Quilts and Queers

Religious Tolerance and the Gay Community

riotingfeminist:

travelingtragedy:

Just to be clear, this rant is about lack of tolerance for religion in the modern day. Often times the ones who promote equal rights the most, are the least tolerant.

I saw this text post with people complaining about Muslim homophobia and Christian homophobia. Homosexuality is wrong in the Christian religion, I’m not going to change my beliefs to support a sinner. I don’t agree with anything Muslims do, but I don’t waste my time calling out everything they do that’s wrong according to me, because we are different religions, and they believe that I’m wrong, and I believe that they’re wrong, there is no common ground, which in a nutshell means “shut the hell up and mind your own business.” Yes I believe that murdering the two gay boys was wrong, yes it is sad, but according to the Muslims, it was the right thing to do.

Now for homosexual supporters I can understand why you would be offended that not everybody supports gay rights. But you all really REALLY need to learn about tolerance. It’s just as offensive to me when you bash my beliefs for not supporting gay rights, as it is if I were to criticize your support of homosexuality. 

I was born and raised with these beliefs, they are not something that I’m going to change overnight because of some left winger sending me hate on how disgusting I am for not supporting your gay rights. This is the same for people of the Islam religion, these people are raised with these beliefs.

Don’t think that just because some gay kid was murdered for his sexuality makes me feel any more supportive of his beliefs. 

Different people have different beliefs, but don’t hate on religious groups, whether they be Christian, Jewish, Islamic, etc, for not believing what you believe. 

You cannot change people, you must learn to accept them for who they are.

And yes this goes for Christians too, gay people are not going to just up and stop being gay, they can’t change themselves anymore than you can. Tolerance is key for a peaceful world. If everybody could just mind their own business and focus on making themselves a better person rather than bashing others, the world would be a better place.

oh my god are you for real

OP,you are the reason that I am afraid of all religious people until proven otherwise. Seriously GET OUT. 

To the Strangers

eye-ofthestorm:

quiltingqueer:

“You’re so helpful, that really narrows it down for me.” Bats eyelashes. “Please tell me? It’s such a nice tie.”

“You expect me to remember where I got every single tie? I own a lot of ties, you’re out of luck on that note.”

“Oh, one as unique as that? Surely. What, did you get it as a father’s day present and you think it’ll ruin your tough exterior?” 

sasha-smithy:

galaxybender:

nothing annoys me more than when teachers say “now i want you to work with someone you don’t normally talk to” because not only am i soul crushingly self conscious but there is a REASON I DON’T TALK TO THESE PEOPLE

I always loved how teachers thought we’d all get along if only we ~worked together~ hahahaha no

sit down, shut up, I’ll do the work, now go away. 

To the Strangers

eye-ofthestorm:

quiltingqueer:

eye-ofthestorm:

quiltingqueer:

“Nope! Where did you get it? The brown one with the blue swirls. I’m really rather fond and I want one like it.”

“…Right. Do us both a favor, find someone else to bother, yeah?”

“But I just want to know where you got your tie, I don’t understand how much of a bother that is…?”

He rolled his eyes a bit. Humans were so annoying sometimes. “I dunno. A store, probably.”

“You’re so helpful, that really narrows it down for me.” Bats eyelashes. “Please tell me? It’s such a nice tie.”