It's Not All Bad.... It Gets Better (Gift from Pixar)
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By Will Femia (The Maddow Blog)
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Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:01 PM EST
One day earlier this week, Laura's "LGBT not welcome" post achieved the rare status of seeing more traffic than the blog's front page that day. Judging by the comments on the post, the MaddowBlog community received the news with an admirable mix of outrage and compassion. But the fact that some countries want to reserve the right to kill their gay people is pretty sucky news. As bold as TRMS viewers are, homophobia around the world is a crappy reality to have to face.
So in case you took that news too much to heart, here's something to keep in mind: New reporting this week puts at over 40,000 the number of Finns who have renounced their membership in the national Finnish Lutheran Church as a result of the hateful positions expressed by representatives of the church on a televised debate about gay rights last month.
Also, keep in mind, it gets better.
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Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:01 PM EST
One day earlier this week, Laura's "LGBT not welcome" post achieved the rare status of seeing more traffic than the blog's front page that day. Judging by the comments on the post, the MaddowBlog community received the news with an admirable mix of outrage and compassion. But the fact that some countries want to reserve the right to kill their gay people is pretty sucky news. As bold as TRMS viewers are, homophobia around the world is a crappy reality to have to face.
So in case you took that news too much to heart, here's something to keep in mind: New reporting this week puts at over 40,000 the number of Finns who have renounced their membership in the national Finnish Lutheran Church as a result of the hateful positions expressed by representatives of the church on a televised debate about gay rights last month.
Also, keep in mind, it gets better.
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