Study Says Brains of Gay Men and Women Are Similar
duh, u don't need a study to figure that out - you just need to see a few gay ppl try so hard all their lives to be straight and fail, to realize that it's biological.
Even though I'm not gay, it's always seemed unjust to me to deny gay ppl marriage rights.
One very common justification against marriage rights for "the gays" that I hear from my fellow Christians is that it's a sin. OK? Ever heard of the separation of church and state enshrined in the constitution?
By that "logic", every non-Christian is a "sinner" and we must strip them of any rights we can. Why don't we start by stripping bhuddists, hindus and moslems of their right to worship???
Afterall, isn't it "sinful" to worship any "God" other that our Christian God? How would that be different from the totalitarian islamic states like Afghanistan under the Taliban that was supposed to be so bad?
Secular marriage is about commitment, not gender. Secular marriage, as sanctioned by a state should be independent of personal religious belief because that brings about the conundrum of which religion to apply. And that would require a "state religion" which would be unconstitutional.
It's this kind of intolerance which clouds the essence of God's message of love. According to Christian doctrine all sinners go to hell, not just gay people. That means all of us, yup you and me, deserve hell ... but for the grace of God. God convicts us through his love, not by coercion and punishment. Let's show more love. My 2 cents.
Now for a 3rd cent ... some other common reasons:
- It will destroy family values/structure
- Kids who grow up without a father/mother don't turn out well therefore kids who grow up with the same gender parent get a double dose of not turning out well
These reasons are even less logical than the religious reasons. So let me get this straight. There *nothing* stopping gay people from living together and adopting children (it's perfectly legal), but if they decide to *commit* to each other and be held publicly and legally accountable for their commitment, the world will fall apart??? So uncommitted, "fornicating" gay ppl with multiple partners are better for kids than a committed, loving couples?
Regardless of how one feels about the morality of homosexuality, a committed couple is better (for their kids, "family values", whatever) than an unmarried couple - whichever way you slice or dice it. So I really don't get these arguments. Somehow denying these couples of legal, financial, emotional benefits of a committed marriage magically strengthens other families??
Yesterday I saw some protestors outside the Chinese Embassy in San Francisco holding signs that read "God Hates Gay People" ... that made me very sad. These "religious" people have transformed our God of Love into a god of hate.
God hates sin, but loves the sinner. Somone needs to break the (good) news to them.
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