Some people will lose respect for me,
and I want you to know,
if it was that easy,
I don't need it.
This is not me saying you should believe as I do,
this is simple food for thought.
So I am going to state a little about what I know,
I don't necessarily stand for "gay rights"
in the same way I am not entirely against abortion.
I believe in the fine line of compromise,
that our politicians are far to quick to look over,
so eager to fight for one extreme or the other.
I want to post a few valid arguments for either side of this debate.
I am researched,
but not as thoroughly as some people are.
If you disagree with anything,
or have a valid opposing argument,
please feel free to share.
The only thing I ask is that you post with it some kind of proof,
textual proof that shows it is more than mere opinion.
Once upon a time we broke free from English rule,
and each of state was considered its own country.
As they all began to fail on their own there was a secret meeting held to discuss the new and magical idea of democracy.
After a long and tiring event,
where representatives from the states spent months arguing,
it was agreed that there would be a federal government,
however the states would still hold SOME of its own sovereignty.
It has been widely accepted,
that marriage would be a state sovereignty,
for the states to decide.
However,
until 196(something) so was schooling.
Mississippi, and many other south bound states,
got a good taste of how the federal law overrides state law.
JKF (i believe), ordered the schools to integrate.
In the south we tend to have an arrogance.
What we believe is right,
and you HAVE to agree or you are wrong.
This coincides with our abound religion.
Well,
we couldn't integrate our schools!
That was a sin,
and unconstitutional!
[Where in the Bible do you read black kids and white kids can't school together?
Where do you see it in the constitution?
More importantly, where do you read that if this happens it affects your personal religion?
That's right, you don't.]
So there is the story of James Meredith at Ole Miss,
and guess what?
Yeah,
segregation has NEARLY died here in the south.
ANYWAY,
the big argument now is,
can the federal government enforce gay marriage?
Isn't it for the states to decide?
WHAT ABOUT OUR RELIGION!
Well,
what someone else decides to do will not affect your relationship with your God.
More so,
Yes,
as we saw in 196(something),
they absolutely can take whatever sovereignty they please.
Is that right?
Is that fair?
Well, I don't know,
but it doesn't seem right or fair.
Will it hurt us?
Well,
did it before?
Yeah it may cause an uproar,
but look at us now.
In fact,
I think it did us some good.
But Gay marriage will decimate the meaning of our religious marriage views!
Well,
only if you let it.
We are a country founded in God,
but a country founded in freedom none the less.
SO, someone believes differently than you,
does that affect you?
NO.
You still have a right to witness,
to tell them they are wrong,
but why should they not have the same rights as us?
Not just gay rights,
but human rights.
I am a born again believer in Jesus Christ,
I am madly in love with my God,
but I don't hate a single soul despite their decisions.
I don't try to force them to see as me,
if they want to talk,
they know what I believe.
So your gay,
and I may not think gay is entirely okay,
but I love you and I have no right to judge you.
Some of my best friends are gay.
I don't entirely believe in divorce either,
but I don't start campaigns saying that divorce should be illegal.
People make mistakes,
and they don't always know it is a mistake,
but they have every right to make it.
Their life is not my life,
and they will learn their own lessons through what they live.
To get down to it,
if you aren't gay,
why do you care?
What is a piece of paper going to do to them?
The same thing it does for us.
Yes,
they will get marriage benefits,
and treated like same sex couples,
and who cares?
So Jack and Bill love each other,
and so do Sally and Ben.
What is it doing to you?
Oh,
you don't believe that is right.
I am so sorry,
our entire country should live exactly how you see fit.
How have we made it this far?
Oh that's right,
by stepping on toes.
You don't have to think it is right.
Who cares?
God loves us all,
and you will get further working through God,
showing love and compassion,
then trying to force your narrow minded opinions down someones throat.
Fighting gay marriage is only making things worse.
Now I agree that maybe it should remain a state sovereignty,
and it kind of takes away from the freedom we are founded in if the federal government keeps taking away our states authority (kind of like communism, huh?).
But hey,
I may be wrong too.
Who knows these things?
