If you speak against the LGBT community or same-sex marriage, apparently you need to be prepared. Some people feel that you don’t have a right to recount your own experiences without putting your family in jeopardy and being subjected to harassment, bullying, and threats of all kinds. This is NOT civil discourse. This is dangerous. The only way to stop a bully is to stand up to them. There’s power in numbers. If you know someone who is being threatened like this, help them and stand with them. It could be you next time.
Here is an excerpt from Rivka Edelman’s recent experiences as a result of recounting her life as a “product of same-sex parenting” in a brief to the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
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Here Mr. Rose, human rights activist (is that a day job?), threatened my career with much bravado:
She thought she was going to get away with demonizing gay people behind pseudonyms “Ryvka Edelman” … et cetera, but my message to the gay-bashing bigot is YOU’LL NEVER EAT LUNCH IN THIS TOWN AGAIN.
She can forget that one.
And now that editors and English Department Chairs know that [Rivka Edelman] is a vicious anti-LGBT bigot, they have more information for their publishing and hiring decisions.
P.S. to Rivka – Rots a Ruck getting your work published in any non-religious, non-bigot publication, now that the world knows that [Rivka] is a malicious, lying, anti-LGBT bigot.
The police have his name now.
Perhaps they see us, the adult children of gay homes, as a threat, so we are attacked and our families threatened. They posted on Craigslist looking for information about me.
Good God. Maybe I’m on Grindr, too.
You can read the entire article here (well-worth the time!)
Editors Note: This article authored by Rivka Edelman is reprinted from BarbWire.com courtesy Matt Barber via Liberty Alliance
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Matt Barber is founder and editor-in chief of BarbWire.com. He is an author, columnist, cultural analyst and an attorney concentrating in constitutional law. Having retired as an undefeated heavyweight professional boxer, Matt has taken his fight from the ring to the culture war. (Follow Matt on Twitter: @jmattbarber).
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