Ivan wrote the following as a comment to my “About the video – background” entry. Because he edited the video and has a somewhat different take on it than I, I thought his comment warranted its own post.
For me the comparison between the KKK and the door to door Mormon is in that they are two organized forces of hate, both shrouding themselves with holy white garbs… Just a humorous comparison between both. But to the point I think. I added the “then” and “now” to stress the point between them in case it was too obtuse without the reference. Mormon’s are at the core of organizing the propaganda against us, therefore “lynching” our kind, claiming that we are something immoral as opposed to showing that our love is part of nature. Men loving men is as natural and as much God’s plan as men loving women. Its Love, period. Nothing unnatural about it. If it were not his plan, why the hell did he put the “prostate” our G-spot, where he did, he knew what he was doing in the big picture, so there…. prove me wrong.
I do hate that they make us seem unholy, when in fact we can be quite spiritual and religious. Luckily for those that still have some faith in us, we have the Episcopalian faction to embrace and accept us. They elected Gene Robinson, the first openly gay, non-celibate priest to be ordained a bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate. Pretty amazing in fact.
As for the Borg reference, when Rob mentioned the borg for the blah blah blahs, I wanted to draw the parallel of the borg assimilation process with what is happening in some churches across the nation. The ones that teach discrimination. Trust me I had plenty of hateful footage of church sermons to inter cut with the borg footage, but then decided to link the two in a “pan out” dissolve after seeing gorgeous Bjorn Borg’s video, “Love for All”
Resistance is NOT futile!
I grew up with a very ignorant and very racist father who has accepted my homosexuality by choice although not fully. My personal life is never really discussed or inquired about, so they do miss on a lot of my life… but I choose to break that cycle of inbreed hate that has been passed on for generations. And it is that same call to action that we stress here in the video. It is far bigger than just about Prop 8 and the right to marry. It is about general acceptance, we are no less human nor should our rights be.
Our goal now is to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act across the nation, not just repeal Prop 8.
Ivan, thanks for helping Rob (or: doing most of the work) and sharing your views on God. Thrive!
Bravo to the both of you!
watching it again, i’m struck how well edited it is. Ivan-bravo to you. you knocked that one out of the park. just great! thank you so much.
Ivan, you did a great job.
Now, see if you can get Rob in another video, heh..heh..heh
(Oh don’t clutch the pearls – it’s a blog done by a really hot gay man – you knew this comment was coming eventually) LOL