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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
10:20:00 PM EDT
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I wanted to touch on a subject tonight that is a bit controversial in nature to many out there including some of you I'm sure.
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10:20:00 PM EDT
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Time For Tolerance
In California recently a law was struck down preventing marriages between people of the same sex. It was discriminatory in nature. Of course the definition in many people's minds of marriage is between a man and a woman, not a man and man, or a woman and a woman. I must confess that maybe in my youth I found such unions revolting and unchristian like.
Today I'm happy to say that I am no longer as close minded as that and I accept people's love for one another as a good thing. I mean, us heterosexuals haven't done such a good job at protecting the sanctity of marriage with all the divorces here in the United States. I believe tolerance and acceptance are two very important things in society and all too often these are thrown out the window in lieu of hatred and disgust. When faced with this I think the positive of allowing anyone to marry someone they want is much more the correct thing to do than to disallow love people feel for each other.
Why bring our negative feelings into play when deciding whether or not gay marriage is acceptable? I mean, many of us think freedom of choice is acceptable when it comes to abortion and don't consider it a crime against god but two people in love that happen to be the same sex is a total abomination to all mankind. Maybe God does not like homosexuality but the bible also tells us to love thy neighbor and to also allow vengeance to be his if he so chooses. So why do we feel so strongly about this subject? I must confess, that question has me baffled these days. In a world full of hatred and negativity what is so wrong aboutpeople wanting to share their love? To me nothing.
Again you may feel differently, but ask yourself this . . . Is denying someone the right to choose who they want in life any of our business? Do we really have the right to tell others how to live their life? Invoking religion into this goes against the foundation of the constitution such as it is. The constitution was formed by mostly Christian men but they never wanted to infringe upon the rights of others and all men were supposed to be created equal, well that is except the blacks at the time. Oh yeah, and women who weren't allowed to vote. But those issues were rectified in the by the Civil War and the 19th Amendment to our constitution.
So why prevent love in our much more open society today? I see no reason to not allow gay marriages. It is legal in Massachusetts and here in California for the time being though a ballot measure is coming up in November I hear. Tolerance is so important today in getting along and spreading happiness in love. Lets turn out negativity and hatred and replace them with love and acceptance.
I welcome your comments thoughts and views.
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Honey, I agree with you 100 % , thanks for posting this, Love Ya Lisa XO
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Yep, yep yep! V
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love the post and so agree with you.
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Around here I hear a lot in reference to this about the slippery slope to the multiple ways you can break down the American family. Ha. The American Family has been broken down by self-absorption, neglect & greediness to me, not by gays. ~Mary
7/2/08 6:16 PM
you are absolutely right.
I guess that is my concern about homosexual marriage... is it just a fad or do they really want to get married. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Gay or not.
It is for God to decided...
However, the bible also states, follow the laws of the land. Are we giving them permission for Sodom and Gomora???
Just a thought
Not intended to offend anyone.
B