Alpha,
A nice fable. Written, I'm sure, for the express purpose of convincing people that they would, in fact, "reap what they sowed" - even if they thought they were powerful enough or clever enough to get away with it. If a king can't manage to escape divine justice, <I>you</I> certainly can't!
Effective enough to be preserved to this day -- and you're even using it for its intended purpose. Amazing.
Chrysoprasus wrote:It has also been largely seen as morally reprehensible throughout history, as going against nature.
Not really. Not unless you mean "Judeo-Christian history."
Chrys wrote:It is becoming socially acceptable, and not seen as sin anymore. I find this harmful to my children. It will be much harder for them to take God's word seriously when even basic words are ignored by the majority and sin is seen as good and normal.
If your God's word cannot stand up to critical thought, it is not the fault of those who lead others to think.
Chrys wrote:If I own my own business, I am now legally required not to take into consideration that a person is openly defiant to God's word, ie must not discriminate based on sexual orientation. If I were to hire somebody I would want them to have similar values and be morally upright.
Personally, I wouldn't want to work for you, either. And I'm ambivalent about anti-discrimination laws... I wouldn't want to have to <I>hire</I> you, <I>either.</I>
Incidentally, my employer is Jewish. Needless to say, he's following a lot more of "God's word" than you are... and the fact that I'm gay is exactly as much of an issue for him as, say, the fact that I might eat a cheeseburger on my lunch break.
He's also a great boss, but that's neither here nor there.
Chrys wrote:A practicing homosexaul is acting immorally.
It rips apart the family structure, something I find sacred, and something I try to instill in my children as precious. It is not ok and it is not normal for a family to consist of mom and mom plus children or dad and dad plus children.
And you would, therefore, rip apart <I>our</I> family structure -- when all we want is to <I>coexist</I> with yours. FYI, there's an ever-growing body of research that indicates that children raised by gay parents turn out to be just as "okay" and "normal" as those raised by straight parents. In light of that, I see no reason why people like you should be able to dictate whether or not people like me get to have families.
Chrys wrote:Plus, it's just really sucks to think that the more acceptable and widespread this is the more I have to wonder who's looking at me sexually in the changing/shower room at the Y! We have separate changing rooms for a reason! Dealing with one half of the population is hard enough, don't make me deal with both.
In other words: You make me uncomfortable. Stay in the closet so I don't have to know you exist.
I don't know how much you're joking, and how much you're serious. Regardless, I think it sucks. <I>Really</I> sucks.