| mrstickball said: My take is this: As a Christian, we have a similar set of issues. Many people take the name of God, and Jesus in vain, in the same way people use the phrase 'That's so gay'. Difference is, there's not a national campaign staring Kirk Cameron. I don't label people that use the phrase as repugnant or a hatemonger. I just learn to live in the tolerance of knowing that they're morons and don't 'get it'. I think this group should just take a chill pill instead of getting so wacky. Such groups, Christian, Gay, Muslim, Liberal, whatever aren't going to get respect trying to change common vernacular by insulting them. It will live or die on it's own merits. |
I don't think the campaign is insulting though it sure is provocative and it has to be in order to create attention for the subject.
I also wouldn't mind a christian telling me I shouldn't use the name of god in vain. In fact if that christian was a friend of mine and me saying so would truely bother him I'd expect him to say something about it!
I guess most of the people who posted in this thread neither have a problem with gay people nor would they disrespect someone they knew by using the term if they knew he or she had a huge problem with it.
There are some other people however that are not as tolerant and respectful and making them think about what they say (obviously without ever having thought about it) is worth bothering the rest of us once in a while with an add like that.
