http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid48695.asp
So I was perusing through the Advocate today and found this article rather interesting. The article is about religious leader Rev. D James Kennedy's passing Wednesday. this man, although not as popular as James Dobson, had much of the same ideals. He preached to his congragation about evanglizing every part of thier lives as well as the condemnation of homosexuality and abortion.
So this is why I found this interesting. With the political climate against the GLBT community people like this are very influential. People are looking to their religious leaders and trying to decide what to do, who to vote for, and what to believe. While this can be good, it can also be very bad. People have shown very clearly that they get lazy when it comes to civic engagement and if they only listen to whatever their religious figures say and don't think about it for themselves there can be alot of trouble. This case is especially true for the GLBT community. There are many religious leaders that condem homosexuality saying its immoral and unnatural. I believe its the fear of the unknown that they ultimatly say this. Yes I am a religious person, but I believe the Bible is open to much interpretation. My personal beliefs are it is not a choice to be homosexual just like its not a choice to be heterosexual. God made me this way and I do not question that. I know that is just me, and other people interepret it differently and there isn't anything I can do about that. In these cases I get rather aggraviated because they are excluding me. This all comes after a Republican debate where they discussed the Federal Marriage Amendment. Now this really REALLY makes me mad, because they are openly discriminating agianst Americans. This should not happen, but if people continue to just blindly listen to their religious leaders and don't do research themselves then I can definatly see this happening.
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People like this just happen to believe in a strict interpretation of the Bible I'm sure. I believe the Bible says homsoexuality is a sin and this is what they believe.
People such as Dr. Kennedy have a right to their beliefs just as much as anyone else. I don't think it makes them bad. We as a society are pretty accepting and tolerant I'd say.
The issue I have with this is... Who are we to judge? I thought the Bible taught us to love thy neighbor and only God should judge in the end.
Ok seriously people, what harm is going to come allowing gay marriage! It's not for us to decide, right?
This angers me too, but there's the concept of "freedom of speech"(and yes I used that word. The Reverend has every right to preach as he wishes. Yes it is sad that so many people believe so intensely of what he says. But that's their freedom.
The problem I have is when peaceful protests turn violent! 2 wrongs don't make a right!
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