Values in community, was sexuality
From: Rob Sandelin (floriferousmsn.com)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:46:22 -0800 (PST)
We have a lesbian couple at Sharingwood. The community position as a whole,
is that we support people and their lifestyle choices. However, within the
community are a couple of people who might be called "closet" homophobes.
They are careful not to say anything negative about the couple but they are
also careful to keep their kids at distance, etc.  The lesbian couple
clearly does not feel offended or bothered by this, since there is much
acceptance and friendship. But it still exists.  So having a community
statement that you are open to all lifestyles does not mean that all your
members will endorse this personally. 

And this is not a bad thing, this diversity of thinking is challenging to
the liberal community bias that exists. We all want to think everyone shares
our values, each and every one. It is not usually the case, and it is kind
of shock for people sometimes when they run into someone in their community
who has a different value than we presume everyone has, or is supposed to
have. Many people when their values do not match the majority simply keep
that to themselves, eg, they go into the closet, the avoid values
discussions, etc. It is not easy being the only person who does not hold a
particular value in a group. 


Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer
The Environmental Science School
http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm
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