BUDDY
User of Aspercreme
I have been doing a lot of thinking about this subject lately. I, for a long time, have been conflicted between what I felt as a christian, and what I knew to be right as an American. I have basically come to the following conclusion and am ready to fight tooth and nail to defend it.
The majority of the dissent against homosexual marriage in this country comes from those who are christians, of which I am one. The thought process is that according to the Bible, God looks down upon homosexuality, and so then we as christians have a responsibility to do the same. When it comes to marriage, the Bible declares that marriage is for one man and one woman, and not a union that is reserved simply because of love that two people have for each other regardless of sex. That when God recognizes marriage, it is when two people, of opposite sexes, make a commitment to each other. Because of this, many people in the christian community have stood firmly against homosexual marriage, sighting that the practice would defile the sanctity of marriage as God intended. The argument, from a christian perspective, seems legitimate. However, there is one incredible flaw that I have realized, and that has totally changed my perspective on the issue.
God's view of marriage is not dependent upon American laws and government. Your personal view of marriage is not dependent upon what American laws are passed.
God's law, feeling and treatment of us will not change if we change a law in America. Those who follow Him seem to have more influence upon American law, than American law has over God. Woe to the lawmaker who dares introduce legislation saying that christians can't practice their religion on Thursdays, but christians have no problem telling gays and lesbians that they can not pratice the same rights guaranteed by the Constitution that all christians have. And let's be honest just for a moment, shall we. If all men (and women) are created equal, then they should be treated equally, regardless of sexual orientation, according to the constitution that governs all of us. That has no bearing on your religious belief. You can be a christian in any country, regardless of that countries laws. There has to be a seperation, and even the Bible points it out. Is what you do and who you are dictated by the constitution? by the law? by the practices of your neighbor?
NO.
You are who you choose to be, and by withholding the rights of gays and lesbians to marry, simply because you don't believe it is right according to your religion, you are doing something that God never did and would never do. You are withholding a free will choice for others to make. You may not agree with their choice, and you may feel bad that they made it, but it is theirs to make freely, and not for you, I or anyone else to tell them they do not the right to make that choice.
So, I say, let them be happy. Let them be married if they choose too. Let them have the same rights and freedoms that everyone else has. Don't create law simply because it is some christians idea of what America should be, but defend the laws that make America the great place that it is. The place where everyone is free to make there own moral choice.
Peace.
Buddy
The majority of the dissent against homosexual marriage in this country comes from those who are christians, of which I am one. The thought process is that according to the Bible, God looks down upon homosexuality, and so then we as christians have a responsibility to do the same. When it comes to marriage, the Bible declares that marriage is for one man and one woman, and not a union that is reserved simply because of love that two people have for each other regardless of sex. That when God recognizes marriage, it is when two people, of opposite sexes, make a commitment to each other. Because of this, many people in the christian community have stood firmly against homosexual marriage, sighting that the practice would defile the sanctity of marriage as God intended. The argument, from a christian perspective, seems legitimate. However, there is one incredible flaw that I have realized, and that has totally changed my perspective on the issue.
God's view of marriage is not dependent upon American laws and government. Your personal view of marriage is not dependent upon what American laws are passed.
God's law, feeling and treatment of us will not change if we change a law in America. Those who follow Him seem to have more influence upon American law, than American law has over God. Woe to the lawmaker who dares introduce legislation saying that christians can't practice their religion on Thursdays, but christians have no problem telling gays and lesbians that they can not pratice the same rights guaranteed by the Constitution that all christians have. And let's be honest just for a moment, shall we. If all men (and women) are created equal, then they should be treated equally, regardless of sexual orientation, according to the constitution that governs all of us. That has no bearing on your religious belief. You can be a christian in any country, regardless of that countries laws. There has to be a seperation, and even the Bible points it out. Is what you do and who you are dictated by the constitution? by the law? by the practices of your neighbor?
NO.
You are who you choose to be, and by withholding the rights of gays and lesbians to marry, simply because you don't believe it is right according to your religion, you are doing something that God never did and would never do. You are withholding a free will choice for others to make. You may not agree with their choice, and you may feel bad that they made it, but it is theirs to make freely, and not for you, I or anyone else to tell them they do not the right to make that choice.
So, I say, let them be happy. Let them be married if they choose too. Let them have the same rights and freedoms that everyone else has. Don't create law simply because it is some christians idea of what America should be, but defend the laws that make America the great place that it is. The place where everyone is free to make there own moral choice.
Peace.
Buddy
