One thing I have been really passionate about lately is Proposition 8 here in California, which is the proposition on the ballot to overthrow the decision to allow gays to marry. A yes vote would take away the right for homosexual couples to get married. As a Christian, I am supposed to vote yes, right? Well, I am not!
The title of this blog was taken from a sign outside a church in Ohio. And when I saw it on the news, I literally cried! I'm not sure if the tears were of anger or of hurt. Maybe it was a little of both!
My first point, is in the passage in the Bible that is most commonly referred to as pointing out homosexuality as a sin also deals with gossip, slander, and lust as being sins. I don't seen anyone picketing gossip, and I certainly haven't seen any signs outside churches that read, "I gossiped and I liked it, then I went to hell..." Because there is sure a lot of gossip going around in our Christian communities, isn't there?
Secondly, I feel that the gay community has been greatly discriminated against, especially by the church! I feel like the church has dealt with the issue of homosexuality in a terrible way. Instead of loving a homosexual and seeing them as a human being, most Christians have cast them aside and told them to go deal with their sin. I'm not sure that people who have not dealt with homosexuality can truly understand what a homosexual is going through, and I think for us to tell them to just, "get over it" is wrong!
So, I want to find a way to love homosexuals, and not to cast them aside from society. And I feel that one way to love them is to make them equals with rights for marriage! I can honestly say I don't understand what it is that you are going through as a homosexual, but let me try to understand, instead of banning something that you hold so near and dear to your heart!
As a Christian, let's stop excluding people from our "club", and make Christianity an open door for ALL to feel welcomed! Let's learn how to love people, even those who look different from us, and stop this form of racism that homosexuality has become! Let's stop condemning people to Hell, and start loving them in order to make this world a more civil place!
