Monday, October 29, 2012

My thoughts on Ref-74

Why all the hate? As a “Christian” I am really embarrassed at the actions and words of people I once respected. I thought God taught us unconditional love? I thought God wanted us to respect each other? I admit I get angry at those that spout hurtful, hateful venom about how they think being gay is wrong or against God. How they will “pray” for these people. Here is what I have to say…pray for yourself. Pray that the hate be lifted from your heart like God would want it to be. Gluttony is also a sin but people are furious when someone wants to take their Big Mac away and ban McDonalds. Who among you can say you are without sin? Who gave you the right to judge what sin is better or worse than another? I am confused when being Christian gave people some entitlement. I thought being Christian meant to be humble, not proud? You are not better than another because you attend a big fancy church with surround sound and a big screen. I can’t imagine that makes you top of the list going to heaven. Jesus led a simple life, how does this represent him? To address the silliness of how R-74 will hurt families, it can’t be any worse than what heterosexuals have been doing to marriage for more than 100 years. If you believe that R-74 is wrong, you should believe that divorce is wrong, cheating on your spouse is wrong. We should abolish divorce to protect families. We should make cheating a criminal offense. If you are cheating or cheating with someone who is married, no matter what the case you should be charged with violation of marriage vows. I wonder how many would vote yes for that? How many of you would be guilty? Children need parents that love them and take care of them. I have seen many more dysfunctional hetro families than I have dysfunctional gay couples. If you think allowing Ref-74 to pass will somehow threaten your marriage, then your marriage has bigger issues than you will admit. We should take a lesson from gay couples, they love each other despite what people say or believe. Despite what obstacles that society puts in front of them. They stand up for their right to be a family unit. Who are we to stand in their way?