And saying "I have issues with unmarried mothers, especially those trying to join my sorority" DOES NOT sound condescending? I've had this same conversation with my friend hundreds of times. I find that some people like to put degrees on what they believe is wrong and right...I call it the "Pick and Choose" Syndrome. It's where, let's say, you can condemn a woman who sleeps around...or someone that has premarital sex....(Because you don't do it). BUT...you smoke weed or you drink all night and get up and go to church a few hours later. The latter, however, is not seen as being on the same degree as the former...because you know that's what YOU do. And if you doing it, it can't be all that bad. And what I'm saying is unless God came down and affirmed that we are, infact, holier than thou.....we can not go around picking and choosing what is immoral and what isn't (i.e. I'm against unwed mothers joining my sorority, but...I think it's wrong for people to have ill feelings against homosexuality) I feel if you're going to be an advocate for one, do the same for the other...that is if you're truly all for not judging others.
Listen, I'll be the first to admit I'm not perfect...but NONE of us are. A lot of our feelings come from personal experiences. if you have a best friend, sister, etc. who is gay...then, of course, you're going to get upset if someone speaks out against homosexuality. If that same sister or best friend had a baby out of wedlock and later down the line wanted to pledge a sorority...and someone tried to down them....you'd be mad as heck. We all can stand to learn a lesson in accepting EVERYONEequally for who they are regardless of their sexual preference or the circumstances of how their kids came into the world.
As far as the comment on not comparing people who lie, cheat, have premarital sex, etc. to those people who are gay (because they can't help being gay...it's how God made them)....I'm not trying to even get into that subject. I, personally, don't have a problem with anyone gay, straight, whore or otherwise....I'm too busy worrying about myself to try and go around pondering what's right and wrong in other people's lives. I leave that to the all the Socrates of the world.
[This message has been edited by Sexy Mocha (edited November 30, 2000).]
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