Evolving Views on Homosexuality
Like Obama, I have also evolved on the marriage debate. I suspect a lot of people journeyed a similar path, and even more so, I suspect a lot more people are evolving now. Here’s how I went from not really caring to wide-eyed activism.
“Let’s Be Diverse” Stage: It was cool and sophisticated to hang out with “gay” people, and people made sure others knew they hung out with “gay” people to appear diverse and tolerant. As a single, liberal, non-religious, bicep-pumping, hair-tossing mom and career woman (career woman before mom) I had plenty of “gay” friends. They seemed to love my approval, and well, I loved theirs. Everybody was somebody, especially if you made somebody else look good. “I do what I want, you do what you want, we’ll all just tell each other how wonderful we are!” It was kind of fun. So I frequented trendy night clubs where the free people went. We were crazy and fabulous together!
“Ambivalent” Stage: I realized my priorities were — not right. This whole message in society seemed to be that adults can do whatever they want, that they could follow any desire and frown at anyone who criticized them. It wasn’t about children; but about adults and their desires. At some point a grown-up senses he or she needs to act grown up, however, and demanding your way is childish. There are reasons not to make certain choices. As my priorities changed and I focused more on raising my kids, I still knew “gay” couples and my kids played with their kids. I honestly did not care one squash about “gay rights” or “gay marriage” though. If that’s what they wanted, fine. I was too busy with my own life trying to align my priorities and figure out how to be a responsible parent.
“Leave Me Alone” Stage: As I converted to Catholicism, I began to understand the teaching of the Church regarding Marriage, and how children are gifts who ought to raised by parents committed to loving them unconditionally. I began to notice how the modern cultural message I’d always gulped down was different from the beautiful message of the Church, how women really did not realize the truth of their femininity, nor did men realize the truth of masculinity. Even as I realized the beauty of Marriage, I still didn’t really care if two men or two women wanted to call themselves married. Rather libertarian in my views, I thought perhaps government should just stay out of marriage altogether and leave that personal part of life alone. Once I understood the Sacrament of Marriage, I actually resented that I had to get permission from the state to get married.
“Imposing?” Stage: I discovered social media and began to identify myself as a Catholic wife and mother. Immediately, to my shock, I got called names I’d never been called in all my life, even when I explained my views about government leaving people alone. I got called “misogynist” and “homophobe” and “bigot” and “seeyounexttuesday” and people jumped from the abyss of the internet to tell me how much they despised me. I began to realize that the issue isn’t really so much about two same-sex people having the liberty to live however they want and to call themselves whatever they want, but the issue was far more politically driven and weighty. Whether I wanted to or not, I had to approve and people were going to use the government to impose approval on me and my family, or silence us. Tolerance wasn’t enough. I had flashbacks to the behaviors of people I met in the “Let’s Be Diverse” stage.
Unlike Obama, I’m not going to say my children sat around the dinner table and made me aware of what was going on in my country, so I changed my mind. I’m not going to say I might be personally this but politically that. I’m thinking for myself, and I’m proud to say I evolved and changed my mind because I saw the truth and I love my children. I’m also proud to say I did not evolve because of political pressure from people who fund me and keep me in power.
I am 100% against making marriage meaningless because I’ve seen how when a word can mean anything, it means nothing. We need Marriage to mean something again in this country, and in this world. Satan’s most effective weapon is the destruction of the family. Break families, and you break people and societies for generations.
I’ve evolved. I’ve arrived. I am fully human now.
God. Love. Commitment. Marriage. Sacrifice. Children. Eternity.
Source: http://www.acceptingabundance.com/my-evolution-against-gay-marriage/
The Bible and Homosexuality
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6-11
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, and likewise the men also abandoned naturalrelations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Romans 1:26-27
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them
Leviticus 20:13
Just a few bible verses from the Old and New Testament which condemn homosexuality. While it is still disputed whether or not it is a choice, it is the act. Sure you can be a Christian and support Gay Marriage or homosexuality in general but it makes you not a very good Christian. From the both sides the issue needs to be handled a lot better in a far more rational way. State your opinion and people spew forth hatred, “Oh yeah well you’re stupid”, “You’ll burn in Hell”, etc. I’m stupid? Tell that to my IB diploma haha.
Anyways, although it is a sin, Jesus didn’t just go forth shouting condemnations at the tax collectors, the adulterers, the lepers. He forgave them, absolved them of their paths and set them on ones to do evil no more. God doesn’t hate the sinners, because that covers everyone. He hates the things we do which go against him. Even when people like Dan Savage spew filth, we have to protect human dignity and go about even discussion in humane ways. Besides, those kind of people show their true colors right away.
For out of abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
From the same people who brought you this:
http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/rind/cont.html
justifying child abuse.
They bring you this also:
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/parenting.aspx
trying to put justification behind something as wrong as homosexuality.
Putting their political agendas in the forefront of science, I don’t trust them one bit.
North Carolina yes! You didn’t let me, down did you! Hurray for marriage that works! Now let’s ban gay marriage once and for all!
The prettiest girls are the hardest to talk to and it seems like I’m missing out on really great people.
In May 2006, I had a joint release party with Ryan North (of Dinosaur Comics and now writing Adventure Time comics too) for Scott Pilgrim vol 3 and i think the first collection of Dinosaur Comics. This is a promo image I did for the party.
