Monday, December 19, 2005

Challenging truth

Gay.com Health - Gay rugby team, straight captain -- what gives?

One of my favorite things to say is, "Truth is one person's individual perception of reality." Therefore, it is subjective. What is true to me is bogus to you. With that in mind, I found this quote quite relevant:

I think that there's something really important about challenging people to think outside of what they believe. When I tell people I play for a gay rugby team, they may very well assume that I'm gay too, and then find out I'm not. I think it's really important that we throw that back in people's faces.


The person speaking here is the captain for a gay rugby team in Seattle, WA.

He's straight.

I often wonder what this world would be like if every single person took the time to step out of their little worlds and actually learn something about life.

I'm also reminded of an old Native American saying we have written on a piece of art hanging from a wall here: "Great Spirit, help me to never judge another until I have walked in his moccasins two weeks."

We all are, after all, threads in God's Great Tapestry of life.

2 Comments:

Blogger Reach the Beach said...

I understand the point...but shouldn't they be a rugby team that just happens to be gay as opposed to a "gay" rugby team ?

12:33 AM  
Blogger xanadian said...

True. Or, even better, they should be a rugby team with players who happen to be gay.

9:05 AM  

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