The other day, when I was sitting on the tube, I noticed an ad. It said "Save marriage. Mummy, Daddy, Child". Behind the ad is some kind of christian organization. Why they feel that they should bother me and everybody else, with their discriminating message, I don't know.
But the sad thing is, that they are not the only ones doing the discrimination. In Sweden the state is doing a very good job at it too.
1995, in Sweden, people of the same sex got the right to register their partnership, as it's called. This was supposed to be like marriage, but doesn't have the exact rights and regulations as a marriage, is not called a marriage, and has a similar but not entirely similar ceremony.
I guess Sweden felt "modern" in 1995, by doing this. But today, 12 years later, when marriage is recognized no matter if it's between a man and a woman, two men, or two women, in many other countries, Sweden still have this separation between the two. I really do not understand.
This morning I watched a debate about the same ad, as it's of course been upsetting for a lot of people. The person arguing against the campaign stated that in the tube, in Sweden, the rules say that an ad should not be of risk of hurting or offending people.
Further she said that it's horrible to all the kids, that travel by tube to school, and who do not fulfill the ideal of the campaign. That is children that might have just one mummy but no daddy, two mummies, or to daddies, just to give three examples. The campaign basically says that their way of living is not as good as the way that is promoted in the campaign.
The guy responsible for the ad could not see this. All he did was claim that we all have to live with offensive and hurtful ads surrounding us in society. And of course he constantly kept mentioning freedom of speech, even though his opponent explained that he can say what ever he wants, but not on the tube.
Anyway, I am upset about the ad being on the tube. Honestly I am upset about it being anywhere. I do not understand how people can feel that discrimination is okay. I do not understand the Swedish state. And I do not understand the organization mentioned above.
If Jesus did exist, and if the bible is sort of correct, he was a kind man that accepted people the way they are and did not discriminate or agree with discrimination. That's what I believe anyway.
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Jojo, kanske det, men den där Gud verkar ju vara en riktig fårskalle.
I hate those kinds of ads, too, although probably for a different reason. For me it's because they are kitsch, bad "art." I understand what the advertisers may be trying to say, but on the tube is not the place to tackle such private issues.
Most of those ads misrepresent reality anyway. I think that's why I hate them. Pictures of smiling kids and Photoshopped parents, etc.
It may be just me, but if Jesus were to show up in present days, I don't think he'd be working on advertisements.
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