Is It A Sin?

As the movement for gay rights progresses for its forty-first year since the Stonewall Riots, numerous people from the religious right (aka the American Taliban as described in my previous post) spread their putrid lies and hate speech about something that is a natural occurence in nature (having been observed in countless other species of animals besides homo sapiens). First off, let's start with some statements that these people (if they can be given such an elevation of status) have to say.

"Don't use the word 'gay' unless it's an acronym for 'Got Aids Yet'"- Rep. Bob Dornan (R-CA)

I want you to think deeply about that statement. Go on, do what he failed to do before speaking and just think of it. Think of all the bigotry, ignorance, and hate that fills that vile man. But also, I want you to notice something else: his title. He is a represntative. How on earth the American public could elect such a person is beyond me! If we want the rest of the world to not look at us as though we are a nation of hateful bigots, we must change who we vote for. We can't vote for vile homophobic, sexist, racist, scum like the people who make up that far right in America. What perplexes me, too, is the fact that statements like those never go un-checked. Why is it that we allow homophobic statements to be made at free will? Why is it that teachers and faculty members in schools never try to keep students from making homophobic remarks? The answer to those questions: the American Taliban. With people such as Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, who have made statements like "Not only is homosexuality a sin, but anyone who supports fags is just as guilty as they are. You are both worthy of death," trying to control the American thought process and change the words of their Bible to suit their political agenda, its no wonder that people fall for it (on another note, Fred Phelps has also encouraged his church members to castrate themselves with rusty barbed wire). As Adolf Hitler said, "If you tell a big enough lie, and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed," and that is exactly what has happened hear. These American Taliban people on the far right have been telling people that Jesus is against gay marriage and its in the Ten Commandments and its also a sin. First of all, neither Jesus, nor anyone in the New Testament, said anything about gay people. Second of all, the Ten Commandments are as follows, and I quote:



You shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

You shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s."


Now, did you see anything about gay marriage in there? I sure didn't, and I just wanted to make sure that other people didn't, either. Thirdly, the Christian extremists of the far right wish to make you believe that to be gay is a sin. The seven sins (as found in the bible) are as follows:

Gluttony
Lust
Greed
Despair
Wrath
Acedia
Vainglory
Pride

Just for the record, in that list of seven things, did any of you read something about gay people? No? Ok, just checking. So, given those three things: the fact that gay people are not mentioned in the New Testament, the fact it isn't covered in the Ten Commandments, and the fact that it is not listed as a sin, what other arguments can the Christians make against gay people? They resort to their "beginning". They say that just around 6 000 years ago, God created the entire universe in seven days and put two people on earth, Adam and Eve. Because of this, the homophobes insist that God hates gay people. Well, given the fact that the majority of the world's population is not Christian and does not subsrcibe to that theory, it gets a little harder to hold it up. Also, given the fact that there is more concrete, scientific evidence to disprove that (as well as observations of other species that are gay), the Christians lose on that argument. My fellow Americans (and for my foreign readers, I want you to do the same), please stand up now. Stand up! Stand up and speak out. Speak out against these vile people. Speak out against hate and tyranny. Speak out against the homophobes and let a new era of peace, social justice, and acceptance begin!