A girl walks through school,
and as soon as she goes in,
her religion counts for nothing.
Because no one respects it.
People hiss in the corridors
her religion, like it's an obscenity.
She must hide her faith
for her teacher would surely
look down apon her
for her beliefs.
In Chorus, she may get a lowered grade
for she feels very much uncomfortable
with the songs that directly contradict her faith.
Why?
~~~~~
You know, religion is not an in-born thing.
Yet we respect it.
Being queer isn't a bloody choice,
as says the entire frickin' medical community
yet it is not respected.
Why?
Because there is one branch of religions
whose extremists
impose their beliefs on others.
Gays are natural.
They aren't abusers, aren't freaks
aren't unnatural, aren't anything of the sort.
The reason gays are not allowed to
marry
or be protected by federal laws
or adopt in many states
is because
a religion in the United States
has members that enforce their beliefs
onto society.
Christians are persecuted?
Not here they aren't.
In fact,
it is people of their faith
who are doing the persecuting
profaning their God's name
and the rest of their religion
by such acts.
It violates the First Amendment,
by legislating a religious belief.
So, how about my religious freedom?
I guess it's because
I'm not really of a religion,
but of a philosophy...
like Buddhism is a philosophy...
~~~~~
They hiss "Atheist!" in the halls
the younger ones do.
And the teachers don't believe it.
They know Phelan better than that.
They know she is a good, moral theist,
because everyone knows
atheists are Communists,
amoral
even immoral
antiChrist
sneering, smirking bastards
out to destroy all religion.
Of course Phelan believes in a God.
I don't tell them the truth, of course.
I hide my religion.
I say "Secular Humanist" to disguise myself,
because my peers don't know
what secular means.
I go along in Chorus most of the time.
You know...
if a Jesus Freak refused to sing
a Muslim song
they'd accomodate them.
Why not me?
Because even if America isn't a Christian nation,
some extremists
are trying their damnedest
to make it a nation of their Christianity.
And when I look at it,
I fear.
~~~~~
A/N: Yes, well...I kept reading "Not a Lie" and I got kinda annoyed. Because it's so anti-non-Christian, it hurts me. And the whole persecution theme. I don't believe in most of the reports of Christians being persecuted in America -- mostly, it seems that the Christian far-right cries "Persecution!" whenever something doesn't go their way. I don't believe I'm being persecuted -- but I do think it's a bit of discrimination. And gays...yeah. ((Bi chickie here...hey, it doubles your chance for a date on Saturday night! ^_~))
Go ahead, review.
and as soon as she goes in,
her religion counts for nothing.
Because no one respects it.
People hiss in the corridors
her religion, like it's an obscenity.
She must hide her faith
for her teacher would surely
look down apon her
for her beliefs.
In Chorus, she may get a lowered grade
for she feels very much uncomfortable
with the songs that directly contradict her faith.
Why?
~~~~~
You know, religion is not an in-born thing.
Yet we respect it.
Being queer isn't a bloody choice,
as says the entire frickin' medical community
yet it is not respected.
Why?
Because there is one branch of religions
whose extremists
impose their beliefs on others.
Gays are natural.
They aren't abusers, aren't freaks
aren't unnatural, aren't anything of the sort.
The reason gays are not allowed to
marry
or be protected by federal laws
or adopt in many states
is because
a religion in the United States
has members that enforce their beliefs
onto society.
Christians are persecuted?
Not here they aren't.
In fact,
it is people of their faith
who are doing the persecuting
profaning their God's name
and the rest of their religion
by such acts.
It violates the First Amendment,
by legislating a religious belief.
So, how about my religious freedom?
I guess it's because
I'm not really of a religion,
but of a philosophy...
like Buddhism is a philosophy...
~~~~~
They hiss "Atheist!" in the halls
the younger ones do.
And the teachers don't believe it.
They know Phelan better than that.
They know she is a good, moral theist,
because everyone knows
atheists are Communists,
amoral
even immoral
antiChrist
sneering, smirking bastards
out to destroy all religion.
Of course Phelan believes in a God.
I don't tell them the truth, of course.
I hide my religion.
I say "Secular Humanist" to disguise myself,
because my peers don't know
what secular means.
I go along in Chorus most of the time.
You know...
if a Jesus Freak refused to sing
a Muslim song
they'd accomodate them.
Why not me?
Because even if America isn't a Christian nation,
some extremists
are trying their damnedest
to make it a nation of their Christianity.
And when I look at it,
I fear.
~~~~~
A/N: Yes, well...I kept reading "Not a Lie" and I got kinda annoyed. Because it's so anti-non-Christian, it hurts me. And the whole persecution theme. I don't believe in most of the reports of Christians being persecuted in America -- mostly, it seems that the Christian far-right cries "Persecution!" whenever something doesn't go their way. I don't believe I'm being persecuted -- but I do think it's a bit of discrimination. And gays...yeah. ((Bi chickie here...hey, it doubles your chance for a date on Saturday night! ^_~))
Go ahead, review.