Watching Mary Poppins... hey Julie Andrew won an Oscar for it.
So I read the USA Today article that profiled gay rights views in Kansas. Horribly written. Instead of painting a representative picture of those who support, oppose and don't judge gay rights in the state of Kansas, it showed us a sort of Picasso, off-kilter group, overwhelmed by right-wing religious people. Now, that may portray the demographic makeup of Kansas, I don't know, but they ponied up some terrible arguments. Social conservatives have non-religious reasons that had no voice in this article. I attend a church where gay couples proclaim their anniversaries to thunderous applause... but I'm not trying to convert you. I'm trying to explain that these religious opposition in this specific article made no sense.
First, there are plenty of Jews, bodybuilders, strippers, non-religious people, etc who oppose it. Yes, in Kansas.
Second, the extensive Bible-thumping to support their case is just plain wrong. I'm a Christian too -- but it's one of the most hypocrical groups out there. In the USA Today article, several divorced people opposed gay rights, marriage, etc. on the grounds that the Bible is against it. Sorry guys, but if marriage is a sacred union... you lose too. Look more closely at "Numbers." The lecture on marriage as a sacred union mentions divorce, adultery, premarital sex and the anti-gay part all in the SAME paragraph. It used to be shocking to get a divorce, or have premarital sex. Now, one in *six marriages ends in divorce. Are you telling me that isn't damaging to kids? You can't use the Bible to oppose one issue and ignore the thousands of others -- rape, poverty, hunger, not paying child support, etc. -- that get swept under the rug every day. Deal.
Third, do you ever see Jesus refusing to heal someone? It's all about love, kids. Looooooove. LOL.
Sorry for the lengthy, roundabout entry. Feel free to comment if you disagree with me :-) Thank you and have a nice day!
(For a view of Christian opposition to gays that differs from USA Today, and the sources for my Biblical references, click here. http://family.org/cforum/fosi/homosexuality/maf/a0028248.cfm.)
First, there are plenty of Jews, bodybuilders, strippers, non-religious people, etc who oppose it. Yes, in Kansas.
Second, the extensive Bible-thumping to support their case is just plain wrong. I'm a Christian too -- but it's one of the most hypocrical groups out there. In the USA Today article, several divorced people opposed gay rights, marriage, etc. on the grounds that the Bible is against it. Sorry guys, but if marriage is a sacred union... you lose too. Look more closely at "Numbers." The lecture on marriage as a sacred union mentions divorce, adultery, premarital sex and the anti-gay part all in the SAME paragraph. It used to be shocking to get a divorce, or have premarital sex. Now, one in *six marriages ends in divorce. Are you telling me that isn't damaging to kids? You can't use the Bible to oppose one issue and ignore the thousands of others -- rape, poverty, hunger, not paying child support, etc. -- that get swept under the rug every day. Deal.
Third, do you ever see Jesus refusing to heal someone? It's all about love, kids. Looooooove. LOL.
Sorry for the lengthy, roundabout entry. Feel free to comment if you disagree with me :-) Thank you and have a nice day!
(For a view of Christian opposition to gays that differs from USA Today, and the sources for my Biblical references, click here. http://family.org/cforum/fosi/homosexuality/maf/a0028248.cfm.)