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A public post? Be still, my heart! I just had to get out some words about prop 8. I'm not starting trouble. We are each entitled to our own opinion.
Recently I've begun to plan my own wedding (yee!), which is super exciting - and slightly overwhelming, I'm not going to lie. My engagement began days before Californians voted, saying that the legal marriages of same sex couples...don't count. They're sorry. Actually, most of them aren't sorry.
I can identify with some of those voters - as a Christian, how do you wrestle with what the Biblical Truth says about homosexuality, and yet also back human rights? I've thought long and hard about it, myself. You could get into a million discussions about facts and truths in the Bible, or picking and choosing the Truth from it, or choice vs born gay, or "all sins are created equal," or "love your neighbor", or whatever. I'm not saying those conversations aren't worthwhile. I'd happily have an educated discussion with anyone about those things. Here's the rub though, and largely the reason I vote democrat - no matter what I believe as part of my own personal faith, I can't make that the rule for every person in this country, and still claim America as a place for religious freedom.
In March, I'll be married, and so will some gay couples. I can't imagine for a minute that my marriage is diminished by theirs. I do imagine, though, that every time we take away the rights of a person based on age, sex, sexuality, race, etc, that we are diminished as a free nation.
Now, more than ever, the physical things we have in this world are unstable. The relationships that we have with the people around us are perhaps more valuable than they ever have been. Why are some worth more than others, and who is the government to decide? I was on TheKnot.com today and looked at some of the "real weddings" of gay couples - how can you look at those people and go, "Mmmm, no. I don't think so. There is a finite amount of marital love in this world, and we can't have you gays taking up any of it." Ugh.
For now, these thoughts are simply mine to spill. Texas is a long way away from thinking about gay marriage. Or any other "liberally minded" issue. Side note though - who in the world was voting in California!?! The Gay Marriage Proposition - Prop 8, declared that they won't allow gay marriages, but Proposition 4 - which requires a waiting period and parental notification before a minor has an abortion - got shot down! WTF? No to gay marriage but yes to minors having abortions without a parent knowing? Seriously. That tells me that there are more than "morality issues" to Prop 8 (read: prejudice against people who are not like you).
Recently I've begun to plan my own wedding (yee!), which is super exciting - and slightly overwhelming, I'm not going to lie. My engagement began days before Californians voted, saying that the legal marriages of same sex couples...don't count. They're sorry. Actually, most of them aren't sorry.
I can identify with some of those voters - as a Christian, how do you wrestle with what the Biblical Truth says about homosexuality, and yet also back human rights? I've thought long and hard about it, myself. You could get into a million discussions about facts and truths in the Bible, or picking and choosing the Truth from it, or choice vs born gay, or "all sins are created equal," or "love your neighbor", or whatever. I'm not saying those conversations aren't worthwhile. I'd happily have an educated discussion with anyone about those things. Here's the rub though, and largely the reason I vote democrat - no matter what I believe as part of my own personal faith, I can't make that the rule for every person in this country, and still claim America as a place for religious freedom.
In March, I'll be married, and so will some gay couples. I can't imagine for a minute that my marriage is diminished by theirs. I do imagine, though, that every time we take away the rights of a person based on age, sex, sexuality, race, etc, that we are diminished as a free nation.
Now, more than ever, the physical things we have in this world are unstable. The relationships that we have with the people around us are perhaps more valuable than they ever have been. Why are some worth more than others, and who is the government to decide? I was on TheKnot.com today and looked at some of the "real weddings" of gay couples - how can you look at those people and go, "Mmmm, no. I don't think so. There is a finite amount of marital love in this world, and we can't have you gays taking up any of it." Ugh.
For now, these thoughts are simply mine to spill. Texas is a long way away from thinking about gay marriage. Or any other "liberally minded" issue. Side note though - who in the world was voting in California!?! The Gay Marriage Proposition - Prop 8, declared that they won't allow gay marriages, but Proposition 4 - which requires a waiting period and parental notification before a minor has an abortion - got shot down! WTF? No to gay marriage but yes to minors having abortions without a parent knowing? Seriously. That tells me that there are more than "morality issues" to Prop 8 (read: prejudice against people who are not like you).