Let’s talk about how Tesco are supporting aggressive homosexuals who fundamentally shouldn’t be a part of society because they want to teach their unnatural gay ways in school to children from the age of 5.
Oh hai! Just another Saturday lunch with some evangelicals!
In case you were unaware, Tesco announced after 10 years it would no longer be supporting Race for Life. During the same week it was also revealed it would be giving £30,000 to the London gay pride event next year.
This, naturally, sparked every crazy with a keyboard to stomp to their computers in a strop and bash out thoughtful opinions such as,
“If gays want to dress up as Carmen Miranda or mince up and down The Mall in nothing but their knickers, that’s fine by me. But why would Britain’s biggest supermarket want to be associated with such an event, at the expense of cancer victims?”
Because, yes, that’s what Gay Pride is all about. It’s about body glitter and thongs and men wearing fairy wings and women wearing army boots and public acts of UNNATURAL GAY BEHAVIOURS!!!
The furore of boycotts being arranged by (mostly) Christian groups is sad, disgraceful, laughable, but unfortunately not unexpected.
What these people do not seem to realise is Tesco have a very big and very well organised LGBT network for their employees. Out at Tesco is well established, well organised, and exists in every Tesco store across the country. Out at Tesco have shown their support for Gay Pride all across the country for quite a while!
It is also important to note, Tesco employees are still being encouraged to raise money for Race for Life and take part in it. Just like every other year. Tesco is simply withdrawing from being the named sponsorship on the signs. They give to a lot of different charities every year. Cancer research was just one of them. This was not, and is not, a either/or situation.
So whilst slurping my carrot and lentil soup, made by The Geek, because hello! I’m a woman that doesn’t cook, my Saturday lunch took a decidedly unexpected turn for the mind boggling. Opinions and ideas that are always ridiculous when spoken out loud were shared by some. I was so taken off guard I’m surprised I didn’t swallow my spoon, but I was also saddened that I knew there would be absolutely no point in engaging in the conversation.
I am not shy when it comes to disagreeing/pointing out sheer stupidity - but when you know you fundamentally disagree with pretty much all of some believe, it would be frustrating to constantly be That Person.
However, if I could do that lunch again, there are many things I might say.
I might say homosexuality is still illegal and a punishable offence in 41 countries. The death penalty is the verdict for a lot of these. I might say how Gay Pride is an event that shows just how far along our country is compared to others, and how that is something to be proud of.
I might say how the suicide rate of LGBT teens is 5 times higher than heterosexual teens. I might say how tragic any loss of such possibility and life is. I might say how important it is to support organisations, such as Gay Pride, who help combat this.
I might say how tolerance and not judging are supposed to be foundations of the ‘Christian’ faith.
I should have said how sexual orientation is not chosen. I should have said that awareness of different sexual orientations should be taught from a young age. Because maybe then there would be less ignorance, less hate attacks, less suicide, less homo and transphobia.
But I bit my lip, breathed deep, and sat silent.
So really, let’s talk about how ashamed of myself I am right now. Because on one out of the three or four times a year I see them, I sat silent.
I sat silent.
