Saturday, December 31, 2005
Passages . . .
I just read a message from a dear friend who just lost her mother and it made me think about just how precious time is and how we shouldn't waste even a moment. It also made me reflect on the last post I made to this blog.
Why should it matter to anyone who we love? Shouldn't the most important thing be that we find and have love in our lives?
And who gives anyone the right to punish someone for liking or loving another person? And worst of all, claim it's based on a "Christian Code of Conduct." It doesn't sound at all Christian to me.
As the New Year approaches I encourage you to tell family members and dear friends that you love them. Reach out to someone you haven't spoken to in awhile.
And, care less about who someone chooses to love and more about wanting them to have someone to share their love with.
Why should it matter to anyone who we love? Shouldn't the most important thing be that we find and have love in our lives?
And who gives anyone the right to punish someone for liking or loving another person? And worst of all, claim it's based on a "Christian Code of Conduct." It doesn't sound at all Christian to me.
As the New Year approaches I encourage you to tell family members and dear friends that you love them. Reach out to someone you haven't spoken to in awhile.
And, care less about who someone chooses to love and more about wanting them to have someone to share their love with.
Friday, December 30, 2005
How 'Christian' is it to intimidate teenage girls?
Being a teenager is hard enough. Being singled out by the principal for intimidation based on your perceived sexual orientation, and then expelled, is crossing a line.
Gregory Bork, principal of a Lutheran high school in Riverside, Calif., recently called the teenage girls into his office to interrogate them regarding their sexual orientation. Bork later acknowledged that officials had seen no physical contact between the girls but said their friendship was "uncharacteristic of normal girl relationships and more characteristic of a lesbian one."
Bork was able to get one of the girls to say she loved the other, and then promptly expelled them both. He claimed their alleged 'relationship' violated the school's "Christian Code of Conduct."
I question how 'Christian' it is to intimidate two young girls, who may or may not be lesbians, and then to expel them when they even if they might be, they haven't done anything wrong?
Is it wrong for two teenage girls to be close friends? No. Is it wrong for two teenage girls to love each other? No.
Maybe it's time for the school to reexamine its "Christian Code of Conduct." (full story)
Gregory Bork, principal of a Lutheran high school in Riverside, Calif., recently called the teenage girls into his office to interrogate them regarding their sexual orientation. Bork later acknowledged that officials had seen no physical contact between the girls but said their friendship was "uncharacteristic of normal girl relationships and more characteristic of a lesbian one."
Bork was able to get one of the girls to say she loved the other, and then promptly expelled them both. He claimed their alleged 'relationship' violated the school's "Christian Code of Conduct."
I question how 'Christian' it is to intimidate two young girls, who may or may not be lesbians, and then to expel them when they even if they might be, they haven't done anything wrong?
Is it wrong for two teenage girls to be close friends? No. Is it wrong for two teenage girls to love each other? No.
Maybe it's time for the school to reexamine its "Christian Code of Conduct." (full story)
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