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- From: jackies@fc.hp.com (Jackie Sheddy X6958)
- Subject: Re: Personal losses in CO 2
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:55:47 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.111021.21793@lclark.edu>
- Organization: The Edge of the Final Frontier
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- Bil Snodgrass (snodgras@lclark.edu) wrote:
- :
- :
- : Then I asked, really thinking I knew deep in my heart how she really voted,
- : how she voted on CO 2. When she said yes on CO 2 my head swirlled in
- : disbelief. Before the election I had several deep deep conversations with
- : her about what CO 2 was about. I shared my fears of what this measure
- : and the others in this country really represented. She asked me
- : questions, the typical "I know nothing" questions and I tried to
- : give her a well balanced educational spiel.
- :
- : My mother is now angry at the Gay community and says that we have no
- : right to boycott Colorado. She says that the Gays on T.V. are
- : obnoxious and that we are not a minority. She said that the right
- : wing fanatic groups are composed of real nice people (she lives in
- : Colorado Springs) and that they were only acting out of their hearts.
- : I said that we have the right to boycott just as much as she
- : and the majority of voting Coloradians had the right to vote the
- : way they felt. It is a free country.
- :
- :
- : I could go on and on. I couldn't believe my mother. It really hurts.
- :
- : Well I am here to say that it is just as possible for me to let go
- : of them. That I don't deserve the pain they have caused me. That I
- : shouldn't accept their ignorance on my Gayness. That if they cannot
- : share in a relationship with me that I cannot as a humanbeing support
- : the relationship all on my own.
- :
- : I feel like there is such a huge void in my life now. I never thought that
- : I would have to let go of them even when I thought there might be a chance
- : of me losing them I always knew that they would be in my heart...that I
- : wouldn't have to let go.
- :
- : But how can I survive as a healthy person in a relationship with people
- : who read People magazine and watch Oprah (not a put down unless these
- : are their sole source of information)?
- :
- : I have to let go. They cannot or shouldn't have this power of pain
- : inducement.
- :
- : As I said I could go on. I share this mumbling with you (more so than
- : my normal) because I do not want to bring them into my life, into my
- : circle of friends in essance my real family, those I have met over the
- : years.....
- :
- : These relationships are what I created
- : to survive, what I became part of so that I could have people with
- : depth and vision in my life. I don't have the energy any longer to
- : hold on to something that only existed out of socially induced mythology.
- :
- : Bil Snodgrass III
-
- Bil;
-
- I experienced something similar with my folks. I emailed you my
- account, but thought I'd post it, too.
-
- I talked to my parents somtime in Dec. They asked what I
- thought about the boycott. I told them I had mixed feelings
- since I was caught in the middle and all. My dad decided to
- tell me EXACTLY what rights he thought gays should NOT have.
- About that time, I got *REAL* pissed. We got into a big
- arguement and he kind of backed it up with a "Sorry, but...."
- spiel.
-
- My mom tried to appologize for him and I told her that it wasn't
- her place to appologize for him. Needless to say, I, too, am
- hurt and angry. I just don't feel as close to my parents as I
- used to.
-
- --
- Regards,
-
- Jackie
- jackies@hpxxx.fc.hp.com
- Hate is NOT a Family Value!!
-
-