Finally a conservative Christian owns up to the fact that neither heterosexuals in general, nor conservative Christians in particular, make much of "poster children" for the institution of marriage: "The gay community could not treat their marriage vows any worse than many Christians treat their own. ...remember that Christians and conservatives long ago met the real enemy of the sacred institution of marriage -- and we are that enemy."

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As the right-wing ever more loudly and vehemently spews its obnoxious anti-gay rhetoric about "God's will" and "Biblical law" and "sin" and "decency" and "tradition" and the "moral fabric of America"...and on and on, more quietly, and ultimately more spiritually and more faithfully, dozens and hundreds and thousands of same-sex couples are choosing to declare their vows to one another in religious ceremonies. Sometimes they do so within religious movements (such as Paganism, Reform Judaism, and Unitarian Universalism) and Christian denominations (such as the United Church of Christ, Congregationalism, Friends (Quakers) & the Metropolitan Community Church, some congregations within United Methodism & Presbyterianism, and some dioceses of Episcopalianism) that openly welcome them, and sometimes they do so even within such officially condemning movements as Roman Catholocism. In defiance of any and all traditional religious doctrine that opposes their very existence, gay and lesbian couples are refusing to deny their natural human spiritual and religious needs and desires and are instead creatively seeking out ways to have them met. Hallelujah!

(Looks like the religious right is spinning its wheels deeper and deeper into the mud to me.)

2:38:59 PM  |  This is Post #110  |  Permanent URL:   |  

It's not always the case, but today I love teenagers! :) The children are our future...la..la..la... *grin*

(Note: Right now this is on the linked website, but I'm not sure how long it will be there, so I've downloaded it, so it will always be here on this blog.)

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