Gay Marriage and family

So here is the thing.
Homosexuals cannot get married!

Why do I say that?

Is it because I am a homophobe?

Maybe it is because I am a hate monger??

No the reason is a little simpler. The act of marriage, as we understand it, falls under a religious ceremony and that is that.

I can hear it now… “HUH?????????”

Marriage is a rite performed in the confines of religion. That is why there are VOWS even in a civil ceremony there are vows.

There is no religion I know of that allows for the possibility of two men to marry one another; and while some cultures have practiced this it is often also often linked with "legalized pedophilia" in history. (As far as I am aware… Show me otherwise if you can!)
Therefore there can be no such thing as a “gay marriage” without completely throwing away all the moral codes or values that we hold as a society.

We can look back and see a lot of people who were famous, and who were Homosexual. (Or pedophiles even) But we cannot find an instance of any reasonable God or gods or religion/s, which jumped up saying, “hey let’s let gays get hitched." (the Ancient Greeks did believe that Zeus would practice homosexual/pedophile love but Zeus was also "known" for cannibalism and incest.)

Interesting to note that these pedophile relationships were allowed by the child's/ren's family to bring prestige to the family. the pedophiles were usually wealthy or powerful and could bring good favor to the family/ies.

Even so most promiscuous societies in history still stopped short of the idea of marriage between two men (or two women.)
Think about India…
A very, VERY famous book came out of India, titled “the Kama Sutra.” This book is an instruction book on how to pleasure your partner. It even gives advice for how a eunuch could “pleasure” his master. But even that manual of “sexual delights” NEVER suggests that the men involved in these acts should marry one another.

Greece, we know, was O.K. with the concept of Homosexuality, it was permitted in Rome and to an extent it was even once encouraged (STRONGLY) by the authorities in China. But in all those cases it was also joined with the practice of sexual contact with minors. (In Greece the age allowed for sex was as low as seven.)

Let’s look at it another way

What do we get out of a marriage? Well what IS a marriage?
Marriage is when two people, a man and a woman, come together “in the sight of God” and vow to be true to each other “For better or for worse, in sickness and in health until death do [they] part.”
This is a promise made from one to another IN THE EYES OF GOD. Thus the phrase common to marriage, “what GOD has brought together let no man take apart.”
It isn’t just a vow, a promise between the two people, it is also a promise from, AND TO, God!
God promises to watch over the married couple, the couple promises to honor God in their marriage.

So Homosexuals cannot follow that pattern, God declares homosexuality to be sinful (Leviticus 18:22, 1Cor 5:9-12). The very act of living in a relationship like that is DIShonoring God. So there can be no covenant between God and the couple so there can be no marriage.*

There are those who want to claim that they are both Christian and gay. But that is unworkable. Paul tells us it is even bad for Christians to associate with people who claim to be Christians but practice sexual immorality, let alone anything MORE than that.

So how can someone FLAUNTING a God-disapproved lifestyle be bringing honor and glory to God?

Does this mean that everyone who is married is glorifying God?

NO.

God also Hates Divorce, Infidelity, premarital sex, EXTRA-marital sex, and so on…

Fortunately we all have a choice and if we choose to do so we can receive God’s forgiveness.

By repenting, following Jesus and trying to do what God has told us to do.

There is nothing hateful in that.
There is nothing wrong in that.

Marriage is where the family starts. With God’s blessing that marriage will result in children and that, hopefully, stable marriage will result in children who are capable and know they are loved.

It is a cornerstone of the family, the family is the cornerstone of society. Without strong role models from BOTH sexes in the relationship the child growing up will miss out on the possibilities they might need to succeed.

I am not trying to disparage anyone or their lifestyle choice per se. But these points I have made are incontrovertible facts.
These points have been proven time after time in study after study.
The child who grows up missing a role model of EITHER gender is facing a hardship that does not exist in the two-parent home. (Those parents’ being opposite genders).

A girl needs a dad to teach her that she deserves respect from men and that men can be chivalrous and decent, she needs her dad to show her men should show appropriate love.

She needs a mom to teach her how a woman can be strong and loving at the same time, respecting, and loving her husband.

A boy needs a mom to teach him that a woman is not an object to be walked on or scorned, but rather to be cherished and loved.
He needs a dad to teach him that the way a man shows his wife (woman) that love and respect is through his actions and care.

Both parents can teach a child about love and care, how to give it and how to receive it graciously.

But because men and women are so different, BOTH of the views and the way they differ, as well as the way they are alike, are needed.
I would never use a flat-head screwdriver to scrape paint, I would use a paint scraper.
And I would never use a paint scraper to turn a flat head screw.
But both those tools CAN be used in those ways.
Ultimately if used that way the tools or the, wall/ screw, they are used on can be damaged.

Same with a child.
And that is why I am against "Homosexual marriage".
Well that is my thoughts on this. Have a nice day.


*There are some misunderstandings about what parts of the Bible are necessary for us to read and what parts we should follow.

Here’s the thing. ALL of the Bible is good for our education therefore we ought to read ALL of it. We do not have to fear the punishments from the Old Testament though because Jesus came to “fulfil the law and the prophets”. But we are still to strive to live as “sinlessly” as we can. (See1 Cor 6:9-20, 1 Cor 9:20, Gal 3:10-13 and Gal 3:23-25 )
So to clarify, We ought to try to follow God’s word all the way through, but we don’t worry about being punished so much as long as we are trying to follow God.

Ooopssie

I realize that there has been a hiatus from my blog/s of late.
I would like to apologize for that hiatus.
Really there were a number of contributing factors including the break down of all the computers in our house, and a lack of motivation on my part.
The good news is I am back; and while I may not be to strenuous about posting to my blogs for a while at least you know I am still here and I will be trying to get my words out there again.

POLITICS OF HATE:

Currently our country is in turmoil, the parties are sniping at each other and many people are refusing to talk to one another, refusing to hear the other side.
At times like this I worry that we have not learned the lessons of history, and we are doomed to repeat them.
We just had an election year go past and I was shocked at the anger so many showed, people were arguing about things that really ought not to have been argued about.
We are seeing some amazing, and frightening, upheavals lately, both at home and abroad. Rioting, and violence are reaching unprecedented levels, people are more worried about our environment and society than ever before.
Between the gang violence the drug issues, (several states had legalizing marijuana on their ballots this year) and we all know what we have seen going on in the news regarding the illegal aliens issues; (all our family in Arizona are on the front lines in this) we don’t know what to do.
People are angry WITH REASON. Some are frightened some are scornful but there is no one listening to anyone else.

Now that I am raising a family of my own I know what these mean to me in a different way than I ever did before. I worry (some say too much) about what my children will have in their future/s.
I want to give them the chance to have, well, a chance! A chance to prosper! A chance to love, a chance to live and a chance, like the one Martin Luther King Jr. was looking for in his “I have a dream speech”, to be free and equal, TRULY equal; Not just a reversal of the status quo.

We need to start from a common point! I think that common point is found in our declaration of independence, All men are created equal and we all have certain inalienable rights and among these rights are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I feel I need to point out that these are the guarantees given to AMERICAN’S by AMERICAN documents. They say so themselves. We are a people group that is very diverse but we are ALL American’s first and foremost. Not “Irish Americans”, or “Hispanic Americans” or “African Americans”. we are all A M E R I C A N S! period no hyphenations no descriptive words necessary. We are all Americans. We have an obligation as Americans to maintain our nation’s sovereignty and to participate in our political system.

Beyond that, I think in order to have true equality we need to seek for all people, everyone to have the same chance/s not for any one people group to get something another group doesn’t have; and not an attempt to get even with a group that you think has oppressed yours.
And I think everyone needs to be ready to sit down and listen, REALLY listen to what the other group has to say.
Weigh the facts, study the truth/s and listen to the opinion/s.

I often have heard people tell me how “open minded” they are, but when push came to shove they had their beliefs and opinions well set and they would not hear the opposing viewpoint. That is not open-mindedness!
To listen only to a viewpoint you believe and not hear the other side is Close - minded. And to not even accept defeat when the opposing side presents an infallible argument, instead clinging irrationally to beliefs that have been drummed into you… well that is obstinate.

I find it alarming, in this day and age to see these things coming to pass again, yes I said again.
I believe that before each of the few major wars fought on our land/s (here in America that is) we saw either a refusal to have a true two way conversation, or the needs/ desires/ frustrations of one side were ignored.

The American colonies had grievances which weren’t being heard and the revolutionary war happened, people in both the south and the north didn’t listen and the Civil war happened.
So where will this current road lead us? I fear to find out.

I hope that this year will find you peace, joy and prosperity. I hope that things start getting better and that people wake up before it is too late, and I hope that we all may live out our lives (the children too) in happiness and contentment seeing nothing but improvement throughout this year and all the future years.

Anyway, I hope that my fears don’t materialize and so I say a prayer for all of you now And I wish you the best of Christmases and the greatest of New Years.

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

In a recent debate a couple of candidates got into an argument over the issue of the 1st Amendment. Most people cite the amendment as the “separation of church and state” amendment. The problem is that the amendment in question NEVER says separation of church and state and there is a good reason for that.

First let’s look at what the amendment does say and why.
“congress shall make no laws regarding the establishment of a religion.” that is the PRECISE wording, and the reason they put that in place was because they had seen the problem/s associated with a government sponsored religion. Now most people try to say that what this means is that we all ought to make sure that our elected officials do not do anything that could cause someone to choose one religion over another.
But if you REALLY look at all the facts you see otherwise.

The founding fathers would have been very aware of the horrors and travesties placed on people when Government tells them who what or where to worship. Even the bible warns about the folly of Government interfering with worship. (just look at the biblical stories of Daniel and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.) But they were also all devout followers of God. The wording in the constitution makes it clear that What they intended was that the government, namely the part of government that makes the laws, would not FORCE people to join any religion, and neither could the government DENY anyone of following their religious beliefs.
And that ruling applies to ALL Americans, not just the noisy ones.
Even the Police Officer, the President, the teachers, the senators we all see and deal with every day have the right to worship HOWEVER THEIR RELIGION TELLS THEM!!!
It does not matter if they are Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Taoist or even Wiccan.
The ONLY possible exception to the right for anyone to worship as they see fit is when that worship deprives someone of their basic right/s. so if you practice human sacrifice then you cannot do it here because the “sacrifice” has the inalienable right to life, and so on.

The founding fathers CERTAINLY never meant for people to use this amendment to bully people away from their faith like it is used today. We are as bad now of the heinous crime of denying people their right to worship as they see fit as the church of England was in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

People back then were condemned to prison because they disagreed with the church of England and worshipped how they wanted, today they are facing THE EXACT SAME PUNISHMENT, FOR THE EXACT SAME REASON.
So I say it is time to wake up people! Face the facts, Know your history And READ the constitution.

TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE:

I Want to tell you a story, I will call this the one vote story.

I will start at the end. Texas’ statehood. Now I am assuming that my readers are all the truly intelligent people out there. So I do not need to repeat that Texas was voted in as the 28th state in 1845.

But what you may not know is that Texas was admitted… well let me put it this way, Texas needed at least 36 votes to gain statehood. The votes gave Texas Statehood by one vote.
They got admitted as a state because of ONE (1) vote. The surprise was that a senator who voted for them, one of those truly NEEDED votes was Harrigan a senator from Indiana, in fact there was surprise that he voted for Texas’ statehood because he seemed opposed. But I digress…
(“yeah but he was a congressman, my vote doesn’t count like that.”)

Well then, let’s see how Harrigan came to be a congressman.

6 years earlier, in 1839, State Legislator Madison Marsh Voted for Senator Harrigan, there was a toss up over who would be voted into congressional office as the junior senator, it was up to the state legislators, to pick the position for which Harrigan ran. There were three people running for the position and there ended up a three way tie in the legislation. Madison Marsh was THE deciding vote on Harrigan’s election. In fact the Amazing thing is that Harrigan won by ONE vote

Well, well, well… very nice but still he was a state legislator, I am just a “common man” what difference can I make?
Hmm O.K….

In 1837 Madison Marsh was running as a candidate for state legislator. And what do you know… he was elected into office based on ONE VOTE.
But for that one vote that election would have ended in a tie. AND that vote was cast by an average everyday guy. In Indiana he was probably a farmer who worked with his hands everyday, just like most of us today.

See even though we might want to say this election doesn’t matter it does. We have issues coming up to deal with and we need to make sure we are properly represented.
A long time ago One man one vote made the difference to whether Texas would be a state or not. Do you think that was the thought he had when he voted? No He was voting for the guy HE thought would best represent him, who voted for a guy who he thought would do the right thing nationally who voted for Texas.

The guy casting that vote for state legislator could never have known that that would lead to anew state being added to the union.
But that one vote that he cast helped to change a nation’s history in a way that has been recognized worldwide though he is not well remembered today. Your vote can do the same now.

ELECTION 08 NO WAIT I MEAN 2010:

Well here we are again, another election year. And things are running about par for the course (just like two years ago),indeed Mr. Obama is campaigning much like in the last election... guess someone forgot to tell him he won, he is the president, but all that aside, we need to remember as we go to cast our ballot/s that we need to make ourselves aware of the issues and the realities.
Do not pull the lever for the guy you think is “coolest” or the girl who is the “hottest” instead when you vote, vote to the issues. Don’t vote based on party or appearance or even feeling, vote based on what is right.

Too many times we seem to get caught up in the idea that I have to vote for_______________ because I registered as a ______________.

That is not true.

I would actually encourage every one out there to go watch the Kevin Costner movie “Swing Vote” before voting themselves. your vote CAN make a difference.*

So cast your ballot for the one who will do what is right. If you can look at the way your candidate/s have voted before. Did he/she vote the way YOU would vote?
What does s/he say? More importantly what does he/she DO? (actions speak louder than words!) I do not care if someone claims to be against taxes, did that person increase taxes? Then what was said is moot.

Look at the candidates! Don’t be taken in by the hyperbole. You will hear candidates of both sides telling you how evil their opponents are; and even if there is any truth to what is being said it will be blown out of proportion, like the candidate who wants to cut taxes and eats eggs for breakfast… it will be said “he/she supports defunding the army and eats baby chickens!!! OOOHHHH THOSE POOR BABY CHICKENS!!!” find out the truth, please, this year look at what they represent, look at the real issues.


*Yes I know that as a movie that would be a FICTIONAL account therefore it is NOT REAL. But that is the thing that CAN happen even though it is fictional. A guy once observed that “The thing about fiction is it has to stick with what COULD happen to be believable, truth does not.”
Still don’t believe? Study what happened to make Texas a state.

LOOKING AT IT SARCASTICALLY:

I thought I needed to make it clear that this was going to be a sarcastic posting because I think some people really think this way.

Don’t you realize how utterly evil conservatives are? I mean they are worse than Hitler or Saddam Hussein or the emperor Nero.

I mean hello they think that people ought to be responsible FOR THEIR OWN BEHAVIOR!!!!!!
THEY feel bad for the guy in the hospitwl who was attacked by a mass murderer, the guy had a good life he must have gotten what he deserved right? But then the conservatives, those evil Hateful conservatives would say that the poor mass murderer ought to pay a penalty for depriving others of their lives.
I mean come on we need to give that poor guy a break, CLEARLY he had to have been pushed into it by forces beyond his control.
Maybe he was abused as a child by a mean parent (they’re all mean don’t you know) who would not let him go out and play in the street at 1 o clock in the morning, or they wouldn’t let him eat candy for dinner instead they forced him t eat VEGETABLES so it isn’t his fault that he turned into a mass murderer.

Or maybe it is the drunk driver, hey alcoholism is a disease, we shouldn’t punish that alcoholic for driving while drunk and killing someone. It is beyond his/her control.
As for the poor family who lost their children/husband/father/wife/mother/brother/sister, because of the actions of that person well they obviously had better lives than he did so they got all the happy they deserved. The poor drunk didn’t get that so he deserves to have good happen to him now.

After all “only those who have it can lose it”. so clearly the conservatives are EVIL because they have a totally skewed way of looking at things.
They want to (GASP) ENFORCE THE LAWS… I mean HELLO what kind of nutty idiocy is that??? They want to have real Equality for everyone. Can’t you see now how bad these people are?

Liberals are right this kind of rampant craziness has got to be stopped, before we see equality, justice, common sense and integrity break out all around the place