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An open letter to the
G ay Men's Chorus
I woke up this morning angry and felt that I
had to write you. For a long time now, I have
been inspired by your voices. I love to go to
your concerts and have even worked the lights
for you. But I am more and more disturbed
by your message.
I try to convince myself that the Christianity
you are forever singing about in your choice
of music is necessary — that much of the
good choral music available to you is written
that way. so that is what you sing. In spite of
the fact that Christians have persecuted gay
men and women for centuries and are right
now organizing — with the support of our
President — to deny us our rights. I try to
accept what you sing as good music and
ignore the words.
But I cannot ignore it when you combine
that Christianity with the political message of
a song like “ God Bless America. America is
on the verge of re-electing a man who justifies
the horror of his policies in the name of bring­
ing God back to America. God bless America
— and the rest of the world can go to hell.
I cannot ask whatever god there may be to
bless a nation which pays for the slaughter of
people in Nicaragua and El Salvador. I can­
not sing proudly for a people who allow their
govrnment to support apartheid in South Af-
rica.'l will not come to hear a chorus of gay
men sing sweetly about God and country
when it is that very ideology which is used to
justify leading the world closer to nuclear war.
Under the banner of God and America, the
Christian political right is waging a holy war to
deny women the right to abortions, to cut off
desperately needed aid to this country's poor
so that we can build weapons, to block the
Equal Rights Amendment, and to deny us as
gay men and lesbians the very right to exist.
H olv can you contribute to this extremely
dangerous com bining o f Christian femor
and American pride?
Ves. I want to live in America. But I want an
America which is guided by compassion for
the poor, understanding of our bond with
other nations, and justice for minority groups
— not by the puffed up, proud, and vengeful
god of Reagan and Falwell.
If you must continue to sing of god and
politics in the same breath, please sing "God
Bless Nicaragua." They need it much more
than we do. They have Ronald Reagan's
America as a neighbor.
Paul Starr
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During the past year Just Out was honored by the Gay Press Association for “outstanding
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addition to monitoring the media.
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