others. When have you gone to Fairfax , had lunch and been accosted by a Jew,begging for your conversion? Never. A rabbai won't even shake your female hand. (unless he is married to you). Thank G^d. Honabonana,my comment was directed toward Cutter, not you. Once again, the eternal problem that “Christians” think they face,”its either all about you, or it isn’t about you”. Give it up.

The rest of the world isn’t out trying to convert others. When have you gone to Fairfax , had lunch and been accosted by a Jew,begging for your conversion? Never. A rabbai won’t even shake your female hand. (unless he is married to you). Thank G^d.

]]> By: TL http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52666 TL Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:09:24 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52666 Yes, everyone needs to stop being "inappropriately lighthearted." Sweet Jesus, some of you guys are so easily offended. Yes, everyone needs to stop being “inappropriately lighthearted.”

Sweet Jesus, some of you guys are so easily offended.

]]> By: 5000! http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52665 5000! Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:56:26 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52665 I get where you're going with this, and I do think there's room for discussion about tolerance and it's many incarnations, but I have to be honest and agree with Kelly that find this somewhat distasteful. I know that self identifying as Christian in a very few parts of this country might be less comfortable it would be elsewhere, but let's face it: you still still live in a culture where more than 80% of your fellow citizens share your belief system as do nearly all of your elected officials. 43 of our last 43 presidents were Christians. Drawing a parallel between your experiences and those of people who risk religious excommunication, familial exile and potential violence as a part of their day-to-day lives seems inappropriately lighthearted at the least, and purposefully disingenuous at best. Not to mention that the whole Christians-as-victims BS started as a calculated vote getting strategy employed by the religious right and was perpetuated by demagogues like O'Reilly, Limbaugh and Savage ("War on Christmas" anyone?). Maybe I need to get a better sense of humor, but I have a hard time taking the issue lightly when openly admitting other things about yourself can <a>still get you killed</a> in some parts of this country. Appropriateness of your analogy aside, congratulations on finding both the courage to recognize things in yourself that you feel are important and the conviction to stand by them. It's an admirable thing to do and it definitely takes a certain amount of personal fortitude. Of course, you're still writing this under an alias. :p I kid, I kid! I get where you’re going with this, and I do think there’s room for discussion about tolerance and it’s many incarnations, but I have to be honest and agree with Kelly that find this somewhat distasteful. I know that self identifying as Christian in a very few parts of this country might be less comfortable it would be elsewhere, but let’s face it: you still still live in a culture where more than 80% of your fellow citizens share your belief system as do nearly all of your elected officials. 43 of our last 43 presidents were Christians. Drawing a parallel between your experiences and those of people who risk religious excommunication, familial exile and potential violence as a part of their day-to-day lives seems inappropriately lighthearted at the least, and purposefully disingenuous at best. Not to mention that the whole Christians-as-victims BS started as a calculated vote getting strategy employed by the religious right and was perpetuated by demagogues like O’Reilly, Limbaugh and Savage (“War on Christmas” anyone?). Maybe I need to get a better sense of humor, but I have a hard time taking the issue lightly when openly admitting other things about yourself can still get you killed in some parts of this country.

Appropriateness of your analogy aside, congratulations on finding both the courage to recognize things in yourself that you feel are important and the conviction to stand by them. It’s an admirable thing to do and it definitely takes a certain amount of personal fortitude.

Of course, you’re still writing this under an alias. :p I kid, I kid!

]]> By: meroshi http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52664 meroshi Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:34:46 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52664 i, for one, appreciated the post. most people have parts of themselves that they feel they have to hide or defend or flaunt, sure. so why hassle one person for their particular albatross? and to ex-catholic, yes, this town is covered in christian paraphernalia. but i wouldn't say it's hard to be a christian here. i'd say it's hard to be a middle-class, culturally aware, metropolitan, progressive christian. if you come out with that, the response is generally a raised eyebrow and a, "that's great but please don't ever talk to me about that part of your life again." congrats on coming out, cutter! i, for one, appreciated the post. most people have parts of themselves that they feel they have to hide or defend or flaunt, sure. so why hassle one person for their particular albatross?

and to ex-catholic, yes, this town is covered in christian paraphernalia. but i wouldn’t say it’s hard to be a christian here. i’d say it’s hard to be a middle-class, culturally aware, metropolitan, progressive christian. if you come out with that, the response is generally a raised eyebrow and a, “that’s great but please don’t ever talk to me about that part of your life again.”

congrats on coming out, cutter!

]]> By: ex-catholic http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52663 ex-catholic Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:59:12 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52663 You must run with a super limited cliquish crowd because it seems this city is suffocated by Christians and Jesus! Everywhere: Jesus murals on walls, Christian stickers on cars, lighted crosses on high points around the city, storefront hallelujah shops, Christian processions in the streets, Christian carnival & fairs, Victory Outreach amplified preaching from back of trucks, and crosses hanging from the necks of millions of Los Angeles citizens. Almost every person in my workplace (I work for a government agency) is an evangelist or protestant Christian. Dude, you need to get out more and then you'll get over this perceived persecution. Try being an atheist in a city like Los Angeles and then you'll know what it means to feel ostracized. You must run with a super limited cliquish crowd because it seems this city is suffocated by Christians and Jesus! Everywhere: Jesus murals on walls, Christian stickers on cars, lighted crosses on high points around the city, storefront hallelujah shops, Christian processions in the streets, Christian carnival & fairs, Victory Outreach amplified preaching from back of trucks, and crosses hanging from the necks of millions of Los Angeles citizens.
Almost every person in my workplace (I work for a government agency) is an evangelist or protestant Christian. Dude, you need to get out more and then you’ll get over this perceived persecution.
Try being an atheist in a city like Los Angeles and then you’ll know what it means to feel ostracized.

]]> By: honabanona http://blogging.la/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-52662 honabanona Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:44:37 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/01/12/omg-coming-out-in-los-angeles/#comment-52662 My thoughts exactly Sarbal.. My thoughts exactly Sarbal..

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