Posted by
Playful Walrus on Monday, July 16, 2007 12:44:21 PM
The homo”sexuality”-promotion activists mock Biblical principles on sexuality, and thereby Bible-believers and traditional Judeo-Christian religion in general. They recognize that the Biblical teaching that sex is intended for a man and a woman who are bound in holy matrimony is something that rains on their parade, so to speak. These activists believe that if we would stop believing the Bible, they could finally get everything they want, which is to have their physical acts equated with (hetero)sexual acts by the government, by academia, by the media, by churches, etc. We are largely there already. They are using their feelings – of attraction to members of the same sex – as their ultimate guide. Everything that conflicts with those feelings must be wrong.
Meanwhile, someone with a high view of the Bible, especially those who say that the Bible is infallible in areas that include teachings on sexuality, are using the Bible as their ultimate guide and must not accept that the pseudo-sexual acts of homo”sexuality” are equivalent to (hetero)sexual acts, if they are going to be consistent in their convictions.
So, while homo”sexuality”-promotion activists decry that “Bible-thumpers” want them to change, they themselves are insisting Bible believers and other religious devotees change. For some reason, it is okay for them to insist people change their entire worldview for the sake of affirming how they get their jollies as all well and good, and it is okay to mock their convictions. But if a minister questions the value and holiness of homo”sexual” acts, they want that minister charged with a hate crime.
If we truly respect the privacy of consenting adults (which is not expressly written in the Constitution) AND freedom of religion (which IS expressly written in the Constitution), then we will:
-Not use the force of law to prevent same sex couples to do which each other whatever they desire in the privacy of their own homes. (This is already the case.) But nobody should be forced to pay for the health care of anyone else – in other words, if someone gets an STD in the privacy of their own home, they should not be able to tax other people to get treatment.
-Prosecute anyone who destroys another’s property or attacks their person without their consent. (This is already the case.)
-Not use the force of law to restrict anyone from speaking about sexual and marital ideals to consenting adult audiences on private property, or on public property. (Some hate crimes legislation is attempting to do this very thing.)
-Not use the people’s money (taxes funding public schools) to attack their religions convictions regarding sexuality and marriage, especially to grade school children. (This would mean a halt to some current programs.)
-Not use judicial activism to grant marriage licenses to couples with one of the sexes unrepresented, which would be an imposition on the people (since the people grant marriage licenses) against their will.
We can all get along well enough to function as a society as long as we do not physically attack each other or use coercion to attempt to force changes in each other. Neither side has to like and affirm the other side’s feelings and convictions to have true tolerance and coexistence.
Bottom line: I will not pry two men apart, but they in turn should not try to pry me and my Bible apart.