And then in my next blog I'll talk about the Labor Day BBQ and Gaduation Day..
Ok, sorry that I'm spending so much time on this subject, but...I read an article in the Circleville Herald and although I read it wrong at first, I think it's very interesting that Jewish and people that don't have a one particular religion are in FAVOR of gay marriages! Hopefully that will get people to realize this is NOT a Christian country and not EVERY religion in this country (or state) is against gay marriage..
But my real rant is how like this quote: "'I believe what the Bible says about homosexuality being a sin. It's not a genetic tendency' [a poll participant] said."
So um..since when are we gonna let an old, numerously revised, edited, cut, and translated words from a (often thought of as) one-sided religion with a "if you're not with us, you are against us", "only our God is the true one", "If you don't get saved by converting to our religion FULLY, you are going to burn in Hell for eternity" mentality be what is in total control of our laws that cover hundreds of religious believes and sects? And I'm not speaking against just using Christianity to govern, but almost any big religion out there would not be good to make laws for a whole country on..it'd be different if the Dude said that many religions see it as bad or something it's be a little bit better..
I also don't believe in going totally secular..I just think we can have decent laws that people agree in with almost all religions, but at the same time, doesn't limit religions..like, prayer should be allowed in school, but only when the individual student decides when and who to pray to..not having a teacher be like "let's now say our morning prayer"..I still don't know why they had a prayer at my high school graduation..maybe it's because our town is mostly Christian..as far as I know, there's no temple or mosque in a 20 mile radius, but there are probably over a hundred churches..back when I was a senior in high school, nothing was supposedly was able to be scheduled after 6 p.m. on a Wednesday night..the really only outside clubs and volunteering you could do was FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) or volunteering at your church..I've seen people being dragged to a meeting lol..I heard it was fun and probably would have participated in FCA if I could drive, but it was funny to see this one girl pulling her friend's arm going down the hallway saying, "You are going to FCA tonight!!" and the girls kinda like, "Do I have to?" OOOH..I got an idea *twitch*..
Anyway, back to the article..
also, he said he didn't think it was genetic..WELL OF COURSE NOT..otherwise how would the group survive? Straight people give birth to gay children all the time and it's not upbringing either 'cuz gay people bring up straight people all the time, too..
Again, I believe it's a spirtual thing..people with be attracted to and fall in love with the sex their soul mate is in in this life OR the person is born in a different gender than they used to be in past lives or they are so spiritual, physical traits such as gender doesn't matter..
Me, for an example, I supposedly was a girl in many of my recent past lives (according to a couple of psychics) and I'm attracted to guys, so I'm guessing my soul mate is male..it would be different had he been born a female..
I'm Eclectic leaning toward Philosophical Agnostic..I believe in different beliefs from many different religions..But when it comes to laws, I vote for whatever benefits the individual..not on what a popular religion or our culture says what's right..
that's my little rant..I'll blog later :o)
Posted by Hope at September 12, 2004 03:19 PM