You fell into it right there. You generalized and called me bigoted, twisted and hateful, yet I am often the most neutral of writers in the LGBT sphere. I rarely go on the attack, and usually do so when I have been personally insulted. I have had many a decent conversation with people of the opposite view point. I make it a point not to attack the person directly, but their logic and their points. Still, you have just labeled me a twisted, bigoted, hateful person.

I am sorry, but unless you have stop with your own generalizations, Mr. Jackson, you are not convincing me of anything. In fact, all you are doing is showing just how bigoted your views are.

Often times, what is bigoted hate speech to one group is the “truth” to another. Antisemites honestly believe that they are telling the truth and not being hateful. Racists honestly believe the stereotypes and hate speech they use constantly is not hateful, but rather the truth. You do not believe that you are being bigoted because you believe what you are saying is the reality no matter how much it runs contrary to the real world.

I have listened to twenty years of Christians whine about being denied the right to turn this country into a theocracy and claim that they are being discriminated against. I have been the victim of religious harassment on the job. I have had to sit and listen to people defame my very life in the name of religion, and the fact that I am not some twisted, hateful, and bigoted individual who resorts to stereotypes about Christian Bible Thumpers or call them all sorts of vile names is rather amazing. I do my best to be respectful. If the other side were to do the same for me and my kind, maybe we could have a discussion instead of an argument. Heck, it isn’t even an argument, it is the automatic gainsaying of what ever the other side says and intense verbal abuse. Complaining that the LGBT Community is hateful and bigoted is not any more accurate than one of us attacking all people of faith. There are good and supportive people of a variety of faiths, and even those who disagree with us but are respectful. Unfortunately, a few bad people spoil the debate.

As for Mr. Grard, I did not attack him, nor did I defame him in this article. I see that there is a lot of information missing, and that this is likely not the full story. Should it be proven that Mr. Grard was fired for a single transgression and lapse in judgment, then this blog will stand beside him in demanding his job be reinstated or other compensation be made for his termination. Should, however, it be proven otherwise and that there were other circumstances involved, then we will stand behind his termination. Until all- and I do mean all- of the facts are in from all sides, then nothing can be determined or stated with any accuracy.

The Email was not sent to him as a citizen, unless you have some kind of prescient knowledge regarding this issue. In point of fact, Mr. Grard responded in an unprofessional manner to a press release. He was not fired because he was a Christian, and the HRC did not demand that he be fired. He was fired for being unprofessional in his duties as a reporter.

I will be blunt, as a whole, the LGBT Community puts up with a lot with regards to being denigrated. We are called ‘perverts’, ‘pedophiles’, ‘monsters’, and a whole lot worse every day. Members of our Community are regularly raped, murdered, assaulted, and have their property vandalized for the “crime” of being gay, lesbian or transgender. The same does NOT happen to Mormons and Catholics yet. It will happen, especially when men like Grard blame being Christian for the loss of their job.

Now, I did not write up something that demonized Mr. Grard, but you feel as if it is your “duty” to come in here and attack us for reporting on what happened. I do feel that there is more here than shows, but I have a very strong feeling that Grard was fired for a lot more than just this incident.

What happened to this “good Christian” is that he was raped when he was eleven years old by a 23 year old gay activist. I share that with you so you can have something else to mock me for, other than being a Christian.