Majority rules
The majority of the gays and lesbians I have met in Hawaii live their lives in fear of what will happen if others find out, and so they would never speak out openly in favor of Legislation that would give them rights. It won’t protect them from the violence and hatred that are so accepted here, mostly from people who say they are following the love of Christ. Christ did the opposite of the majority.
He was the only one who did not discriminate against the poor and lepers and tax collectors, all those despised and condemned by the majority when he was on this earth. Gays and lesbians are the ones treated like lepers by Christians today, and everyone reading this has an opportunity to help change that.
Legislators cannot wait for approval by the oppressing majority. If you had been a legislator when African Americans were asking for equal rights, would you have voted against them because the majority of your white constituents didn’t want them to have equal rights? If you had been a legislator when women were asking for equal rights would you have voted against them because all of your voters were men and the majority didn’t want women to have equal rights?
Daniel Nelson
Kapaa
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