THOUGHTS FROM THE STATE DIRECTOR
THOUGHTS ON VICTIMS
Discrimination is in the eyes of the beholder. I could
claim discrimination as a Christian when my views
are silenced by the media; the discrimination the
media calls "fairness." I could feel maltreated when I
am portrayed as a bigot by those who disagree with
me. However, one of the definitions of discrimination
is "victimization." Victimization has to be proved. I
refuse to be a victim just because I stand up for the
truth and righteousness and justice for all, not just a
few. I am reminded that those who founded this great
land were not popular, nor were they operating without
the risk of retaliation from those in power. The
monarchy they were fleeing was about privileges for a
few; they wanted fairness for all people.
Sexual orientation and "gender identity"
This week I had the opportunity to testify against SB
169, a bill that adds sexual orientation and gender
identity to Kansas discrimination law. As I read
through the bill, I began to think about the
word "orientation" and wondering just what that
meant. According to the thesaurus I consulted one of
its meanings is "a leaning toward something." So I
must conclude that sexual orientation is a leaning
toward a certain sexual proclivity; that it is either a
choice, or there is a coercive force. According to the
proponents of the bill, their "leaning" is involuntary; it is
produced by genetics ... not their choice. However,
how does one lean toward something without a
causal driving force? The studies which are oft-
quoted by those in the homosexual lifestyle have been
proven to be methodologically flawed. The so-
called "genetic theory" is proof that the proclivity to
homosexuality is not genetically-linked because they
would have died out by now; they don't reproduce.
The causal agent is more likely environmental: family
relationships, abuse or the absence of a father-figure
at a formative age of bonding. While these factors
illicit compassion and concern, they do not take away
one's choice to abide by time-honored heterosexual
bonding.
Perception of one's sexual identity rules the
day
As for "gender identity", I am amazed that rational
lawmakers would even consider the idea that
whatever sexual perception one has for themselves
on a given day must be recognized and supported by
society. In other words, we must accommodate their
sexual orientation du jour. Imagine an employer who
on the day before interviewed what he perceived to be
a man confronted with a cross-dresser the next day?
What about restrooms? Will we have to wonder who
is in the stall next door?
Victims?
What about victimhood? The homosexual lobby and
the media would like us to believe that all
homosexuals, trans-gendered, bi-sexual, or whatever,
are oppressed and victimized. However, when one
looks at traditional evidence of victimization as defined
by civil rights laws, this community does not meet the
standards of immutability; economic deprivation and
powerlessness resulting from that economic
distress. Victimhood is the name of the game. One
proponent testified that she, as an educator, had been
fired by her school after she publicly "came out." She
failed to mention that it was a Christian school that let
her go after paying off her contract. The homosexual
community, because of their large disposable income
is highly sought-after by marketers, thus eliminating
their victimhood at least in the economic department.
Their powerlessness is a joke; who has not heard of
the bullying tactics and threats that accompany their
extortion of Fortune 500 companies who do not
approve of or accommodate their lifestyle? What
about Proposition 8 in California? I would imagine the
mob rallies at churches that supported Prop 8 and the
harassment and intimidation of those who contributed
money to passing Prop 8 would not believe their
oppressors were victims.
Bullies
The man who accosted me after I left the committee
room made it clear that nothing short of hearty
approval of his lifestyle would be tolerated. The blogs
which followed several news stories about the
hearing also made it imminently clear that
the "victims" were hardly victims; they are
bullies.
Victimhood is a cop-out
Personally, I refuse to be a victim even though I felt
intimidated by some of the responses I have received
from the other side of this issue. I am not a victim; I
am standing up for justice for all, not just a small
privileged group who wants special rights.
In Him,
Judy Smith
State Director
Concerned Women for America of Kansas
P. O. Box 11233
Shawnee Mission, KS 66207
Phone/Fax: 913-491-1380
Email: director@kansas.cwfa.org
Web site: kansas.cwfa.org |