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Originally Posted by Molten
Just a note: This is a political reason. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Just realize it is a political reason.
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Not to start an argument, but what's political about hate crime? Like, if my participation in the DoS were to get gay marriage legalized (though I support that cause, that's not why I'm doing the DoS), I could see that point. But the Day of Silence's mission, as stated on their
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What is the Day of Silence®?
The Day of Silence is a student-led national event that brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Students from middle school to college take some form of a vow of silence in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior. The event is designed to illustrate the silencing effect of this bullying and harassment on LGBT students and those perceived to be LGBT.
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(note: not limited to schools, but that's the quickest mission statement i could find)
As I've come from a school and environment where this is a problem for me, my friends, and my family, I feel somewhat compelled to participate. I just thought I'd clear that up since people misinterpret the DoS as purely a gay rights protest, when that's not the intent of the "demonstration"...
The reason I stress that I don't see it politically is that I don't ever want to bring politics into FIRST, and thus I'd see Day of Silence as not in violation of that rule of mine.