293The Gay Fetus Question
posted by Jeffrey on April 18th, 2007
As a general rule, I don’t like bumper stickers. Every now and then, however, I run across some that really grab me. Last night was one such occasion as I stumbled upon a bumper sticker that read:
“If the Unborn Baby You Save is Gay Will You Still Fight for Its Rights?”
Wow! I can’t even begin to unpack that simple one line question in a single blog post (nor do I feel the need to try). Shaunna and I came across this sticker last night while walking from our car to Cafe CoCo to hang out with our friend Lacey and to get acquainted with her friends Kyle and Anna, in town from their home in Vancouver.
The same car on which this bumper sticker was found had a plethora of equally clever and thought provoking stickers as well.
So, I throw the sage sticker’s question out to you: If you knew that the unborn baby you save would turn out to be gay, would you still fight for it’s rights to live?
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001: Rick,
April 18th, 2007 at 12:31 pmThis topic came up at our neighborhood dinner Monday night when someone brought up that father who does triathlons carrying and pushing his disabled son Team Hoyt.
Gay, disabled, blind, deaf, whatever…it’s just the container not the person…right?
002: Shaunna Faye,
April 18th, 2007 at 3:52 pmThat’s basically saying “Do you think gay people should die?” And the answer is no. Every single person has a purpose in life and I’m not the one that decides who lives and who dies.
003: Jeffrey,
April 18th, 2007 at 4:08 pmRick, that’s both strange and cool that such a convo came up Monday night. Can’t wait to hear about it. Pretty sweet.
Shaunna (not to be confused with Shaunna my wife for any not “in the know”), I hear what you’re saying. I didn’t personally look at it that way myself, but now I can see where you’re coming from. My first reaction was to see it asking a question of, “hey you pro-life people (who are stereotypically anti-gay as well), would you still be pro-life if this kiddo turned out gay?” Regardless of which way we read it, it was definitely one of those good attention getters.
I’m with both of you on this…our bodies aren’t who we REALLY are. Even if they were, it’s not up to us as to who lives and who dies, which begs a good question.
Who is it up to?
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