Comments on: Chinese gays step quietly toward progress http://www.365gay.com/news/chinese-gays-step-quietly-toward-progress/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:48:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: John http://www.365gay.com/news/chinese-gays-step-quietly-toward-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-64000 John Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:15:23 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=8131#comment-64000 The one advantage LGBT activists have in East Asia is that dogmatic religious fundamentalism has never been a big deal there. It is more of a combination of indifference, ignorance, and apathy towards homosexuality that keeps everyone in the closet. This can be changed through education. And it doesn't necessarily challenge anyone's religious beliefs because they don't take religion that seriously any way. The Chinese, in particular, treat religion pretty much as a buffet line from which one picks and chooses the items one wants. It is not unusual in China to hawk Confucianism in one's career, pray to Taoist gods, get married in a Christian ceremony, and die as a Buddhist. I suppose the motto here is "Better be safe than sorry." The one advantage LGBT activists have in East Asia is that dogmatic religious fundamentalism has never been a big deal there. It is more of a combination of indifference, ignorance, and apathy towards homosexuality that keeps everyone in the closet. This can be changed through education.

And it doesn’t necessarily challenge anyone’s religious beliefs because they don’t take religion that seriously any way. The Chinese, in particular, treat religion pretty much as a buffet line from which one picks and chooses the items one wants. It is not unusual in China to hawk Confucianism in one’s career, pray to Taoist gods, get married in a Christian ceremony, and die as a Buddhist. I suppose the motto here is “Better be safe than sorry.”

]]> By: LOrion http://www.365gay.com/news/chinese-gays-step-quietly-toward-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-63900 LOrion Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:06:19 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=8131#comment-63900 Thanks for the story. Especially this, the Chinese are nothing if not wise (and persisitent) "But he sounded a note of caution that progress is often accompanied by setbacks, saying organizers would not consider the events a success unless they make it to their closing ceremony Sunday unscathed." ....we know all about setbacks here as we have striven for first racial then, now, full Equality under our laws. " Thanks for the story. Especially this, the Chinese are nothing if not wise (and persisitent)
“But he sounded a note of caution that progress is often accompanied by setbacks, saying organizers would not consider the events a success unless they make it to their closing ceremony Sunday unscathed.”

….we know all about setbacks here as we have striven for first racial then, now, full Equality under our laws.
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