My thoughts on America’s most hated family
As Kristin just reported, the Phelps family consider themselves the most hated family in the U.S.After reading her post, I can see why. They picket the funerals of soldiers. As if this act isn't hateful enough, their pickets carry messages to let the grieving parties know that their sons and daughters have died because God hates America for tolerating homosexuality.
Are you kidding me?
Hey Phelps family, if that were true, I think we'd be seeing, oh, I don't know, a lot more dead Canadians, Dutch, Belgians and Spaniards. After all, we allow gay marriage! *GASP* The horror!
Guess what? The institutions of family and marriage have not deteriorated since we allowed gays to marry in Canada. In fact, most Canadians could hardly tell the difference. Canada's a pretty happy place to live. And how could the tolerance of gays and lesbians possibly be the reason so many men and women are dying in Iraq? Iraq doesn't tolerate gays (in fact last I checked, gayness was punishable by death) and multitudes of Iraqis are dying in this horrible war everyday.
It irks me when people twist the Bible, the Qur'an or other religious doctrine, in order to persecute those who are different than "the norm." It's instances like this that make me question my faith, when acts committed in the name of God or Allah show us the extremes of human intolerance, hatred and evil.
I think that Depeche Mode said it best back in the 80s: People are people so why should it be, you and I should get along so awfully. We need to stop teaching hatred and start teaching love people!
Can the anti-gays out there enlighten me? What is so frightening and awful about someone being homosexual? I have heard the "it's disgusting" argument, but other than the semantics of what takes place in the bedroom, what's wrong with two people loving each other? How will it really affect your life and family at the end of the day? Think about it.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments