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http://dayofsilence.org

I got this in my email. You register and then advertise it at school, at your GSA club, or whatever.

"The Day of Silence, a project of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in collaboration with the United States Student Association (USSA), is a student-led day of action where those who support making anti-LGBT bias unacceptable in schools take a day-long vow of silence to recognize and protest the discrimination and harassment -- in effect, the silencing -- experienced by LGBT students and their allies.

The Day of Silence takes place April 13, 2005. Don't wait! register online today!"

Please get involved! It looks pretty freakin' awesome! I hope I can get a button or a T-shirt to wear that day or something!

last year was so much fun.

lunch was the worst, all of us sitting there skratching away at our note pads. . . the most awkward was a friend and i having a fight through notes. . . like grade nine all over again.

my school didn't let me post signs or anything the day before.
it was really dumb. i got quite angry and made shirts and signs for everyone participating to wear, cause the GAP taught me long ago tht human beings are potential billboards.

all the more reason to go ahead and do it. . . i don't meen to dis your church or anything, but i have a few issues with the church's stance on the gay and lesbien issue.
the church has changed in the past, there was a time when eating meat on certain days of the week was a hell worthy tresspass (thank you dogma for making that point), and also a time where divorce was enough to be cassed out of the congrigation.

just because their only experience with homosexuality was also child molestation, doesn't mean that's what it's all about. . . ok, that was unfair of me.

but really, with enough urging, the chirch can move on this too.
and your in a perfect position to make these things happen.
especially concerning discrimination in schools.
religious beliefs or not, no human being deserves to be discriminated against in a place of learning, nor should any human being fell unwelcome to celebrate their faith because of their sexuality, or any other factor.

Catholic school, though...

Man, that's gotta suck...

thanks for the support though... I want a T-shirt!!! Where can I get one!!?

I wanna get a button that says, "ask me about my vow of silence" lol

Advertise it. You dont have to put your name on it, but you should. This is important.

Right now, the Campus Crusade for Christ is already making plans to counteract the day of silence. THey do that every year (these people should be ashamed to call themselves christian) and the Pride Alliance is doing nothing to plan for this.

So any ideas about defense for those who try to counteract the day of silence???

Fundies really hate it when you ignore them so that sounds like a good idea. whee

yay! day of silence! I did this last year and it was sooooooooooo cool... a lot of kids are starting to participate so I think it's really making a difference in our school. It's an awesome idea.

Its only against homosexual marriage because Catholicism can't change their rules. Its laid a plan for Christianity that isn't changed, and if it is, then a new religion is formed. Thats what sects of Christianty are such as the protestants and Lutherans. Otherwise the church may have changed its rules.

This is a question to anyone, so get uot them bibles! What chapter and verse specifically states anything about Gays being sinners and going to hell and all that stuff? Cause I've looked it up alot and challenged a lt of religious fanatics that I know about these things, so i wnat to know if i'm actually wrong. remember, i'm looking for a passage. reward is what? like... 200 gold? i dunno.