Reply #120: You said nothing about "confronting" anyone in your original post.

[DeSwiss]

You referred to it as "giving them a break." Which reminded me of the 50s and 60s. My own past.

Then, another large group of people got a break even though most of them abhorred what others were doing to those who wanted the same rights as everyone else -- but they remained silent then, just as many do now. They refused to challenge the status quo. Refused to challenge the way in which the their secular institutions and religious beliefs were being twisted to conform to the view of reality held by a few.

They were wrong then to remain silent. To fail to vociferously speak out to remind everyone that it was not their place to judge others, only to love them. Just as moderate Christians and religionists are wrong to remain silent now.

That was my point.