i don't know how weird ppl will think this post is with my bush lovin, baptist upbringing, right-wing, conservative butt, but oh well.
can't say one way or the other if this should be legalized.....for the most part, i guess i think it should b/c honestly.....who
is it hurting? church ppl will say that it hurts the morality of marriage, the family, the country, the world......but whoa. ppl have the right to make choices...this country is supposedly all about freedoms, and if ya wanna talk about God.....God is the supreme giver of choices. hello? gave adam the whole apple choice......he didn't go with it, and WATCH OUT.....man survived and thrived and here we all are a billion.2 years later. it wasn't the original plan, but man-kind lived through it. the only thing that did go as planned in that situation was that God was the only other one around to
judge them for what they did. that is how it is supposed to be. no one has the right to judge someone else for what they do.....i don't know how many times i have said this, but judge not lest ye be judged. and if someone wants to make a lifelong committment to someone, why should they be stopped? murderers and thieves are stopped b/c it's the combination of morally wrong AND detrimental to others. whether one just thinks someone/some act is morally wrong or not doesn't hold a whole lot of weight if it's not harming others in some way. b/c, yeah....lying is also morally wrong.....but should i be thrown in jail for telling a white lie to my mother about being in the shower when she called when i was actually just staring at my caller ID b/c i didn't feel like talking to her (yeah, feeling guilty..... -sigh-
) i'm not hurting anyone, just merely sparing her feelings and controlling my own time.
plus, it all comes back to how
i would like to be treated. b/c i am a white heterosexual female, i don't have to worry a whole, whole lot about being shat upon. however, if i was a white lesbian (or any color...jussayin).....another issue. b/c of my sexual preference it's
decided for me that i can have legal rights with my spouse, but yikes, if i was a lesbian i wouldn't? somehow that doesn't seem fair.
yes, i believe that marriage was intended for a man and a woman, and i personally don't think that God has a friendly eye for the act of homosexuality........but at the same time, back in the day it may not have been quite as big of a LEGAL RIGHTS issue (as far as hospital visits, child custody, etc), and i also think that God is a loving God.....love the person, hate the sin. even if you don't agree with homosexuality, why should they be denied the basic human right to be married?
and goodness i have rambled and my brain is fried......somethings may look/sound weird, so i may have to go back and edit/reply to flames......fair warning.
lifesaver....nicely said. and WHOA, cloud9....i actually agree with your original post.
and libra, girl, aren't you proud?
