Pride Month: What's the Point?

Everyone is wishing everyone "Happy Pride Month" this June. So you'll be asking, "What's wrong with that"? Well, for me, there is much wrong with it. The LGBTQ community have much to celebrate. They have same sex marriage, they can adopt kids or have kids through surrogate mothers, they are equal members of society, they can drive, work, go to college/uni, embrace faith, so what else do they want?

I fully understand there is still prejudice out there. Hate is wrong, and only through understanding do we understand each other. However, by keeping trumpeting what they are, having marches, events, and flags, are they helping themselves?

Inasmuch as many people support these events, whatever their sexuality, there will be those turned off. Not that they are necessarily anti-LGBTQ, although there will be some, but they think that these events are overkill.

Does this suggest that there is some insecurity here? In reply, they would say they need these events to remind people of what they are and celebrate. And, that would be a fair and confident reply, however, one could argue that if a group has to keep broadcasting what they are, they are insecure in themselves.

The question has to be asked: why do they take over everything, and why do they need a month? Like any marginalised group or former marginalised group, is this necessary?

I am a Christian, and respect everyone as a human being or try to, just as Jesus did and does. However, I cannot, for scriptural reasons, accept their lifestyle; if I did, then I might as well not be a Christian. If you think that makes me a bigot, fair enough, people may vehemently disagree, and that's fine. My Assistant Manager at the PDSA charity shop where I work is gay, however, I don't treat him like a pariah. He's a human being and my boss, so I treat him with respect. I hope he treats me as a human being. I wear my cross openly, and he is aware of what I am. Yet he has not challenged me, and that's good. As a Christian, I must treat everyone the same, and if I get the chance and if people ask me why I wear a cross, I would explain to them. How they take it is a matter for them.

As I walk through Blackpool, which has the reputation of being the LGBTQ capital of Northern England, it feels very alien and exclusionary. When you walk through an area that is flying LGBTQ flags, there are marches, there are events, etc, it can make you feel very excluded. When you cannot agree with the narrative, it feels like you are the odd one. You may say that is an extreme view, but it makes you feel like a minority, even threatened.

When one ideology is being pushed on you, this smacks of authoritarianism. If there were a Christian month with Christian symbols, events, etc, it would be accused of pushing beliefs on others of another faith or those who do not believe.

So, my question is, why is one group allowed to push their agenda while another is not? And that this is the whole problem with so-called equality and diversity. They speak of everyone being included, which sounds fair enough; however, this is far from the truth. I'm not just picking on the LGBTQ community, I am talking about across the spectrum.

Groups like Women, Blacks, Muslims, etc, are allowed to push their agenda while others are not. Again, don't get me wrong, people have the right to a free, fair, and secure life. However, certain groups seem to get more exposure while others do not. So this is certainly not equality, and makes a mockery of the meaning of the word.

In the ideal world and in a free society, which we supposedly are, it was always said, "You may not agree with someone, but you would back them to the hilt to hold that view".

However, the narrative has changed; you may feel you have the right to criticise certain views, but many find themselves becoming the pariah of society. Cancelled, out of a job, shunned, hated, because they do not get along with a certain programme. While groups like white people, Christians, etc, are fair game.

In trying to make marginalised groups more involved, we have replaced one form of tyranny with another. Groups that were formerly oppressed, hated, and marginalised are now the norm. Others that were the norm are now the oppressed, the marginalised, the hated.

How ironic then, in trying to make others accepted, we have made those who were accepted unaccepted.

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