shhhhhhhh.

tomorrow, april 25th, is day of silence. it's a day organized by the GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) in which people come together and are silent in honor of stopping anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools.

http://www.dayofsilence.org/


shhhhhhhh. if you listen hard enough, you'll realize some voices are missing.

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when i was promoting this event earlier today, i posted a bulliten on myspace entitled "shhhhhh" and enclosed a link to the official day of silence website. a few minutes later, a new bulliten showed up on top of mine, written by a person whom i won't name. titled "i do not support you", the bulliten said the following:


"I do not support you.
It's agaisnt the Bible.
It's agaisnt God.
It is not right.
I do not support gay, bi, les, trans.
God made you who you are and how your suppose to be.
Read the book of Genisis."


a whirlwind of emotions hit me, and the first things that went through my head were, i admit, very stupid. like, "dude, you can't even spell. bad grammar much?" and "i'm older than you are. i could totally beat you up." and "go read your own stupid Genisis book, you poser." then i got a little more serious. like, "you and your God may not accept this, but i do." and " did you ever think that your God did make you who you are - this is who they are." and "you know, not everyone has to think the same way you do. don't just assume there is a right and wrong way to live."

i resisted several urges to post another bulliten or to message the person and try to reason with her. because that wouldn't do anything. it would only hurt what's already broken. but the better reason to not respond to her vicious accusations? because it's against what this whole thing is about. why would i argue with her, yell and scream and try to pound my beliefs into her head, when by being silent i speak so much clearer and stronger?

by being silent tomorrow, i won't change her beliefs. in fact, i know i will change hardly anyone's. but maybe, just maybe, those people will notice that in the mass of voices making up the Earth's noise, some very important ones will be missing.


shhhhhhhh.
what are you going to do to end the silence?