Homophobia
After much debate about this topic, this week has proven to strenghten my faith. I am really beside myself at the thoughts and feelings that people have on this issue. I was speaking to my husband tonight online. I told him about the latest discussion on how someone disagreed with me because they don’t believe in God. I honestly didn’t know what to do at first. I was going to let it go but then after I thought about it, something kept knawing at me to speak up. SO I stated again how I feel and this time I let the class know that I do judge others. So what! We all do. My point is that my hubby and I were talking about all of this and he had a lot of feedback for me. As I have previously mentioned, he is in the Navy. He brought up some good points about the whole situation. I will just show you one point that he made which I thought was a really strong one whether you believe in God or not.
Another thing is this…if you don’t believe in God then whatever…but why is a man and woman’s body made just right for reproducing…? I will tell you why…it is the natural process…for us…now that is not religious that is science…if men where supposed to be with men and women were meant for women then why in the hell can’t men have babies on there own…? It is not natural which means gays are not natural…if we allow this then we are telling the generations to come that people are born with un-natural desires and those desires are okay to act up on…which means years down the road it will be okay to kill each other because we can say that we were born with the desire to kill for pleasure. Is that going to be okay…?
So with him stating that it just even more assures me that it is not something that God intended for us to take part in. I am not here to Bible teach and preach. But God is in my soul and when your soul is of God…that is all you know. I could sit here and side with everyone to make each person happy but that is not reality. Reality to me is that there is only one being that I am to make happy and that is God. Therefore, I do not believe homosexuals should be allowed to get married. I don’t for one minute think that was God’s intentions. I also don’t believe that people are born with Gay tendencies. I think that is a cop-out. The reason in my opinion that Gay people are not wanted in society is not out of fear that they are contagious but because our children are subject to seeing it. What are we as heterosexuals supposed to say to them. I am not ever going to tell my daughter that it is something that is acceptable because I don’t TRULY in my heart believe that it is. Why do you think there is such a debate over this? Because ALL people, whether they are gay or straight, KNOWS that there is something wrong with it. I am sorry if I have offended anybody but this is how I feel and I am proud to say that. Thank you for dropping by!
Cari B.
“Everything happens for a reason.”
Laura Knudson said,
December 8, 2007 at 12:57 am
The flaw in the reasoning here is the assumption that people fall in love strictly to have children, when this is absolutely not the case. My partner and I can’t have children together. Does this mean that we can’t love each other, support each other, and be a couple?
Remember, all gay folks were once children too, and all of them came from some sort of heterosexual beginning – children can be raised in very healthy, happy homes with same sex parents, just as they can in homes with a man and a woman. The key to this whole thing is **love**. Do they love the child they are raising? Do they love each other? Whether the “they” is a same sex relationship or a heterosexual relationship, the most important thing to think about is the love that they have for each other, rather than to concentrate on debasing, demoralizing, or demonizing them for their love.