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Washout Lane :: The FMA, Christians, and everyone else

Posted on Sep 15, 2006 by jason

When Congress began deliberations of the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) or whatever it was called, the move reeked of constituency pandering.  No one can doubt that is precisely what it was.  No chance was available for this federal shame to succeed.  A majority of Americans were against it while a majority also cringed at the thought of allowing gay marriage.  This draft is from a post to be called “The FMA, Christians, and everyone else” that I began months ago yet never completed, eventually deciding it would do no good and was horribly out of date.

Even more disturbing is how far Christians are willing to take their prejudice in this case.  I read the Bible.  Many times, in fact.  I know what it says about homosexuality.  I also know it says a great many other things which these religious zealots conveniently choose to ignore, even when such proscriptions are right there in the same book they enjoy using as a club against Teh Gays.

Do they endorse slavery?  The Bible does, but I don’t see Christians asking their representatives to bring that back.

They eat shellfish.  The Bible specifically says that’s a sin, and those statements in Leviticus come one chapter after the proclamation that homosexuality is wrong.

Do they ever pray in front of or around others?  The Bible says such a thing is sin and that prayer should always be a private matter done in secret.

Do they promote the wholesale slaughter of our enemy’s women and children so as to ensure they can not stand against us?  The Bible says that is precisely what the righteous should do.

Shall I go on?

Regrettably, those who scream loudest about homosexuality being a sin are the most flagrant sinners according to their own book.  We are become a nation of hypocrites in the name of Christ.  More importantly, as Christ’s examples and directives in the Bible clearly show, where people of Christian faith are concerned, compassion for those who are persecuted should always prevail.  I doubt anyone could say this is an example of the compassion of Christ that his followers are commanded to demonstrate always.  If the Christian god were real, the bible makes clear he would be weeping now for the great injustice and harm being perpetrated in his name.

Giggle though you might, the question from your own mouths lingers in the air like the stench of Pharisees: “What would Jesus do?”  Things like “Who would Jesus hate?” or “How would Jesus kill them?” demonstrate only ignorance and hypocrisy in such cases, yet most appear ready to distort the question so it fits the hate.

I beg to differ with anyone willing to argue the anti-gay marriage movement has nothing to do with religion.  If it doesn’t, we’re back to the “Gross!” excuse.  Tell me what sound, logical, secular argument supports the FMA or any similar law so targeted and inherently petulant.  Only this and other misguided, out of date religions seem capable of inciting this level of intolerant discrimination.

Let me share a bit of the Christians’ good book for those so labeled who also support this amendment.  Being so unfamiliar with the text and apparently unread in your own scriptures, you undoubtedly were not informed of a few tidbits cleverly hidden so as not to be confused with the important stuff.

“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”  That’s the Golden Rule from Matthew 7:12 and is a divine proscription from Jesus himself.  Paul, the other proclaimer of the evils of Teh Gays, reiterates Jesus’ words later in Philippians 2:3 where he says, “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”  Both extractions contradict this cult’s sudden desire to inflict harm and control the state.  If it’s not the whole group, they’re all guilty by association for allowing the loudest voice to be the one most filled with hate.

With JC and his posse momentarily set aside in bewilderment at how their own bible contradicts their actions, let me now turn focus toward others.

Significant examples demonstrate homosexuality is quite normal throughout the animal kingdom.  In varying degrees, where you find life, you find homosexuality.  Are we not interested in killing every animal capable of such demonstrations?  Do we not seek to “convert” or “un-gay” every creature thus far documented to participate in such acts?  If not, why do we focus so diligently on accepting it for at minimum hundreds of other species while simultaneously declaring it unnatural in our own?  It seems a relevant question, n’est-ce pas?  And yet again, I’m unable to see the answer and happily welcome anyone capable of explaining this disparity.

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