It takes a lot to stand up for what you believe in - here's an interesting example of such a case. The details, courtesy of Bitten & Bound: The letter, published on the blog of ex-Scientologist Marty
Rathbun, cited the church's history of gay-bashing as one of the reasons he is
leaving the church. He grew angry
with Scientology's support of Proposition 8 in California's ban on gay
marriage. He wrote, "The church's
refusal to denounce the actions of bigots, hypocrites and homophobes is
cowardly. I can think of no other
word. Silence is consent, Tommy. I refuse to consent."
Haggis also found fault with the practice of
disconnection. He said, "You might
recall that my wife was ordered to disconnect from her parents because of
something absolutely trivial they supposedly did twenty-five years ago when
they resigned from the church. Although it caused her terrible personal pain, my wife broke off all
contact with them. I refused to do
so. I've never been good at
following orders, especially when I find them morally reprehensible."
Haggis resigned his membership and fully expects that
private information disclosed by him during Scientology audit sessions will be
made public in a smear campaign of retaliation.]
I wonder what took Paul so long? It seems those alleged tenets of the "religion" would have been evident a long time ago. However, kudos for finally moving on. Will Tom Cruise be next? Something tells me "no"...
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