HRC and AFA

Quick background: The America Family Association has been doing a series of broadcasts on their network about the censorship of Christians who preach, protest, etc. against homosexuality and the virulent often violent reactions they receive from some homosexual groups. The AFA took these broadcasts and boiled them down to an hour-long documentary called “Silencing the Christians.” They bought some airtime on some Michigan television stations to show the video.

Bring in the Human Rights Campaign. The group that fights for gay rights, showcases companies that provide benefits to gay couples, etc. The HRC sent out a frantic action alert calling on all supporters of gay rights and the LGBT community to write, e-mail and call the Michigan TV stations to get the show pulled, and it worked. The stations gave in and denied the freedom of speech and freedom of the press to the AFA that they had bought!

Here is my problem. The HRC encouraged everyone and succeeded in doing to the AFA the exact thing the documentary accuses homosexuals of. Don’t get me wrong. I totally disagree with the AFA’s stance on the issue of gay rights. However, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, the AFA has the absolute right to those hold those beliefs and to express them in a peaceful, non-slanderous manner. That includes producing a video and buying airtime to have it shown.

No one has the right to do anything to take that away from the AFA. The HRC also has the right to its beliefs, but in expressing those beliefs, they cannot take action to deny those same rights they fight for and would scream if they were denied, to others. It is wrong to compel a group of citizens of work to deny anyone their Constitutional rights.

If this same situation would have happened in reverse (and it has) all hell would have broken loose from the HRC.

These are the exact types of things conservative groups look to when demonizing the gay rights movement and homosexuals. In fact, in the documentary “Silencing the Christians,” looks to a book written by two gay men that talks about how to bring the public consciousness to support gay rights. The show quite convincingly showed how the gay rights movement is doing exactly what the book said should be done.

I suggest you watch the movie: http://www.silencingchristians.com. It is enlighting.

And if anyone from the HRC is reading this, you are being exactly what the Christians say you are.

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