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Lemon Lime's Homosexuality, Marriage, and Religion W/OApr 26 '05 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line Thought-provoking topic that should just never be this scrutinized. How pathetic that we have to examine other's sexuality and debate it???
I hope I still have friends on here after this, but I couldn't help but join 'cause it's very thought-provoking. What are your spiritual beliefs or religious affiliations? I am Christian. My mother is a minister and my dad works at a place called Deaf Missions that sends devotions to deaf people all around the world, so I was attending church all my life and still try my hardest now, even though at college, it's much more difficult. What is your sexual orientation? Like Jigga said, "Girls, girls, girls I do adore. Now put your number on this paper, 'cause I would love to date ya." How do you see your own religious/spiritual views as influencing your opinion of sexuality? It influences me a great deal since I was brought up in a household that taught that being heterosexual was the way. Not that my parents bashed gays, quite the contrary. It was just normal and my religion taught me that homosexuality was a perversion of what God had intended for his people. How do you define marriage? Nowadays, it's all over the map, but I define it as a sanctimonious, sacred, partnership between a man and woman who love each other deeply and will spend the rest of their lives together through thick and thin. What thoughts or reactions do you have to these two pictures? 1.http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2004/03/10/ba_knight01.jpg First off, that's an awfully big boutonniere, that guy in the blue shirt looks like a gomer, and to be quite honest, slightly grosses me out. 2.http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2004/02/13/ba_gaywed_01_lm.jpg Wouldn't have thought anything about this other than two old ladies sharing a intimate moment, but I now know it's a gay wedding. They look happy and so does their family members. How does one of Christian faith reconcile these two pictures? Is one “right” and one “wrong”? What reactions do you have to seeing these signs? 1.http://www.sushiesque.com/photos/boston_common_031104/dscn1373.jpg This is exactly why people hate Christian people because of idiots like this. They are both wrong. I am extremely saddened by this because it makes all Christians look bad. God doesn't abhor gay people; He loves us all. We are created in His own image, so why would he hate gays? He doesn't approve of the action, not the people. Stating that AIDS is a judgment is just plain ignorant, considering it afflicts people both straight and gay. They both need to settle down with those ignorant and just plain stupid signs; although they have the right to freely protest something. 2.http://www.sushiesque.com/photos/boston_common_031104/dscn1419.JPG The left sign is dumb, because the Constitution changes all the time. The right sign is a true statement; however it makes it seem as though gays are imparting their sexuality upon Jesus, which is incorrect. Why do you think the topic of homosexuality is so polarizing in religious communities? Because we all can define the interpretations of the Bible differently. Some are more liberal toward the issue because that is gradually how our world is slanting toward and is highly more accepted than back in the day. Older, more traditional Christians are more strict on this matter and cannot tolerate any aspect. They may pray for gay people, but they can't stand anything that they stand for. It splits us apart in many ways, but that is the main one. Should the government be in the business of defining marriage? Why or why not? No, because separate church from state. Even though we sing "God Bless America" at the beginning of sporting events, "In God We Trust" is on the back of every type of paper money, "One nation, under God," is stated in our Pledge of Allegiance, we place our hand on the Bible and affirm "So help me God" in court, and our Founding Fathers were rooted in Christianity. But, that is how the culture is today and everyone has the right to protest such cultural icons that is the traditional way. So, go with the flow, I guess. Would you support the legalization of gay marriage? If someone wants to get married and they truly love another in a committed relationship, who are we to stop someone's else's potential happiness? I couldn't do that, so I would support it, in a mild manner. I wouldn't go and protest anything on their benefit though and it truly doesn't concern me. Hey, more chicks for me! Oh yeah, like Chris Rock says, "Gay people should have the right to be miserable just like everyone else!" "You're either single and lonely or married and bored." Damn straight! If you answered no, what are your fears behind its legalization? If you answered yes, what are your fears behind it remaining illegal? I have no fears concerning it remaining illegal. I truly don't care. Maybe for my few gay friends' sake, but other than that, I couldn't care less if it remains illegal. Would you support government-sanctioned civil unions between homosexual couples? Isn't that basically the same thing but it's calling it a "union" instead of a marriage? I don't care what you call it, go ahead if it makes you happy. So, in a word, yes, I would support, although I am apathetic toward the issue in the first place. It just isn't on my list of priorities concerning the world. We as a country have a lot more problems to worry about than gay marriages. Do you see any way of bridging this current divide in our country over "wedge issues" like gay marriage or abortion? Or should we even be trying? No. There will always be dissenters to every controversial issue. That may sound depressing, but it's the truth. No matter if we have 99.9% of the population agreeing, there is always that .01% that doesn't go along. But, hey that's how it should be. We wouldn't even be having this conversation if not for people being gay and "different" than others. So, in a way, it's good that there is gay people. It spices things up a bit and causes some controversy. I guess we can try, but it truly won't matter. I wish racism was wiped out, but that will never, ever happen, so why try to bridge something that is literally impossible to connect? That sounds bad as well, but I am just speaking the truth. What do you see America's view of homosexuality and gay marriage being in 100 years from today? What will those future Americans think of us in 2005, as they look back? I think it's going to be culturally acceptable because it's just gonna happen. This is a horrible example, but people thought rock and rap music would disappear and look how popular it is today. Once people start to familiarize themselves with something, it becomes accepted. With such shows as "Will and Grace," "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "The L Word," MTV dating games that inevitably have at least one lesbian/gay matchup, and seemingly unlimited reality shows that always have at least one gay character on them, to name just a few, it is going to be accepted without a doubt. A gay athlete will come out in sports. More and more high-profile people will admit they are gay. It's not even shocking anymore. I see gay people all the time holding hands and it doesn't faze me anymore than two hetero people doing the same thing. I am not gonna lie; I don't like the PDA's of gays in public, but at the same time, I don't really like straight people doing that either. But with it being so open and so "cool" to come out, there is going to be more people than ever coming out. When people look back, they will probably be like, "How could they ever think this was weird in the first place?" It will be that normal. But who defines "normal" anyway? Final thoughts or ideas: I have just been totally and thoroughly honest in this W/O. I mean no offense to anyone at all. I know 100's of people on this site, including people on my WOT and whose reviews I enjoy, are gay. I love them and hope they don't take offense to anything I said. I have four gay friends. My roommate is gay and he is quite possibly one of the coolest guys I have met. We are straight-up buds. One of my friends from way back in elementary school is gay and we still communicate and hang out. So, there is no ill will in the least. I just have a different viewpoint, that is all. I am much more liberal than my parents in this regard because as long as you don't shove it in my face, I accept everything about the gay culture. That doesn't mean that I have to like it. People are lying to themselves if they say it doesn't bother them and it does inside. I just let it hang out a bit more. I guess because I am a minority, I can be a little more "out there" with my feelings about controversial topics. The "I was born this way" argument is something I can't fathom. God is perfect and we were created in his image, I don't think He had a gay fiber in his Being. He didn't say "Oh, ok, so I am gonna create gay people because I don't want the world to overpopulate." Leviticus 18:22 says "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says "Neither the sexually immoral nor adulterers....nor homosexual offenders will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven." Romans 1:27 states "Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." I know these verses sound harsh, but this is what I was taught and although many don't think of the Bible as fact; rather a bunch of stories, I take it as God's Word and that is what I believe. No one can take that away from me. Of course, I don't know what God was thinking for sure, but I know that murderers choose to kill, they weren't born that way, even as they may have some underwirings in their brain that lets that instinct out. After all this, I just hope we can all peacefully co-exist with each other and stop the inane and pointless hatred just because of another's sexuality. There is much more important things in life then this. Thank you to Lemon Lime for his W/O. If you want to participate go here. http://www.epinions.com/user-lemon_lime  |
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