IDAHO (the day) is May 17th. With delightfully thoughtful timing, Idaho (the state) yesterday had it’s constitutional ban on gay marriage struck down. (One after another, US judges who have been called to rule on the subject, have found after due consideration of the evidence, that there is no legitimate state justification for these bans, and that their promoters have been motivated primarily by prejudice and discrimination against an unpopular minority.)
Aside from the formal approaches to combatting homophobia, or commemorating IDAHO, some have found deeply personal, sometimes quirky responses of their own. Artist Paul Harfleet for example, began planting pansies in response to his own experiences of homophobia in Manchester, UK.
Several years ago, a Methodist church in the gay sector in Dallas basically threw the gays out. 72 of 150 congregants walked out.
Would you believe the church had the gall to plant pansies in large numbers around a big tree in front of the church.
Astonishing, Jack.
OTH, a tragic news story a few days ago reported that a Methodist minister in one of the Southern states burnt himself to death, to protest discrimination against LGBT people.