I could say the same thing about OAN and Fox. Yes, CNN sometimes overshoots the runway, but there’s a reason Fox News is made fun of, even by other Fox Network shows.
As I’ve said before, it has been known for decades that that verse was mistranslated.
If you’re worried about s*x, how do you know Lawrence is active in that area?
And besides, love is: You fall in love with who you fall in love with. If that person happens to be of the same gender, that’s what’s natural for you. If they’re a different gender, that’s what’s natural for you. We are made the way we are. Whether it’s God, or the Universe, or something else, our orientation is part of us from the moment we’re born.
If you condemn people for their sexual orientation,you’re either going to force them into a miserable life of strict obedience, or you’ll drive them away from church altogether. One if my best friends said that she is a Christian, but also that she stopped going to church because her so-called friend outed her, and the congregation she had grown up with for 19 years turned on her. She goes to a small Queer Christian club at our college on Sundays and Wednesdays now, but told me she is never going to join a “congregation” again. The whole experience was traumatic. She was betrayed and hurt too much, and even though there are “queer-friendly” churches in our area, she worries that not every member of those churches will be welcoming. She believes in God, and even sticks to a vow a pre-marital celibacy. But she was driven away from church. She just doesn’t want to be hurt again.
And even though I’m an atheist, she and I are close friends. Because despite our differences, we mind our own beeswax.
Their orientation did not change. They’re lying and repressing in order to fit into strict expectations imposed on them. They were shamed for being the way god made them. There are multiple studies showing how dangerous conversion therapy is. If someone says they’re “ex-gay” and forces themselves into a heterosexual marriage, they are not doing anyone any favors. That marriage will not be based on love, nor will it be happy. In fact, the “ex-gay” spouse might even lash out in the form of abuse because their true self has been stuffed down, and they’ll be taking it out on others. Or they’ll be the ones abused, forcing themselves to “stick it out” in an unhappy marriage just to please others. I’d rather be gay than a liar. I’d rather be gay than miserable.
My friend was stuck in an unhappy marriage with a horrible woman for 20 years before they finally got divorced. Even before I knew he was repressing his true self, I knew something was wrong. He wasn’t happy. Then, he came out as gay, and I have never seen him happier.
Why do you even care, anyway? Why would someone being gay affect you? Why would the love between two people who aren’t you be a bad thing?
And, to counter your argument on “acting on your desires,” there is a huge double standard there. How is a man kissing his girlfriend because he wants to any different than a lesbian couple kissing because they want to? How is a wife and husband sharing a bed any different than a husband and husband sharing a bed?
Here’s a religious argument: God made gay people. God made straight people. God made people the way they are. All this religious hatred toward gay people is based of a mistranslated Bible verse that wasn’t even about homosexuality in the first place. Besides, there are LGBT priests in multiple denominations of Christianity (and other religions).
I’ll end this with something I read in a different comic (I can’t remember which one): be careful who you blindly hate. It could be someone you love.
I understand that there are plenty of examples of queer-friendly churches and other houses of worship, but… this is why I stopped going to church. Mostly because I’m an atheist, but also because of people like Mira.
I could say the same thing about OAN and Fox. Yes, CNN sometimes overshoots the runway, but there’s a reason Fox News is made fun of, even by other Fox Network shows.