A recent web page listed the Top 15 Anti-Gay Activists who Were Caught Being Gay. It makes for fascinating reading. (I’m waiting for Michelle Bachman’s husband to show up on a future list.)
What causes this? I think certain men who have been raised by their religion to believe that homosexuality is evil and yet have those feelings often try to fight it by becoming very anti-gay. It’s an attempt to convince themselves to stop so they won’t go to Hell or something.
It also explains why these guys always think being gay is a choice. They assume everyone has these same feelings, and gays act on them while the rest (like them) fight against these urges. “I have resisted succumbing to the temptation,” they think, “and so can everyone else! See? Obviously, being gay is a choice.”
Well, no. Being celibate doesn’t make you straight. Just ask any Catholic priest. There’s not one shred of evidence to support the idea that it is a choice.
The good news is that the world is changing, and becoming accepting. There are plenty of Christian churches that openly accept gays and teach that it is not a sin, and more are joining every day. Soon these people won’t have to hide in the closet and pretend they are straight. Soon they can be themselves.
Then we have to get to work on the Muslim churches.
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Mike, do you mean there are Christian churches who accept gays who are not living celibate lives? This is news to me. I have only heard of churches that say, “God made you gay, so that’s okay, as long as you never act on those feelings.”
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Well, I’m atheist, but in fairness to some christian churches, there are some churches that absolutely accept homosexuals, and even perform homosexual unions or marraiges (depending on whether the state allows marraige or just civil unions).
Some Anglican churches fully accept homosexuals, but require their CLERGY to be abstient. (Church of England). In NH there is a clergy member who is homosexual and NOT celibate and open about it.
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Its a small percentage. tiny. but its a start.
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I grew up New Zealand Anglican, and now go to an Episcopalian church. One of the things I love about both churches is their acceptance of all people- though the NZ churches are much further along that path. http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/stances-of-faiths-on-lgbt-issues-episcopal-church
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Actually, I take that back, the Episcopalians are further along than back home…horray America! 🙂
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