Supposedly Continuation of Previous Post...(But, I guess not. :| )=> Gay Rights

The title's pretty self explanatory. But anyhow, the idea WAS to expound more on stuff that has been happening in my life, not just what's going on inside my head. Instead, my neurotic brain neurons have been incited by the topic on Tyra today. "Is GAY the new BLACK?"

Her show addressed the current issues about gay rights. She had some "debaters" come over and defend their own side. Pro or Anti gay.

INEVITABLY, the Bible came into the discussion. WAIT, I'm getting ahead of myself here. So I want to clear this out to everyone that I DO NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS with same sex marriages or the like. I am not ANTI gay, nor do I think I'm pro it either. Yea, confusing much?

I guess, I'm just kinda detached. I'm indifferent. If someone chooses to be gay, then I would respect that. But I admit that I WILL always have feelings of disgust and a sense of wrongness about same sex relationships. AND, I'm being honest here. I'm admitting that my thinking has been affected by my environment. And that is the Catholic setting of my life. I am a Roman Catholic. The normal, or I guess, conventional, thing with us here have always been "I now pronounce you husband and wife". Not wife and wife nor husband and husband. SO my views have been influenced by my religion.

BUT, see, my initial reaction towards gay rights/same sex relationships have been "Oh, no big deal. I'm fine with that.(Gay people/homosexuality)" But then, I realized--yea, for the people who've been reading this for a time now OR the people who does know me, I DO argue with myself a lot(WHAT? I believe it is a way of finding more about yourself. It's self rediscovery, or just you know, reflection? Just--it has always been a belief of mine that the only way to get at answers and to know more about yourself or whatnot is by ASKING QUESTIONS. You know, simplest example: How did Isaac Newton discover that the energy/force/whatever which caused the apple to fall from the tree is the phenomenon we now know and call as gravity? By ASKING QUESTIONS. Or simply, I guess, by wondering about it.)SERIOUS DIGRESSION THERE! Hahaha, sorry for that...--I REALIZED that if one of the people who are close to me, like my sister, mother, or my own FUTURE children would be homosexual, I would not really be fully comfortable with that. I would always prefer for them to remain heterosexual.

HOWEVER, I am not opposed to homosexuality. I am not homosexual, so I admit I do NOT know how it is to be gay. I would not be presumptuous enough to speak ob their behalf or to tell them that being gay is a choice or whatnot, THOUGH that has always been what's been taught to us, Catholics. That it is your CHOICE whether to be gay or straight. So back to my stance on this issue, me being NEITHER anti-gay nor pro-gay...BUt, I guess I'm leaning more onto the PRO-GAY side. It's just that I believe whether gay or straight, people are still people. Humans created by God. For lego's sake, even mass murderers, rapists, psychopaths, ETC. ARE STILL CHILDREN OF GOD. We are all God's masterpiece. ("The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." Yes, from "The 5 People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom) ALL of us, trees, the water, the sounds of the river flowing by, the cool breeze of spring, the gentle pink of newly blossomed flowers, ALL OF THESE THINGS, ALL OF US IS God's masterpiece. All of us, together.

So what am I getting at? (I admit, I got a little carried away with that line of thought.) I'm saying that these homosexual people are still supposed to be treated like CHILDREN OF GOD. They are still supposed to be loved, therefore, EVEN if they are gay, they are not supposed to be discriminated and be BANNED from marrying. I mean, discrimination is an act of hate, especially when it leads to gruesome acts like murder, ridicule and hostility. Gay people are first and foremost STILL PEOPLE. Therefore, they ARE NOT mistakes or for heaven's sake, abominations of God. They still deserve respect.

So I guess or presume, that is, that the previous paragraph have most likely firmly established my stand on this issue. I am pro-gay, though I am straight.

But what's really incited a reaction out of me is the fact that (like what I had said earlier...) INEVITABLY, the Bible came into the discussion.

Traditionalists or just the public IN GENERAL have always argued and believed that the Bible IS AGAINST homosexuality. So during the "DEBATE" in the Tyra Banks Show, the subject of the Bible's teaching regarding relationships had come into the discussion (I forgot how exactly. I'm not exactly sure if the other side(antis) had mentioned it first or if it was because this one gay man who mentioned that he was beaten by his dad who used the Bible as an excuse to beat the "GAY" out of him.) so one woman, who is a lawyer, if I'm not mistaken, from the pro-homosexuals mentioned the Bible passage about plucking out the eye that causes you to sin, etc. etc., and argued that if the Bible was to be followed word per word then we all would be walking around with just one eye and an arm.

But, see, though she is one the pro side with me, I think that she had misunderstood the Bible, if she really does believe this. (But, I MAY be mistaken. I could have misunderstood her...But the way she said it, it came out like she was discrediting the Bible.) I've always believed that our God is a Loving God, therefore, he loves each and everyone of us because when it comes down to it, we all comprise his great masterpiece, we are all his children. Therefore, with Him being LOVING, then I don't believe that he would discriminate against homosexuality or would he be against it just because he created man and woman to be a couple.

People might say this is presumptuous, to just speak in behalf of God, or to presume to know what God thinks about this. But, these are my opinions, so please, read the whole entry first? I'm not YET done explaining myself.

You see, I've always believed that God knows our weaknesses, he knows our DARKEST secrets, he knows that we sin and think ill of others and I know that in spite of all our shortcomings and all the things that makes us horrible God still loves us. (THERE ARE SO MANY THOUGHTS RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, And once again, I am frustrated by the fact that I can't type in all of them at once. I can't even fully sort them out in my head yet...Just one huge tangled web) So I did a little research of my own. I picked up my Bible and just reread the part in the Genesis about Adam and Eve. About Man and Woman. And nothing in the Bible says that it is against the same sex relationships. It did say that woman and man become one flesh and that woman is man's companion. But it did NOT say that man AND man cannot be one flesh.

(Hahahaha...)

Yes, I did take into consideration the fact that maybe, the idea of homosexuality was not born yet at the time the Bible was written, BUT, the Bible is full of symbolism, is it not? So what if this is just another symbol or sign God is trying to tell us?

The Bible did say that man and woman are joined together, or become one flesh "to give back to the large human family the treasure of humanity which they received from it." In simpler terms, the purpose of marrying someone is to copulate with that someone and therefore produce an offspring. In one word, PROCREATION. So maybe people got the idea that the Bible is saying NO to same sex marriages because it does not allow the married couple to procreate in the traditional style. But I thought, maybe this could have been the rule before because there were still very few people then compared to how many we are now. So it was vital for humans to procreate if humanity as a species was to survive. Or for any species to survive, for that matter. (Procreation is the key.)

But, think about it. Today, how many people are there? Billions. There are massive population explosions which are especially prevalent in third world countries. Meaning, excluding the possibility of another ice age or an asteroid wiping out the human race, I think our current population level is pretty stable for the survival of the human species. So why not allow same sex marriages when thre are still so many people out there to ensure the survival of the human race? I don't know, I guess, this is a rather radical idea. But, it's just what I think.

Also, taking into consideration the fact that there are so many orphaned children who are in need of parents, why not allow these couples who technically can not "procreate" to adopt them. Therefore, both parties are happy. (I know, there are so many factors to take into consideration.)

And I just have to say this to all the people who are using the Bible against homosexuality and saying that gay people will go to hell, have you read the TEN COMMANDMENTS. OR did you even REALLY READ the Gospels in the BIBLE? What is the two main commandments? Jesus said, (Mt 12:30-31)"You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. And after this comes another one: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. THERE IS NO GREATER THAN THESE TWO." So discrimination against same sex marriages? Is that an act of love? You answer me.

P.S. I guess I am not so indifferent, after all. :)

Quote for today:


"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm
terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient
reason for remaining ashore."

-- Vincent Van Gogh