I would really love an answer from our resident Christians...
This quote is from a Christian on the board about Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas (the extremist anti-gay family run religious cult that protests outside of funerals of US soldier because they believe America is too permissive of gays)!
"Well, actually, I'm one of many Christians [...] who shares the same view on homosexuality as Fred [Phelps] does [that it is sinful]. However, the difference between Fred [Phelps] and I is that I speak in love, while Fred [Phelps] speaks in hatred."
I wonder if you have ever stopped to consider that it was just basic ignorance of human sexuality and its diversity plus the need for large populations for basic defense (hence any sexual acts which did not lead to procreation were discouraged) AND it was those factors which led these bronze age tribes to consider homosexuality a "sin"?
Keep in mind they also thought mixing different fibers was a sin and that eating pork was a sin but I don't see anyone protesting outside Wendy's trying to save people from the evil of bacon cheese burgers??!!
But here is my very biggest complaint:
Jesus himself spoke out against divorce at the marriage of Canna where he stated: "What god hath brought together let no man put asunder."
Now I don't know what your interpretation of Jesus' words are but I suspect he considered getting a divorce as a very big offense, and if the divorced people remarry they then commit adultery... Yet another sin! But in the entire time I have been alive (well over 50 years) I have never, ever heard a religious leader speak out against divorce and never has there been a push to make divorce illegal anywhere (in fact they have made the dissolution of a marriage extremely easy, simple and quick).
I have to wonder why something that Jesus himself clearly called wrong is completely disregarded and almost never called a sin (except by the Catholics and even they let people $lide with expen$ive annulment$). Yet an act of love between two consenting adults deserves votes and laws, and amendments and vitriolic hatred??!!???
Please explain to me why I should not conclude that the coordinated religious agenda against gays is being motivated by ordinary "leftover" prejudice and bigotry and has absolutely NOTHING WHAT-SO-EVER to do with sin, morality or what is right and wrong!
I really, really would love to understand how a real "Christian" answers this???
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