Okay, my friend Sue tells me to look in the editorial section of today's local paper. She knows that I just love Bush supporters--and religious zealot Bush supporters in particular. Anyway, I buy the paper, and there's this opinion printed from some local going on about the evils of homosexuality and how George W. Bush is a moral leader, blah, blah, blah. He referenced the gospels, and explained how the election of Bush (I can't say re-election because he wasn't elected the first time. He was appointed by the Supreme Court) exalted Jesus.
Yeah, well I've got one for you: Jesus, save me from your followers!
I'm straight as an arrow. I've been with the same woman for over 16 years, and we've been married for 12 of those years. We have two kids. But I've gotta tell you, I get damned sick and tired of gay bashing from the so-called religious right. The Bible says, "Judge not, lest ye be judged", but these nutjobs apparently skipped that part. They honestly believe that homosexuality is a choice. Well, let me ask you of the heterosexual persuasion: Do you find that your attraction to the opposite sex is a choice? Is it something you can just turn on/off?
The Bible, especially the New Testament, talks about God's love for us. Love to me is at the heart of God's essence. So you mean to tell me if two men or two women really love each other and want to have a committed relationship that God frowns on that? Guess which state has the lowest divorce rate? -Massachusetts. Yes, that's also the only state to permit gay marriage. In contrast, the states with the highest divorce rates are all Bible Belt states. Hmmm. I'll let you readers draw your own conclusions from that one.
Did anyone ever consider that homosexuality might just be evolution's way of population control? At 6 billion and counting, we are taxing the Earth's resources just a tad. Oh, I forgot--you religious nutjobs don't believe in evolution. I mean, it makes so much more sense to interpret the Bible literally in this regard. Newsflash: Men wrote the Bible. Not God. Men.
Religious fanatics ought to get a grip. I tell you, I pray that neither of my kids turn out to be gay. It's not because I oppose the lifestyle. It's because our society treats the gay community so poorly, I wouldn't want them to suffer for being that way.
Fundamentalist Christians ought to take a long hard look at themselves. Because if God is watching them, I don't think He or She would like what He or She saw. Love one another. Jesus himself said that is the great commandment.
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Boy, it's a good thing we have that wrathful God sitting on his golden height chair in heaven, ready to smite us as soon as we deviate from a very narrow set of rules. He'll keep the riff-raff out of heaven, by jingo!
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