HomeMy WebLinkAboutNon-Discrimination Ordinance Public Comment from Laura Larocco 5-14-14 LAURA LAROCCO S
161 BARNES ROAD
BELGRADE, MT 59714
TO BOZEMAN CITY COMMISION:
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME MEN & WOMEN IN
HEARING ALL OF THE TESTIMONY CONCERNING
THE NDO ISSUE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN
WHO SPOKE AFTER ME THE LAST TIME &
SHOWED SYMPATHY FOR WHAT HAD HAPPENED
TO ME BY A SEXUAL CULT THAT WAS UNDER THE
GUIZE OF CHRISTIANITY. I TOO SINCERELY
APOLOGIZE TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY THAT
HAVE BEEN MIS-TREATED, DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST, ABUSED AND SHUNNED, ESPECIALLY
BY THE CHRISTIAN-RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY.
I CAME ACROSS A WORD & DEFINITION OF IT
RECENTLY THAT SUMS UP FOR ME THE
ORDINANCE YOU WILL BE VOTING ON.
DISAPPROBATION, OR THE VOICING OF INTENSE
DISAPPROVAL, IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
TOOLS USED IN ATTEMPTS TO SQUELCH
UNPOPULAR MESSAGES. THE IDEA IS TO SHAME
THE MESSENGERS INTO SILENCE BY
ATTRIBUTING MOTIVES OR ATTITUDES RATHER
THAN DEALING WITH THE MESSAGE ITSELF. BUT
EVEN MORE, PUBLIC DISAPROBATION IS
INTENDED TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN THOSE
WHO WON'T BE SILENCED & ANYONE WHO
MIGHT CHOOSE TO ASSOCIATE WITH THEM.
AND FINALLY I'D LIKE TO READ YOU TO A QUOTE
BY A LESBIAN TALK RADIO HOST BY THE NAME
OF TAMMY BRUCE VIA MAY ISSUE OF AFA
JOURNAL; I'VE ATTACHED COPIES FOR EACH OF
YOU.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
LAURA LAROCCO
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Lesbian talk radio host
calls
movement 'GayGestavo'
BY TIM WILDMON Should the government punish a Jewish pho- leaders in the Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual and Transgen-
AFA president tographer because he refuses to take pictures for dered movement (LGBT) want to force Christian
a gathering of skinheads? Should the government business owners out of business.
levy fines against an African-American printer who owever,at least one person in the LGBT com-
refuses to print posters for a Ku KIux Klan rally? unity sees this for the slippery slope that it is.
Should a homosexual artist be forced to design signs In a recent column, radio talk show host Tammy
reading"God Hates Fags!"for the infamous West- Bruce wrote:"As a gay conservative woman,I sup-
boro Baptist Church in Topeka? ported Arizona's religious freedom bill,which was
The answer to all of these questions is a resound- J just vetoed this week by Gov.Tan Brewer...Under
ing"No!"And to be honest,the government and the i these rules,freedom of conscience is squashed under
judicial system in our chaotic,amoral culture would the jackboot of liberals,all in the Orwellian name of
probably stand behind those individuals and protect `equality and fairness.'Here we are dealing with not
them from having to violate their moral convictions. just forcing someone to do something for you,but
Unfortunately, however, there's one group that is . forcing them in the process to violate a sacrament of
increasingly falling victim to political correctness their faith as well...If we are able to coerce someone,
and finding that their moral convictions are rarely via the threat oflawsuit and personal destruction,to
upheld by government or liberal courts. provide a service,how is that not slavery?If we insist
"Who might that be?"you ask. Well, let me il- that you must violate your faith specifically in that
lustrate. 1 slavish action how is that not abject tyranny?...Of
In Portland,Oregon,Melissa Klein was the owner all the people in the world who should understand
" of Sweet Cakes Bakery,a small storefront operation. the scourge of living under constant threat of losing
Accidental Her husband Aaron helped her.Last year two Ies- I Iife,liberty or the ability to make a living because
Activist is a short, bians walked into the bakery and said they wanted of who you are,it's gays.
AFA-produced Melissa to bake them a wedding cake.The Kleins "Horribly, the gay civil rights movement has
film about a small said they were sorry,but their Christian convictions morphed into a Gay Gestapo. Its ranks will now
business owner are that marriage is between a man and a woman, do the punishing of those who dare to be different
unwittingly caught and they would not be comfortable baking a cake or dissent from the approved leftist dogma.To all
up in the fury of the for a same-sex ceremony. the young gays who tweet and email me that this
culture war.Based Afterward,one of the women filed a complaint I is about`equality,'how exactly? Forcing someone
on true events. with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries . to do something against their faith has nothing to
Available at claiming she was a victim of discrimination. The do with equality for you, has nothing to do with
afastore.net. same thing happened in Colorado to a Christian I bigotry and has everything to do with a personal,
florist and in New Mexico to a Christian photogra- ' spiritual understanding of right and wrong.In other
pher.They declined to participate in gay or lesbian words,I tell them,not everything is about you...."
"weddings," and they were punished by their re- This does beg the question about freedom of
spective state governments.In Oregon,the bureau religion,freedom of association and what the gov-
spokesperson said the Christian couple needed to ernment can compel its citizens to do.
be "rehabilitated." They subsequently had to shut The government should not compel business
down their business. owners to engage in any transaction that violates
In the wake of such an assault on religious their conscience. The Gay Gestapo (of which not
freedom, some states, including Kansas, Arizona all gays and lesbians area part)is now pushing well
and Mississippi,have considered or are considering beyond "live and let live" territory into using the
legislation to try to protect small business owners law to punitively enforce their political and social
like the Kleins.But the evidence is strong that many agenda.18
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