Now no one especially Christians should advocate shunning or condemning those with same-sex attraction but they need not abandon their faith in order to show their love for them.
With all the propaganda surrounding homosexual marriage blaring at us from every directionmost distressingly on ads during the nightly broadcast of Fox News Special Reportyoud think that its supporters were doubtful that most of America now favors its adoption instead of the other way around. Not a day goes by without some politician or entertainer bravely announcing their support for the oxymoron commonly known as same-sex marriage. Why this is considered courageous when we are constantly told that those who oppose this travesty are in the minority is beyond me but there it is.
Amid the avalanche of stories about gays and their heroic triumphs over the many offenses committed against them by I have no idea who comes a piece stating that it may now be safe" for an NFL player to come out of the closet. The author states: This players true concern Im told is not the reaction inside an NFL locker room but outside of it. The player fears he will suffer serious harm from homophobic fans." What form this harm might assume is unknown but Im sure that he expects it to come from knuckle-dragging Neanderthals who cling to God and guns.
Only in Barack Obamas America are people told that they have more to fear from those who love God and the U.S. Constitution than from an all-powerful government which now seeks to divorce them from these two traits which formerly defined what it meant to be an American.
Sadly many are changing their opinions on homosexual marriage because their children have adopted the gay lifestyle; truly a terrifying position. To take this to its logical conclusion; are young people always right and should their desires always be indulged? Can you imagine running a family or country that way? Yet this is exactly what has happened in America for the past 40 years and has so significantly contributed to the moral downfall of our country.
Now no one especially Christians should advocate shunning or condemning those with same-sex attraction but they need not abandon their faith in order to show their love for them. On the contrary in loving and obeying God they can only love them more after the example of Jesus Christ who loved sinners more than any man who ever lived. But somehow it is his followers who strive to follow him in all things who have been cast as the villains.
This is a cause for much confusion even among Christians. Senator Rob Portman actually said that he wrestled" with his faith but Ultimately it came down to the Bibles overarching themes of love and compassion and my belief that we are all children of God." Yet this is the same Portman who only two days earlier said Pope Benedict XVI inspired us with his unwavering commitment to faith during as he put it todays world subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith." It appears that some are more shaken than others.
Still the whole issue is fraught with so many inconsistencies but not among those on the right. Like why is it only Christians who are branded with inane invectives like homophobia when some Muslims advocate the stoning of homosexuals and others threatened the lives of a British MP who voted for gay marriage? Or why liberals after decades of belittling and devaluing the institution of marriage suddenly feel that it is essential to the dignity of mankind. And finally why civil unions dont suffice to fulfill the needs of those whose human identity is based solely on sex acts yet still want to be treated as normal.
Of course the answer to those questions is a simple one. The left knows it is only the Christian right that stands between them and the total control over all American life that has been their goal and that of all communist/socialists for decades. Therefore they will use any meanseven the misguided guilt and love that parents have for their childrenin order to bring religion in America to its knees. But guess what? Were already there praying for the strength to fight them off.