Submitted by Elaine Magliaro, Weekend Contributor
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This is more progaypediphile propaganda. The illuminati elites who controll the media are a bunch of pediphiles on record. Once the homosexuals are put on a pedistool it will be a small step for the pediphiles AKA child rapists to follow suit. This is being fasttracked in Spain with there abuse free child porn campaign where they encourage adults to submit nude photos of themselves as children.
Mr Turley if you plan on having more guests bloggers on here pushing progay antifamily propaganda and mocking the Bible then I will be unsubscribing very soon.
The men who hang out in public restrooms and drill holes between the stalls are twisted predators, not heroes.
Patricia McGehee sez: “I think there wouldn’t be as many problems if gays did not demand to use the traditional marriage ceremony. What is wrong with them having their own ceremony with all the same rights and privileges?
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I believe you have the ceremony mixed up with the marriage contract.
Anyone can get married with any ceremony they wish. You can perform marriage ceremonies yourself, if you want to. All you have to do is go to one of the many web sites that do online ordinations, and presto, you are a minister with the legal right to marry people with any ceremony you, or the couple, wish.
The problem comes when the couple goes to the courthouse to get the marriage license. The important part is NOT the ceremony, but the piece of paper making it legal.
Of course, if one has been a lifelong member of a church or other religious organization, it might be rather nice if your minister, priest or rabbi didn’t get all up in your face that you are an evil person and simply agree to marry you to your loved one instead.
The “rights and privileges” don’t come with the ceremony or lack thereof. It comes with that contractual agreement called a Marriage License filed in the clerk’s office.
Hi myra. We just have an honest disagreement. That’s always a good thing.
myra,
No one is suggesting that churches should be required to marry gays and lesbians. Why shouldn’t gays and lesbians, however, be allowed to legally marry in every state in this country? That isn’t forcing someone else’s lifestyle on you. That’s just giving them equal rights.
If one is Christian, it would be best if each really studied their bible and know what they are talking about before giving an opinion. I am no bigot and no spring chicken and have studied the Bible all my life and this kind of discussion can lead to some very hard feelings . People pick and choose what they want to believe that is their choice, we all have to live side by side in a secular world where we have people of all faiths. All are not of the Christian faith and we are not to judge them, and as for myself I believe that if read thoroughly, the truth can be found in the Bible.
If you recall, the disciples were told to eat the food that was considered unclean for Christians when they were in an unbelievers home. We are not to insult but we are also to be a model for our religion. Churches are places people worship a God who considers homosexuality wrong, therefore the ministers should not have to marry them in God’s house or perform a marriage against his God’s law. To do so violates God’s law and makes the minister a sinner. We care for the sick, and needy no matter what religion or lifestyle they have. You cannot teach or show others christian ways if we reject those who live differently than we do. Jesus did not shun the unrighteous, he taught them. God comes first in our lives so please don’t ask us to deliberately sin against him and make us sinners by doing so. Don’t ask Hospitals that are supported by Christian churches to kill babies. Bigots, all nationalities, and gays sit in church every Sunday and we Pray they will learn and accept our ways and what we believe. The church is not our house it is God’s. Don’t ask Christians to do things that are a sin against their God. To do so makes that person a sinner against his/her God. If a person has a different lifestyle, please don’t force your lifestyle on me instead accept my right to refuse to dishonor my God and make me sin against him. In this world you may live as you please, It is everyone’s world, we must live side by side.
This is solely my opinion.
annieofwi,
Why would I want to get married in a Church that does not support my life?
That’s the same question any Bride or Groom must answer for themselves.
And that is why many parks and open spaces are chosen, instead. Peace.
“What is wrong with them having their own ceremony with all the same rights and privileges?”
I know, call it “Enhanced Relationships” kind of like calling TORTURE something different means that it is NOT the same anymore… NO?
Dear Patricia,
Who’s forcing you to do gay things like get married?
“I have no problem with the choices people make for their lives but for God’s sake STOP FORCING.
Patricia,
That is why gawd invented lube!
and they will be up in arms if a muslim refuses to allow women in their establishments if they do not cover their heads, or orthodox (or conservative) jews do not allow men in without yarmulke etc. and there will be someone at some point who says their religious convictions does not permit either African americans, or interracial couples.
(and Elainie great reply up above)
I should say they are not compelled legally, to marry them.
That was great Elaine!
Patricia, churches who don’t agree with same sex marriage aren’t compelled to marry them legally. The concept of marriage doesn’t belong just to certain religions. As for prohibiting gays from being patrons of certain businesses that just smacks of bigotry.
Hilarious Elaine!!
Patricia,
Why do you object to gays and lesbians having the same rights as the rest of us? They want to be considered legally married too. Where’s the problem? I don’t feel that I’m having anything rammed down my throat.
I guess black people shouldn’t have protested, fought for, and demanded equal rights. The thought of them trying to ram things down white Americans throats. Why couldn’t they just attend their own schools…use separate facilities, etc.?
Elaine, that made my weekend! Thanks!
I think there wouldn’t be as many problems if gays did not demand to use the traditional marriage ceremony. What is wrong with them having their own ceremony with all the same rights and privileges?
I think Americans are tired of having everything rammed down their throat. We’ve had illegals rammed down our throat for decades. Now we have a President destroying the rule of law; gays wanting to use the traditional marriage ceremony, amnesty for every Tom, Dick and Harry. We are overloaded, sick and tired of the crap.
I have no problem with the choices people make for their lives but for God’s sake STOP FORCING.
Since people all differ in size, skin shade, tastes, mental abilities, strength, pain thresholds, interests, why shouldn’t they differ in sexuality? Why would anyone expect individuals to be like the majority in every way?
All you have to do is open up your eyes & look around you to see that homosexuals are respectable & productive members of the education, medical, legal, business, military, political, & religious communities. Gays & lesbians live in our towns and cities, & are our neighbors. We may not know who they are, but they’re there. Homosexuality has been with us since time immemorial & I’m confident that homosexuals will be with us for many more centuries to come. I have no doubt that this nation will survive long after gays & lesbians are given the legal right to marry. So lighten up, will ya!
When was the last time you heard of a gay or lesbian commit a hate crime against a heterosexual? When was the last time you heard of a gay or lesbian sexually abuse a child? When was the last time you heard of a gay or lesbian bombing an abortion clinic? Homosexuals did not fly a commercial airplane into the World Trade Center. Nor did they carry out the Inquisition or lead the Crusades, & gays & lesbians certainly did not wage the Salem witch-hunts, either. However, religious fanatics did.
I have never been hurt by any gays or lesbians. And despite popular opinion to the contrary, gays do not spend all day in bed performing lewd & lascivious acts.
I’m a heterosexual, & proud of it. But I am in no wise promoting the heterosexual lifestyle here because history is replete with instances that prove, beyond any doubt, that it is far from perfect. In my 64 years, I’ve learned to “live & let live.” America’s greatest strength lay in its diversity & tolerance for a multitude of racial, religious, ethnic, sexual, & gender differences.
We are who we are. Try as you might, but you can’t deny basic human nature. It’s there, & in the end it will prevail. And you know what? That’s not a bad thing. The first step toward maturity is accepting our humanity. Despite the fact that this nation continues to insist otherwise, sexuality is as important a part of being human just as much as our emotional, intellectual, physical, & spiritual self is part of who we are. I don’t know if homosexuality is a personal decision made by a person or a predetermined genetic factor. I don’t know & neither do you.
So, Mr. President, please leave the Constitution alone. Methinks that our nation would be better served if you and the Congress would redirect your passion & zeal against gay marriages, instead, into securing, for all its citizens, a living wage, universal health care, affordable prescription drugs—especially for senior citizens on fixed income—global-warming, and weaning this nation off its addiction to oil.
That is about the size of it Elaine.
Religious dogma is divisive because it is cafeteria style … as dogmatists go through it the pick and choose what fits their preconceived culturally induced proclivities, ignoring the parts that do not conform to that dogma.
Thanks Elaine, shared it on my FB page (and if I can find appropriate place will put it on Huckabee’s page)