[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[Kathryn Lambert]

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  Katie said:

I will never understand how someone else's sexuality, skin color, 
ethnicity, religion...etc. can be morally offensive to another 
person, or threatening to their rights and way of life. 
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What I *would* like is if those people would have a genuine change 
of heart and realize that gay people, or black people, or Muslim 
people, or whoever it is that they don't like, isn't a threat to 
them or their way of life.

Tonks:

I suggest that you go to Yahoo Answers on any given night between 
2am and 6am EST and read the post in Society and Culture under the 
subheading 'Religion and Spirituality' . You will get quite an eye 
opener and different view of things. There are many groups that are 
a "threat to our rights and way of life”. I no long post there 
because I was sent a very threating vidio. Ask me about the tolerant 
feelings that I have for that group of people now!!
   
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  ***Katie again:
   
  Well, I didn't mean unreasonable people or fringe groups. I am quite aware of the dangers of extremism in any belief system.
   
   
  Obviously people that advocate jihad are a threat. Obviously people that advocate blowing up abortion clinics because of right-wing Christianity are a threat. Obviously people that believe in violence and hate and justify it behind a veil of religion are a threat.
   
   
  I didn't mean crazy people! I meant regular, mainstream religious organizations that are legitimate. Regular mainstream Islam does not advocate violence, and therefore is not a threat. Islamic belief systems are not a threat to Christianity. They are not in competition with one another. Again, I do not include any cult-like or extremist groups in this. 
   
   
  My point was, homosexuality in no way threatens heterosexuality and vice versa. I simply extended that into religion. I could have used ethnicity as well. My being English doesn't threaten someone else being Iranian, or Canadian. 
   
   
  Now, if I decide that my being English is better than someone being Iranian, and I decide that their being Iranian is a threat to me, and I decide to act upon that feeling by not employing Iranians at my business, or allowing my children to play with Iranians...or read books with Iranian characters...now I have crossed a line. See what I'm getting at? 
   
   
  I was just trying to make a point about how belief systems, just like personal sexuality, do not infringe on anyone else's rights. And so, I obviously didn't mean people or groups whose sole purpose *is* to infringe on other people's rights. I am sorry if that wasn't clear. Katie


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