People that have a sit on the fence view or even against view about GAY rights etc...wether you dont understand 'HOW ONE COULD BE GAY' or the ole classic 'THEY COULD BE STRAIGHT IF THEY TRIED" attitude /belief ..TRY it from a PARENT view imagine your beautiful loved baby son/daughter who melted your heart when their tiny little hands grabbed your finger and you were their 'hero' in their life while they were little ,How do you turn your back on your own flesh and blood because of who they are ?If your child has grown up to be a respectable law abiding person and the only difference is their sexuality ,how do you turn away from them? Their desires of being with the same sex person is the same desire as you and I have with being with an opposite sex ..it would be like FORCING yourself to be gay by asking them to be straight.You know in yourself your hetrosexual and its the norm to you ,well to gay people its the norm to them ..its not a freak feeling its not a fad ITS WHO THEY ARE and acceptence is so much more of an answer then fighting against nature..
So next time you have thoughts about gay people ,put yourself in thier shoes and although most times your rights are the same as others ,your personal right is shunned upon and looked down against ..how would you like it?
This is what was sent to me by email from my own CATHOLIC mother in law (who must have forgotten that she has a gay grandson) and my reply
The name of the book is Conversations with God... James Dobson talked about this book twice this week.It is devastating. Parents, churches and Christian schools need to be aware of it. Please pass this information on to church/e-mail addresses, Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, friends.
Please pay special attention not only to what your kids watch on TV, in movie theaters, on the internet, and the music they listen to, but also be alert regarding the books they read.
Two particular books are,Conversations with God and Conversations with God for Teens, written by Neale D. Walsch.They sound harmless enough by their titles alone. The books have been on the New York Times best sellers list for a number of weeks, and they make truth of the statement, "Don't judge a book by its cover or title."
The author purports to answer various questions asked by kids using the "voice of God".. However, the"answers" that he gives are not Bible-based and go against the very infallible word of God. For instance (and Iparaphrase), when a girl asks the question"Why am I a lesbian?"His answer is that she was 'born that way' because of genetics (just as you were born right-handed, with brown eyes, etc.).Then he tells her to go out and "celebrate" her differences.
Another girls poses the question"I am living with my boyfriend. My parents say that I should marry him because I am living in sin. Should I marry him?"
His reply is,"Who are you sinning against? Not me, because you have done nothing wrong..."
Another question asks about God's forgiveness of sin.His reply "I do not forgive anyone because there is nothing to forgive. There is no such thing as right or wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone, do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another and this is wrong, because the rule is "'judge not lest ye be judged."
Not only are these books the false doctrine of the devil, but in some instances quote (in error) the Word of God.
And the list goes on. These books (and others like it) are being sold to school children through(The Scholastic Book Club),and we need to be aware of what is being fed to our children.
Our children are under attack.. So I pray that you be sober and vigilant about teaching your children the Word of God, and guarding their exposure to worldly mediums, because our adversary, the devil, roams about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). We know that lions usually hunt for the slowest, weakest and YOUNGEST of its prey.
Pass this on to every Believer you know. God bless! And, if you are in doubt, check out the books yourself. CATHOLICS ARE AGAINST THESE BOOKS!!!
my response back to this email
As a mother of a gay son ...what am I suppose to believe? ..that #1 he was born that way and he is who he is and should be able to be true to himself and live the life he feels is just right for him ...or The devil has a hand in it and he will be condemmed to hell for being gay?
I take the 1st option ...If God loves each and everyone of us ..then he would love gays and lesbians too ...IF this is not something GOD would do ..then I dont want a part of it either ,because he is my flesh and blood and by loving him for who he is makes me as guilty as my son for being gay ....
HYPOCRISY should be added to the 10 commandments ...
The God I believe in loves not only my hetro sexual self but my GAY son too.
