I thinkk it's great that this has happened, but what makes me so bloody frustrated is that it actually has to come to this! My friend's church (united) is going through the motions of becoming an affirming church. Why is this even an issue? Why does anyone have the right to tell anyone else who they are legally allowed to marry based on sexual orientation or any other reason for that matter? I grew up, with my mom telling me stories about growing up in South Africa in the midst of Aparteid and how she left because (in her words) "I won't live in a place where the government can tell me that I'm not allowed to fall in love and marry a black man" to me, that's the same thing as a person's sexual preference, their faith, their ethnicity etc. I don't care who you marry!! I don't care who you sleep with! I don't care what colour your skin is adn I don't care who you pray to!! Are you a good person? Do you treat others with respect? Are you a lovign adn giving person? THAT's what matters! We as people under these governing folks, have handed over the authority to make these rules..........why? why have been allowed to go this far? why is some fat pocketed person allowed to tell my best friend he's NOT allowed to marry his long time lover? Why does my friend's church have to have a referendum to see whether they are allowed to have an affirming church? I always use the same analgy..........when Christ taught on the mount he didn't separate folks into different groups. "oh....your Jewish....come sit up frint, You're Catholic....over there.....you're Gay.....over on the left." He just spoke and those who wanted to listed did. Aren't we all supposed to be "one under God" (or who ever you chose to believe in)To me............we should all be equal. No separate laws based on gender, faith, creed or sexual orientation. Sorry.......I've ranted and vented enough. It just pisses me off. I realize that this is the way things are............but to me it's just wrong! OK..venting done.
Sadly the world is complicated and full of rules. But (thankfully) it seems as if we're now heading in the right direction. People are just always wary of the 'unknown'...
(Sorry this reply is so short, am half asleep by now, but I didn't want to leave it any longer. That is - it's already been days and days since you commented.)
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I grew up, with my mom telling me stories about growing up in South Africa in the midst of Aparteid and how she left because (in her words) "I won't live in a place where the government can tell me that I'm not allowed to fall in love and marry a black man" to me, that's the same thing as a person's sexual preference, their faith, their ethnicity etc. I don't care who you marry!! I don't care who you sleep with! I don't care what colour your skin is adn I don't care who you pray to!! Are you a good person? Do you treat others with respect? Are you a lovign adn giving person? THAT's what matters! We as people under these governing folks, have handed over the authority to make these rules..........why? why have been allowed to go this far? why is some fat pocketed person allowed to tell my best friend he's NOT allowed to marry his long time lover? Why does my friend's church have to have a referendum to see whether they are allowed to have an affirming church?
I always use the same analgy..........when Christ taught on the mount he didn't separate folks into different groups. "oh....your Jewish....come sit up frint, You're Catholic....over there.....you're Gay.....over on the left." He just spoke and those who wanted to listed did.
Aren't we all supposed to be "one under God" (or who ever you chose to believe in)To me............we should all be equal. No separate laws based on gender, faith, creed or sexual orientation.
Sorry.......I've ranted and vented enough. It just pisses me off. I realize that this is the way things are............but to me it's just wrong!
OK..venting done.
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Sadly the world is complicated and full of rules. But (thankfully) it seems as if we're now heading in the right direction. People are just always wary of the 'unknown'...
(Sorry this reply is so short, am half asleep by now, but I didn't want to leave it any longer. That is - it's already been days and days since you commented.)