The Thesaurus tells us that Government means power, and equity. Now, how can that even be true? If someone has power over you, there is no equity involved. To explain moral views, the thesaurus mentions humane, respectable, decent, proper, ethical, honest, exemplary, (flawless, ideal, unblemished.) I don't understand how flawless or unblemished should come up anywhere, since we all know all humankind is flawless and blemished, especially politicians.
That also includes priests, nuns, pastors, reverends, popes, and most especially, out great Government. Should this Government mix with Religion? Religion is listed as belief, church, doctrine, and persuasion. So, the church is going to try and persuade people to join their church so they have lots of money to do what they want, and live the lifestyle they have chosen, and the Government wants to control the power and equity. Interesting.
Especially since the church is denouncing the marriage of gay partners, but it's main intent is to love one another and accept God's children. Whatever color, whatever hairstyle, whatever sex, whatever nationality, but, wait a minute, not gays. They can't join, especially if they want to marry the person they love. And if the church can't stop them, the Government will. They are the same as the lepers were, and treated as such. They were born knowing something was wrong, they were ostracized and teased through 12 years of school, and tripped daily on the bus, equaling roughly 3,240 times. They get their hair pulled, they're called names, have no friends, and live a miserable existence.
They know they are different, however, they still feel the same pain, shame, guilt, sense of not belonging , emotions your child may be experiencing. And they bleed red blood. Rarely does anybody ask them what they are feeling. As long as they don't influence your child. They lived cooped up in this place of blame and shame that is not their fault, and then, we the "religious" and we the "government" want to hurt them some more. They are not welcome in either place. Actually, they aren't welcome anywhere but with "their own kind."
We wouldn't want "gay cooties." I know friends who have had same sex relationships, and have been with the same partner in a monogamous relationship for over 20 years, a better batting average over heterosexual marriages. They are now getting into their sixty's. If they want to marry, by law, so if one of them were to become sick, the other would have the same privileges as a heterosexual spouse, why should either religion or state care?
These "outcasts" aren't hurting anybody, but it's a safe bet that they have been hurt in their lives. Many times I have heard of a gay child being beaten in the playground, for something he had no control over, but the Government and Church will control it! An eleven year old child! Would you want that to be your child? Or do you introduce your children to the fact that we are all different, and as long as we aren't hurting ourselves or others, it doesn't warrant getting beaten because we are different, and the "World" doesn't approve. These children who, for whatever reason, a gene slipped through, but a couple were supposed to instead, are not responsible for their sexual orientation. Just because you don't like it, or the church doesn't like it, or the state doesn't like it, doesn't make it false. There are the lost souls who are trying to find themselves, but if they don't explore, they won't know.
I know of a man who never told anyone his sexual orientation, and is a devout Catholic, so holds onto their every word, therefore, he has thought all his life that he was an abomination, a misfit, an outcast, but he didn't act on his feelings, trying to listen to church and state, and he has been miserable, unhappy, judgmental of women, and the most negative person I may have ever met. I cannot honestly believe that God created this man to be different for a reason (although we the people, would know better than God) and then cared whether this man had relations with a man for 20 years, and they lived happily, and did good for others, instead of the way he did live his life.
It takes maybe 10 minutes to say your vows in the church, yet it takes forever, and a whole lot of money, to get divorced. It would seem better to make you wait more time to get married, and 10 minutes to get divorced! That's where the state and the church really collide. It's backwards. If you had to wait longer to get married, maybe there wouldn't be so many divorces, but then again, the church and state would be telling you what to do. Do you like that idea? Maybe the gays and lesbians don't either.
  
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