“I’ll get the door”, I shouted up to Meredith when I heard them knocking on the door. It was a little too late as she started to come down and told me that we had visitors of the evil kind, missionaries from the Moron church just down the street. I decided that it would be my opportunity to mess with these people’s heads and to earn this house the status of one that the Morons would not visit again, ever. I told them that I don’t see that if their god believed transsexuality and homosexuality were so bad, that so many people are gay/trans and they can live happy lives as who they are, as long as they don’t try to deny it and make themselves neurotic. I also talked on an instance when one of the Moron prophets tried to talk someone out of transition and they were completely unaffected by it. They continued to try to conflate homosexuality with lying and stealing, which I tried to correct them on - as homosexuality does not hurt anyone. Appearantly, I need to re-read Betty Berzon’s Setting them Straight so I can get better at confronting these assholes with the latent homophobia. But I have a fortnight to do it in. ^_^
At the end of our visit, they handed me a copy of the Book of Moron with their phone number in it. As soon as they were far enough away from the porch and as soon as I closed the door, I burst out laughing. I talked with Meredith about the encounter and they are going to be back in two weeks so I can mess with their heads again. And I assure you, I plan to come on full-force, challenging them about their cult, their horribly incorrect beliefs about homosexuality and the entire idea of Christianity. And of course, I plan to read their Book of Moron in a week (hey, I take public transit a lot so I have a lot of time on my hands) and attack that as well. In one fortnight, I will know whether or not I can attack them badly enough to actually get them to spread the word not to come to our house. After all, I don’t want to just ask them to stop coming by our house - I want to earn it through my own merit, or my own agency if you will (lol!).
