tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859942738506247433.post3775778022212662325..comments2023-06-13T10:36:03.712-05:00Comments on Bilgrimage: Prejudice Is of a Single Bit: The Continuing Importance of Bayard RustinWilliam D. Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859942738506247433.post-16598482072248673602008-07-07T15:24:00.000-05:002008-07-07T15:24:00.000-05:00Colleen, you're right--Bayard Rustin is truly amaz...Colleen, you're right--Bayard Rustin is truly amazing. I think now may be the time when he finally receives the commemoration due to him as one of the leading theorists of the U.S. civil rights movement in the 20th century. He exemplifies the passage in which the gospels say that Jesus came to his own, and his own refused to know him. It's deeply sad that much of the worst prejudice he experienced as a gay man came from within the ranks of the civil rights movement itself.<BR/><BR/>His ability to carry on despite the prejudice is, to me, a testament to his spirituality--both the Quaker spirituality that insists we keep trying to proceed "as way opens" when injustice blocks one way, and the spirituality of satyagraha, which saw nonviolence as the active struggle against injustice.<BR/><BR/>That fascist agenda is really apparent in the churches these days, isn't it? Even a leading Anglican evangelical bishop recently noted that GAFCON was all about trying to bully the worldwide Anglican communion. <BR/><BR/>When I see pictures of gay pride marchers beaten recently in eastern Europe by fascist skinheads, I wonder why the churches spend so much time condemning gays--and not fascist violence like this. The fascism used to attack gays physically in some countries is actually rooted in the churches!William D. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859942738506247433.post-9805319330150105722008-07-07T13:30:00.000-05:002008-07-07T13:30:00.000-05:00Bayard Rustin is an amazing man, and apparently a ...Bayard Rustin is an amazing man, and apparently a very forgiving one.<BR/><BR/>As to the question as to whether Christians make hideous distinctions about their gay brothers, I'd say it's more like they're using their gay brothers to emphasize their hideous distinctions and hide their fascist agenda.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.com