Maria Triveri, the mother of a gay son, recently wrote an open letter to Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin in which she urges the politico to have a softer heart for the homos:
I cried for my son when he told me. I didn’t cry because he was gay, but because I knew what he was in for-the slurs, the ignorance, the hatred that he would have to endure. I laugh when I hear people say it is choice. A choice? What does someone do, just wake up and say, “Oh, I guess I’ll be gay today.” Why would someone choose to be gay when there are so many mean-spirited, evil people out there who hate them and seem to think they could change them?
So this letter goes out to Sarah Palin’s church, and churches like hers that think you could change my son and other gay people. You want to pray for my son because he’s gay? Bless you for wanting to pray for my son. Prayers are good; I say them every day. However, he doesn’t need your prayers because he’s gay, he doesn’t have an illness nor is he abnormal, nor is he not loved in the eyes of my Lord.
If you want to pray, why don’t your followers pray that the Lord blesses them with an open heart, tolerance, kindness and understanding? Why don’t they ask the Lord to pray for all who are different to keep them safe and loved? That’s what a true Christian would do.
Mama Triveri also discusses how her son looked to join the military after the September 11 terrorist attacks. She feared for him not simply because war can kill, but because of the army’s prohibitions on openly gay soldiers. Writes Triveri, “…No parent should have to worry that their child is going to be beaten or killed because of his sexual orientation. If you’re gay, you’re a sitting target. It is open season to make fun of them, ridicule them, or be disgusted by them.” Word.
marco hussein channing
Sarah Palin, who believes in speaking in tongues, hunting for witches, teaching creationism, and having 14 year-olds give birth to incest rape babies is living in the 19th Century. She is a documented liar (her response to the Troopergate ruling), so just because she says she “tolerates” the gays doesn’t mean she will. One simply needs to look at her extreme religious beliefs to find out who Sarah Palin is.
And she ain’t no friend of ours.
ChicagoJimmy
But Marco, doesn’t she have many friends in her life who have chosen to be gay. While that isn’t a choice she would make, she doesn’t think that choice should prevent someone from making a hospital visit. She also doesn’t have a problem if people choose to be in a gay relationship, so long as that relationship doesn’t resemble marriage. Also, she said science should be taught in science class, just not in biology, health, or sex education class.
I saw Kathy Griffin last night and she summed it up the best, I think. She said it all in two little words, “Dumb Cunt!”
Jason Burns
GO MOM!
This is a letter my mother would write! I think that more parents, friends, co-workers, and supporters of BiGLBT people need to come out like this.
A target is only an easy target if there is nothing else in the way of hitting it. Cunts like this tyrant from the tundra need to be told THEY’RE WRONG. They’re evil. They’re abnormal.
After all – the bitch herself chose to be straight, right?
fredo777
I’m tired of hearing + seeing Palin, though we haven’t even known who she was for more than a bit now.
Nails on a chalkboard.
Chris
Maria Triveri has written one of the smartest and most articulate letters expressing exactly what I believe. Those were beautiful words that everyone (especially those professing to be Christians) should hear and live.
kevin
be grateful for the unstoppable force of evolution which will eventually sloth off the likes of Palin.
CHURCHILL-Y
Right on mom Triveri! Palin needs to hear from moms like her who have GLBT sons and daughters.
I’m sure the more she hears from them she will come to fully understand that ours is not a choice and she will become a great ally of ours.
john
God I love mothers, parents, FAMILY, like this. Willing to stand up against the zealots and close-minded. Why can’t this be my mom or ANYONE in my family who thinks being gay is either a choice or something that could have been avoided had I not watched so much Laverne and Shirley. Seriously, my mother still asks my friends after 20 years of me being out to her, if I have still decided to be gay or if I’ve gone back to being straight yet. Until then she doesn’t want to hear from me, yet this woman who wrote such an awesome letter…I’m going to ask her to adopt me.
JJ
Sarah Palin is a cancer on the Republican party. Her Hitleresque talents are a threat to our country’s values. She speaks for a strident minority, the way Hitler did, and she would use any power she gets to get more. I can easily see her forcing homosexuals to wear pink triangles when they venture out in public — her pastor might tell her its God’s will. That would be enough for her.
If McCain had really wanted to or thought he could win he wouldn’t have allowed the crackpot wing of his party to force her on him. He may have had a brief window of opportunity to dump her, but its too late.
I think he’s decided to go down with the ship, which at 72 years young is not that tough of a decision (his old bones must ache).
On the bright side, Bush has fewer than 100 days left in office!
tracy johnson
This was absolutely beautiful; and I doubt will have any effect whatsoever on someone as far gone as little Miss Alaska.
What would have an effect?
Whoever becomes surgeon general in the next administration needs to make a definitive statement on the origin of sexuality. Much like C. Everrett Coop during the Reagan administration.
Yes, I know, but one can but dream.
ChicagoJimmy
JJ-
I have a new theory on the Palin pick. I’m guessing that McCain really wanted to pick Joe Lieberman, that’s what the pundits seem to think. I think he could also have easily gone with someone like Charlie Crist or Tom Ridge. His party or handlers wouldn’t let him choose any of those guys though because of their Pro-Choice stance or whatever.
So here’s McCain being forced by the same assholes who screwed him over 8 years ago to pick someone he doesn’t really want or could really help him to win. He decides at that point to screw them right back. I can imagine his thinking, “If I’m going down because of these holier-than-thou jerks, I’m going to take them with me!” He then pick Palin, who is adored by the religious right and has become their new standard bearer.
What they didn’t count on was her utter lack of intelligence or ability to connect with anyone that isn’t already in their camp. Sarah Palin spells the end of the religious right as a powerful political force. They have propelled her to “star” status within their party and will be saddled with her inept leadership until her future failed presidential run.
Perhaps John was thinking “Country First” when he chose her. He imagines a country without the influence of right-wing religious nuts and is willing to take the fall to get it accomplished.
Jack E. Jett
http://palinaspresident.com/
the best palin parody yet.
click around. giggles and poppers for days.
BobP
What a great letter. Even the most simple minded person could understand it. Bravo!
Maybe mothers and fathers across the country should send whats-her-name (I just can’t) tens of thousands of similar letters, and cc the local newspaper.
I love to hear you-know-who’s response, too.