As
a Christian, I feel pressured to be against gay marriage. I am told
everyday by the news, Facebook friends, articles, that it is wrong.
Marriage should only be between a man and woman. Period. No other
options. The Bible and God say gay marriage is wrong.
However,
the Bible tells us that all sin is forgivable with the exception of
blasphemy. To me, that means that every other sin is forgivable, and
thank God for that.
Mark
3:28-29
Truly,
I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and
whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an
eternal sin.
The
Bible also tells us that homosexuality is wrong. I
cannot deny it, it does tell us it is wrong.
1
Corinthians 6:9-10
Do
you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do
not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor
adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexuals nor thieves nor the
greedy nor the nor the drunkards nor the slanderers nor swindlers
will inherit the kingdom of God.
Wait.
What? Nor drunkards, adulterers, and all the rest mentioned will not
inherit the kingdom of God either? But I don't see any laws against
being an alcoholic, or being a cheater. Yes, there are laws against
stealing, but even stealing doesn't have the stigma or the anger from
the public that gay marriage does. My biggest thought on being
gay, is that being unfaithful in a marriage is much more common, and
it hurts people and can tear a marriage(s) apart. Whereas, two same
sex people falling in love is hurting no one. In fact, depending on
where they live, may create a marriage. Alcoholics are the same, they
can destroy themselves and their families, or if they drive under the
influence, they can take the live or lives of innocent people. And
again, gay people are the bad guys? If we want to condemn gay people
for loving, then we should condemn the unmarried couple who are
intimate, the alcoholic at the corner bar, the thief who is stealing
food, the man cheating on his wife for the first, second, third time.
But we don't. We turn a blind eye to most and stare directly at gay
couples who just want the right to marry who they love. The right to
make medical decisions when their loved cannot make the decision for
their self. The ability to share insurance and collect benefits.
One
more thing, the Bible tells us that we should love our neighbor. And
that we should not judge others.
Matthew
7:1
Do
not judge others or you too will be judged.
Why
do we feel the need to judge how other people live their lives? Why
can we not live and let live.
My
thoughts are that we have no right to judge against gay people. None.
None of us are sinless. We all sin. Think about that. We.
All. Sin. We all do things that keep us farther away
from God. I can't say that gay people will or will not go to Heaven.
I can't even say that I know that my neighbor, my friends, my family
will go to Heaven. I can hope everyone will. I can pray that everyone
will. But in the end, the only person I have control
over is myself.
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