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Originally posted by DoggyStyle82
LIBRASOUL
I had a brother who struggled with his sexuality who died of AIDS and I have a gay cousin who is currently fighting a losing battle with AIDS. I know intimately about homosexuality. I have a choice in not choosing gay friends the way you have but you can't choose your family. This has taught we a great lesson in that I love my family and no illness or sexual orientation can change that but I still disagree with the lifestyle.
My brother was accosted by a gay male as a teenager and this confused his sexuality. I never knew that he was a "down low" brother til he was diagnosed. My opinion of him never changed, nor did I love him less.
My gay cousin was "normal" til he was 21 and decided to come out of the closet. Same guy I chased girls with, bought Playboy magazines with etc. Next day he's wearing pink hotpants and sneakers and two snappin' it up. I was confused and bewildered and felt betrayed. He was no longer the cousin that I grew up with but a stranger that I didn't know. Our friendship was over and our lives went in two separate directions. If he gave me an invitation to a gay wedding, I would not attend.
LIBRASOUL, we all make assumptions because they require less thought and usually favor our point of view, but CHRISTIANS do not "hate" homosexuals, nor do they want to impose their religion on others. When Christians express their opinions, those opinions have to be based on the word of God in order to be valid. Christians fully recognize that this is a secular country, but that does not mean that their opinions have to be secular as well, nor to be discarded when they become inconvenient for the anything goes crowd. What the secular crowd hates the most about a COMMITTED Christian is that they cannot be swayed by popular opinion or a feel good opinion. I love my gay family members (I have a lesbian cousin as well) and nothing could ever change that, but a marriage is a religious institution that has been secularized, just like Christmas has become.
Lastly, for those who are not Biblical scholars or do not quite comprehend it, please stop choosing bits and pieces of scripture to condemn or support an argument. It only causes confusion. The reason why "beastiality" is mentioned with homosexuality in Love Spells argument is because in the Mosaic law concerning sexual conduct that God finds abominable, there are three main ones, incest, bestiality, and homosexuality. Your argument is not with Love Spell on this but with God.
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Thank you for your post Doggystyle.
You must understand that homosxuality is not NECESSARILY a result of some sort of sexual abuse, nor are all homosexuals flamboyant.
The fact that you would attend the wedding of one of your gay family members or close friends speaks volumes about your character.
And I wasn't trying to link Christianity with a haterd of homosexuals, so I apologize if I was ambigious with me wording there.
Lovespell, I still fail to see anywhere in the thread where I have personally attacked you. If your defensiveness is going to prevent you from acknowledging any opinion contrary to your own, so be it. I am sorry that you won't be able to take anything from this thread you have started.
Honeykiss and Doggystyle thank you very much for your input from the other side of the argument. I have a much greater understanding of where you both are coming from.