The Art of Teaching Hatred

I came across this on Colette Beighley's blog (http://www.chanceofgay.org/) and to me it pretty much sums up what is being done by wingnut so-called Christians in their never ending effort to demonize members of the LBGT community. It is definitely the mentality that leads to a 14 year old boy executing a 15 year old because he's gay. Colette will be doing a series of posts in recognition of the approaching 10 year anniversary of Matthew Shepard's murder:

You've got to be taught To hate and fear,

You've got to be taught From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people
Your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught

~ Rodgers & Hammerstein, South Pacific (1958)