IO wrote:Family values? I don’t understand how spreading hatred and intolerance for a group of people can be considered a family value or even a Christian value at that. How can “promoting the homosexual lifestyle” threaten the family? You mean if homosexuals and heterosexuals lived side by side, worked side by side, played side by side, even worshiped side by side – that would disrupt and invade family values?
It really bothers me that people believe they have the right to tell others how they should live their lives. Even “ex-gays” don’t have the right to tell others that it’s wrong to be gay…. It may be wrong for you but leave others alone. It’s completely natural for some people to be gay. It’s found in other species (and no it’s not dominance play) many species of social animals have same sex pairings that bond for life and even raise young together.
Where did the young they raise come from?
The Bible states (just to make things clear I’m an atheist but believe the Bible for the most part has some good moral codes to live by) states that man shall not lie with man as it does with woman. This one passage is used for all this bigotry and hatred against not only homosexuals but lesbians as well. The Bible doesn’t say anywhere that I know of that it’s a sin or wrong for a woman to love another woman and yet Bible toting extremists seam to think it gives them the right to hate gays and lesbians.
The Bible does not ban, forbid, or state loving a member of the same sex is wrong. It states that sexual activity between members of the same sex is a sin. Lesbian relationships are labeled sin in Romans 1:26.
I think we should take the Bible for what it is – a book (yes it’s just a book) written by men (yes men) who wrote a moral code for humans to follow at a time when it was probably needed. At a time when the human population wasn’t as strong as it is now the Bible had teachings that helped to make sure that not only the human population would grow but that the Christian population would grow – which meant no homosexuality because it didn’t produce offspring, and no sex unless your doing it to conceive, means if you want to have sex you have to have children, what a way to make sure your religion grows –of course their going to want sex so their going to produce more Christians.
The Prostestant Bible contains 66 books 39 of which were written before Christianity became a faith. The 27 books that are in the New Testament were written after Christ's resurrection. So your analysis of the Bible is flawed. So is your analysis of human sexuality. God created woman with an organ that is designed for one purpose only, sexual pleasure. So to believe procreation is the only purpose for sex is to argue from ignorance not knowledge.
These beliefs where before we learned of evolution and before our population is going to get to the point we won’t have the natural resources to be able to support ourselves.
More new age philosophy that lacks knowledge. Argentina has enough productive land that if properly farmed could produce enough food to feed the population of today's world.
As to animals vs. men; men have a capacity to make decisions that so far exceeds the balance of the animal world we are set apart as a unique member of the animal kingdom. You appeal to animal behavior than appeal to evolution, so what are we animals who live by instinct or a unique species who can control our behavior?
Mrsrodriguez maybe you should learn to love thy neighbor before spreading your hatred.
I totally disagree with Mrs. Rodriguez's post, but loving your neighbor does not mean accepting an activity you find wrong.
You state that even an ex-gay man does not have the right to demand gay's change, however, you fail to address this: "Do gay activists have the right to demand we accept their behavior as normal, force ever-straights children to be exposed to homosexuality being taught in schools, and pushing for legislation that could result in imprisonment for expressing their faith."
The ex-gay movement does not "demand" gays change. We offer them the opportunity to find a path out if they want it.