Yes, I did see that, and I'm also saddened by such a comment. While it's true I'm an unapologetic atheist, I've never understood why Christianity and homosexuality "can't" peacefully coexist. I'm more of a "love conquers all" kinda person, so I'm not really interested in telling Adam and Steve they're going to hell for no other "sin" than loving each other. It's not like being heterosexual is a guarantee of perfect unity a hundred percent of the time. And if the Catholic church in particular doesn't start waking up from two thousand years of willful blindness towards priests sexually abusing the children of their parishioners, it's only gonna make the truly devout more pissed off at the "sinners in the church". I'm not a big fan of Christianity as a whole, but dammit, if you're gonna preach love, tolerance, acceptance, etc, maybe if you practiced what you preached, your priests wouldn't feel so ashamed that they felt they had no other choice than to sexually abuse children, if their own church "won't let" them be openly gay.
On that note, I think the only thing The Bamster's gotten right so far is repealing DADT. I could give a shit if it's Adam/Steve or Andrea/Eve, what they do in private is their business and has no bearing on their abilities as soldiers. As far as I'm concerned, anybody who thinks otherwise shouldn't be allowed to serve. Why? Because we all deserve the right to serve, the right to fight for what we believe in, and the right to not have to live a secret life outside of a warzone. Being straight is not some sort of "protected class", and being gay doesn't mean you're a lesser human being.
While it's true I'm an unapologetic atheist, I've never understood why Christianity and homosexuality "can't" peacefully coexist.
Because they think it's icky and that's any easy way to express that. In the same vein, given that lack of coexistance, I've never understood people who are gay who cling to their faith despite that. But then, I don't really understand anyone who keeps faith once they outgrow all the other fairytales.
I suppose gay xtians "cling to their faith", as you put it, because if their own family's disowned them (which unfortunately happens all too frequently), while it's nice to have a significant other, and other friends, in one's life, it's also nice to have a "family" to lean on, and many churchgoes consider the priest/parishioners to be their "family". While I personally think religion in any form is a colossal waste of time, I suppose it does bring comfort to those who "cling" to it.
On that note, I think the only thing The Bamster's gotten right so far is repealing DADT. I could give a shit if it's Adam/Steve or Andrea/Eve, what they do in private is their business and has no bearing on their abilities as soldiers. As far as I'm concerned, anybody who thinks otherwise shouldn't be allowed to serve. Why? Because we all deserve the right to serve, the right to fight for what we believe in, and the right to not have to live a secret life outside of a warzone. Being straight is not some sort of "protected class", and being gay doesn't mean you're a lesser human being.
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Because they think it's icky and that's any easy way to express that. In the same vein, given that lack of coexistance, I've never understood people who are gay who cling to their faith despite that. But then, I don't really understand anyone who keeps faith once they outgrow all the other fairytales.
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