Way back up there near the top, Joe Offer said, Things get really complicated when you put a big bunch of different people into the same class, and then expect them to be the same. I knw this gets done with Christians, but it also gets doen abotu other segments of society, i.e. gays, lesbians, non-Christians, etc.

If I rail against someone like Falwell, it is because they have been guilty of the "lumping together" which Joe mentioned. Falwell preaches hatred and oppression towards me and mine because we do not happen to follow his beliefs and tenets. I will not and cannot be silent and I do not feel as though I am being self-righteous anymore than anyone else who speaks out and/or bands together in solidarity when they are attacked.

Thank you,

kat