We received an email from a couple of readers about my column on Sunday, which I would have ignored if it wasn’t representative of ways of thinking I want to address. “Strange message for the most sacred Christian day of the Year,” the email says. The idea that a group can own the rights to free expression on a day that happens to be one of its religious holidays is ridiculous in a nation that includes citizens of multiple religions, ethnicities and cultures.
As usual, your writing is filled with openness and love. Those who are offended by reality are unfortunately restricted by dogma, rather than by objective thinking and human compassion. I grew up in that atmosphere so I understand it. Luckily, that atmosphere of fear, paranoia and revulsion was gradually dispelled by the humans I met along the way to maturing. Thank you always for your insights and responses to dogmatic worldviews.
The reaction from some quarters when Easter fell this year on 3-31 which is also Transgender Visibility Day, certainly validated the need for a TransVisibility Day. Thank you for sharing your story.
Some of us live in a totally different world yet we walk beside one another every day. "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy."
Given the violent rhetoric which was spewed by the psychopath Ex-Prez Sunday…on “the most sacred Christian day of the year”…and the absence of outcry from his pseudo-Christian supporters…your unconditional love and support of your son Zo aligns with Jesus’s primary message for our daily lives…Love one another.
It is mind boggling how some have misconstrued the Constitution and Christianity. The Constitution does not assign allegiance to any religion. On the contrary, it gives us the right to worship or not how we wish. The compassion forgiveness and tolerance aspired through the teachings of Jesus Christ seem to be missing.
And just for the record, since 2007, March 31 has been celebrated as Transgender Visibility Day. The fact that it coincides with Easter is of no significance. Those who choose to make it something that it isn’t are not students of the Constitution or followers of the word of Christ.
Man, oh man! I don’t know the author or his son. I fully appreciate,accept, understand his message. To the best of my ability.
As usual, your writing is filled with openness and love. Those who are offended by reality are unfortunately restricted by dogma, rather than by objective thinking and human compassion. I grew up in that atmosphere so I understand it. Luckily, that atmosphere of fear, paranoia and revulsion was gradually dispelled by the humans I met along the way to maturing. Thank you always for your insights and responses to dogmatic worldviews.
The reaction from some quarters when Easter fell this year on 3-31 which is also Transgender Visibility Day, certainly validated the need for a TransVisibility Day. Thank you for sharing your story.
Beautifully said!
Bravo, Will. And Zo. Keep loving.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Some of us live in a totally different world yet we walk beside one another every day. "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy."
I can feel the love this author is expressing
Thank you for sharing your story and your love.
Given the violent rhetoric which was spewed by the psychopath Ex-Prez Sunday…on “the most sacred Christian day of the year”…and the absence of outcry from his pseudo-Christian supporters…your unconditional love and support of your son Zo aligns with Jesus’s primary message for our daily lives…Love one another.
Your heart is in the right place.
Lucky are the parents who choose to grow with their kids.
Will! You are a very kind and wise human being.
To embrace others in all their variety is, to my mind, the greatest love of all.
My entry in the Ugliest Sentence contest:
“I’ll pray for you.”
It is mind boggling how some have misconstrued the Constitution and Christianity. The Constitution does not assign allegiance to any religion. On the contrary, it gives us the right to worship or not how we wish. The compassion forgiveness and tolerance aspired through the teachings of Jesus Christ seem to be missing.
And just for the record, since 2007, March 31 has been celebrated as Transgender Visibility Day. The fact that it coincides with Easter is of no significance. Those who choose to make it something that it isn’t are not students of the Constitution or followers of the word of Christ.
❤️