bono_212
Blue Crack Distributor
i don't think you hate me.
i have 2 questions:
1. do you feel it's right to use your religious beliefs to justify denying *civil* marriage rights for people who may or may not share your religious beliefs?
2. do you also understand that it's difficult to hear that you believe that someone's most intimate longings -- for love, for sex, for companionship, for family, for protection, for security, for safety -- are inherently sinful, and that it's comparable to stealing, adultery, etc.
1) what do you mean? I'm not 100% clear on all of the proper terminology. I don't want anyone treated unequally, if it can be helped, so I know that some of what I said is conflicting with the other.
2) I realize that's probably one of the most difficult things to hear. But I also think that the term sin is a very fickle one. It's easy to point out really bad things like theft and murder, and whatever, but there are portions of the Bible that also refer to eating shellfish as sinful. So, I really don't know how to like, gauge what's really, really bad and what's just kinda "bad".
When it comes to my friend, for example, we talked about how I felt, after he came out, and I think we've only mentioned it like two or three times since. And again, that was like 11 years ago (my math was fuzzy earlier when I said 13). I try not to harp on about it. I want it to be clear that that's not the only thing about him I care about. It's who he is. I accept that. I love him, he's been my best friend for almost half my life. Whatever the Bible may say, I think he's right with God, so I don't worry about it.