Condoning the
Bullying
Promoting the
Deaths
Is the US
Government one of the causes of the increase in deaths of the LBGT Youth? Well, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, “In
the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our
friends.”
While we are
doing our best to let our LBGT youth know that “It Gets Better”, The State of Tennessee is passing the
“Don’t say Gay” Law. The law that
states that in the Tennessee schools a person cannot mention that the words
lesbian or homosexual or gay or any other word that has to do with
non-heterosexual orientation. This
promotes shame, hurt, and insecurities.
It also is a way for teens to harass other teens. What in the world are they
thinking?
The United States Congress has had several bills placed before them that would give the Lesbians and Gays some rights. The Uniting American Families Act, the Respect for Marriage Act, and the Reuniting Families Act have all been introduced. They have been refereed to the Judiciary Committee where they have not been brought for a vote. To the General Public this is a sign that Homosexuals do not deserve the consideration of the Government. Shameful that Congress has not gotten the chance to vote on these bills. I believe that this is a sign our children that Lesbian and Gay Youth do not deserve to be protected. They are different and deserve judgement, ridicule and even death. To the Lesbian and Gay Youth it is a sign that they are nothing in the eyes of our government. They are nothing and their death is a favor to society. I am not exaggerating. I was a bullied youth and I know these feelings.
In the State
of Texas, a person can refuse to wait on, to serve homosexuals. Apparently, that is just one of several
states who allow that type of discrimination. I am appalled and shocked that in these
United States would allow such hatred, but then I remember not that long ago,
that the “conservative Christians” were and some still are against interracial
marriage. That the person of color
could be arrested for kissing a white person was not an unusual occurrence. As a matter of fact, that person could
be put to death without the Authorities even wanting to step in. The movie “Holes” starring
Shia
LaBeouf has a story
woven within it about this prejudice.
It is
apparent that we have learned nothing from our past. The conservative Christians (something I
considered myself to be until not that long ago) (I am still Christian just not
all that conservative) refuse to allow for differences. God Almighty has never condemned a
loving same sex relationship, but because of a few verses taken out of context,
we have put people to death.
How can so
many people be so wrong about their interpretation of what the Bible really says
about Homosexuality? I asked a
missionary friend of mine to understand the history, the language, the context
of the verses used to condemn homosexuals and here is what he said: “I do not need know all of that, the
Bible says straight forward etc… etc… etc…” That is the problem. As an example I would like to use the
Ford Truck commercial with Mike Rowe.
The man who tests drives the truck makes the statement, “this truck is
sick”. Do we really think that Ford
would air a commercial where someone says that their truck is horrible? No, we
have to take the context of the statement and the language of the day. He means that the truck is
fabulous. So to those Christians
who refuse to do as I suggested by looking at the context, history, and language
of the day, they have misinformed several generations of people. Please feel free to read and challenge
my personal research on what the Bible really says about homosexuality before
you come to judgment.
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