Sotrue1920 Quotes Dr. King
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. For some strange reason I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. And you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the way God’s universe is made; this is the way it is structured."
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The question here is not of who's more oppressed, but what type of oppression occurs. With Jews, it is religious oppression, with blacks it is racial oppression, with Homosexuals, the oppression comes from a choice of sexual preferrence. (I say choice because even some homosexuals will tell you that any type of sexuality is not a natural phenomenon, but a combination of environment, personal choice, and opportunity. Many homosexuals say that they were born that way, but you cannot find any scientific proof to back that up). Does this make discrimination against homosexuals okay, of course not. But at the same time, let us consider the quote by Dr. King. He says that "I can never be what I
ought to be " unless "...you are what you
ought to be", not who we are, but who we ought to be. Dr. King is saying that our divine destiny in inexricably tied to the betterment of ourselves and each other. He is saying that the complete law of the universe is better than our human nature, and calls for us to be better people (read righteous). Homosexuality is an act that is abhorent to God and goes against God's law (of the universe). These laws are not contingent upon how society views them nor on how breaking them effects those around us. Yes homosexuality is a personal choice between two people, but so is adultery, fornication and other sexual sins. This does not make them okay, these sins go against the devine design for sex and our bodies.
Judge Moore is probably as biggeted as the Third reich was to the Jews and the Jim Crowers were to the Blacks in the South, but do not think that the question of homosexuality and race are merely questions of who's more oppressed. This issue speaks to the validation of a lifestyle that is deemed incongruent to the divine destiny of us all. Homosexuality is not an phylogenic trait like skin color is, it is a lifestyle choice that has consequences just as any choice will have. Should they be discriminated against by society simply for being homosexual, of coure not, but at the same time, this choice of lifestyle should not afford them the priviledge to be free from the question of the righteousness of the act itself, and face the consequences of the act. You see, when a homosexual makes the comparison to black oppression, I feel like it is more out of an attempt to normalize homosexuality rather than point out the evils of discrimination in any form. The homosexual then throws what God says out the window and expects us to do the same. I think not.
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