I get so weary of people insinuating that I am not serious about my Christian faith because I am affirming and support LGBT rights and protections. I became affirming through my faith, not in spite of it. I support equal rights and protection of LGBT people not “even though” I’m a Christian or “in spite of” of being a Christian, but BECAUSE I’m a Christian. I haven’t had to compromise or choose – I have fully embraced my faith throughout this journey.
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When reading your short but important paragraph (this might sound stupid) I thought of the movie, Walk the Line (about the life of Johnny Cash.
When goeing to Folsom prison to play for the inmates the warden said to him not to play any songs that would remind them theyre in prison and not to use ‘profanity’ because that would be bad for the inmates and they were recording live and Christians might not like it.. he replied, “then theyre not really Christians”
I’m not Christian, I’m Muslem, and in Islam supporting LGBT is wrong too. But to me Allah is Allah Al-wadud (God of love) and in Christianity if God really died for the WHOLE world.. he loves the LGBT as much as anyone else.
by the way, good post
Look I have to be honest, I do not believe in a God, but believe in spirituality and the ability to obtain a higher sense of consciousness. I will say this, I have read the bible front to back and if even a quarter of it were to be true, we should all have been stoned to death for some reason or another. I am not against homosexuals, but I do not believe it to be biologically and morally okay. Science has proven that medication can result in “curing,” homosexuality. I can say however, I am not angry against anyone, I just ask that they don’t impose their ways onto mine. I don’t need a guy in a dress in the same bathroom as my four year old daughter. I believe in keeping to yourself, and if you’re gay then you’re gay, but the transgender stuff is just wrong. One of my best friends is gay and he respects my beliefs as i respect his. He doesn’t beat me with a rainbow flag, and I don’t beat him with a bible or science. We’re all human at the end of the day, and aside from all this ranting, I wanted to tell you don’t let others make you believe or not believe something.
If you actually study the science and look into what medical professionals say you will find that people cannot change their sexual orientation – there is no cure. People can alter their behavior but when people try to “not be gay” it usually results in depression and self loathing and that often results in thoughts of suicide – sometimes people even take their lives. AND if you study science and what the medical profession has discovered in recent years you will find that gender dysphoria is a physical condition. My faith does not affect if I believe these things because I depend on science and facts about such things. Where my faith comes in is that it leads me to stand up for LGBT people to have equality and protection so that they don’t have to live in the shadows or be ashamed of who they are or have their human dignity stripped away. They shouldn’t have to walk around worrying that someone won’t approve of them or deny them service or harm them for being who they were created to be.
I really like that statement. I think it is how we should all live our lives and be accepting of others because I Highly doubt God will discriminate when it comes down to it, but how do you cope with other people’s conflicts between faith and the and the LGBT community?