More Spin To Manipulate You - Gay Marriage

Firstly, I have written about how I don't care about the government sanctioning marriage, they don't, they enforce contracts. I do think gays should be allowed to have the same contractual rights as straight people. I think blacks should have the government enforce their contracts in the same manner that they enforce the contracts of white. I believe nothing other than insanity and inability should excuse you from meeting your contractual obligations. I believe people should meet their commitments when they were entered into with no undue duress or influence.

I am a Christian. No surprise there. Homosexuality is only possibly referenced about six times in the bible. Count the number of times marriage is mentioned or adultery is mentioned, they are discussed much more often. Heck, adultery made the top ten, it made the 10 commandments. People are so worried about gay marriage; but, support no-fault divorce. Huh? I want you to understand what I believe to understand why I agree with an organization that is against gay marriage. I don't agree them with their stance, I agree with their right to have one.

This pastor for the Methodist church officiated over his son's gay marriage. I am good with that, it is merely a ritual that recognizes a commitment. Marriage does not require a government license or a preacher, marriage is a commitment, a contract between two people. The preacher was just a ritual recognizing that two people made a commitment to one another. You do not need a preacher to officiate over your buying a car and that is a contract too. You cannot find a place in the bible where it says that you need a preacher or the government to be married. It is fairly specific and what unites two is sex. Sorry; it is fairly specific, when a man and a women unite physically, they are one. That is my perspective on gay "marriage". I should also point out that you can make commitments that are not true marriage. I am sorry if my gay friends do not like what I have said and if my straight conservative friends don't like it either. I am not really sorry.

A contract between two people to commit themselves to each other should apply regardless of sex, race or anything else. If you give your word in a trade, meet your obligation. That is "legal" marriage. Spiritual marriage is between a man and a woman and it is for eternity, in my opinion. It can only happen when both parties truly commit. A commitment to stick by one another as long as you benefit is not a marriage.

Back to the news. Some Methodist preacher officiated over his gay sons marriage. He got defrocked, kicked out of his church and he should have been and he should have wanted that result. The organization he joined and claimed to represent did not believe in gay marriage. Organizations, especially religious and political ones, have a common belief. They may not agree on everything; but, they have some common beliefs. I would not join a church that believed that gays are why we are going to hell and that our country is failing because there are gays. There have been gays forever, they are not causing the end of the world.

If you join the Catholic church or the Mormon church, it is their doctrine that homosexuality is a sin and must be stopped. I might agree that it is a sin, many things are, anything short of perfection is a sin, that is the definition of sin and I know I am straight and still not perfect. Paul said he was the greatest sinner of all. Which sins I personally find repugnant are no worse than the sins I commit in thought and deed. Personal preference and selfishness if you will.

Bottom line, I don't believe the Methodist church is right and I don't believe that God will make two gay people become one. I do not believe that two people of the same sex can become one in God's eyes; but, I do believe that the world should allow them to commit to one another. Something for both side of the argument to hate. Now, lets get back to the pastor who officiated over his son's gay marriage. Shame on him.

I am not upset that he officiated over his son's gay marriage, I am ashamed of him for not publicly leaving the Methodist church before doing the ceremony. What a liar, what a hypocrite. He chose to be a leader in a church that did not believe in gay marriage up until his son came out as gay. What about all the other gays that wanted to get married and he didn't stand up for? If he thought his church doctrine was wrong, why didn't he stand up sooner. Nope, he waited till it effected his family to stand up. They should have thrown him out, he is a hypocrite and a liar.

Look at the media, you are being manipulated. You are being focused on the relatively meaningless. Laws have nothing to do with marriage. Big news all around about how some hillbilly from a reality show said that homosexuality is wrong. Who cares what he thinks. He was taken off his show because he said that God did not believe in gays being married. Well, his theology is weak and stupid; but consider the consequences, complete censorship and ridicule. We should reward people for telling what they believe to be the truth, not punish them. If someone hates blacks, I cannot have a reasonable discussion with them over the matter unless they have the guts to tell me what they believe. The truth sets you free because you cannot learn from others if others do not know what you believe. The redneck told the truth as he saw it, the Methodist pastor lived a life of selfishness and only changed his actions because he cared more about his family than his beliefs.

Yahoo - Pa. pastor defrocked after performing gay wedding.