Now that the election has passed and the fervor and anger has subsided I wanted to address a serious issue that I have noticed developing in the Conservative mind set.
Ohio was just one of 11 states that recently passed a ban on gay marriage, citing religious and moral reasons as justification. In fact, many Christians voted for President Bush on November 2nd because of his moral and religious beliefs.
As a result I decided to sit down with the good book and do a little research into what exactly the bible has to say about two gay men living together.
Homosexuality is discussed in the book of Leviticus; it is buried amidst many rules of sexual relationships such as not having sex with your mother, father, etc. The actual wording states; “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” (Lev: 18:22) … “They shall surely be put to death.” (Lev: 20:13)
Alright, so I accept the fact that the Bible tells me that gay men should not be sleeping together, however, should this be the foundation of our government’s policy?
To answer this, I continued to read the book of Leviticus and stumbled upon other items that I found interesting. For one, Leviticus states that “he shall take a wife in her virginity” or “he shall be defiled in the face of the Lord.” I must say that the majority of college students have probably broken that little rule.
To make the point even clearer, “and the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife … shall surely be put to death.” (Lev: 20:9). So let me make this point — the Bible says that being gay is just as bad as cheating on your wife, if that’s the case where’s the anti-adultery bill at?
Even worse, Leviticus also states that if you curse your parents, you are to be put to death. Well I can tell you this, if that’s the truth, no teenagers are ever getting into heaven.
As a result of what I have read, I call upon all good Christians to immediately ban adultery and stop cursing your parents.
The fact of the matter is that the Bible should not be followed when the U.S. decides to create public policy. The Bible is full of so many contradictions that it supports not only Conservatives, but Liberals as well.
Unless you Conservative Christians wish to return to the glory days of stoning your children, I would recommend that you stop attacking homosexuality. Imposing your religious beliefs on all Americans is unconstitutional, and selectively drawing portions of text out of the Bible to support your cause is about as anti-Christian as you can get!
Better yet, I challenge all of you to actually study the work of Jesus, and explore his radical beliefs. You may soon realize that he pursued an agenda of helping the poor and preaching tolerance.
After that startling realization you may also begin to see that Jesus was far from Conservative; he was perhaps the most influential Liberal in the history of the world.
Now don’t get me wrong, I do not wish to impose my personal beliefs on anyone reading this. I am just asking all Americans, of every faith, to please, stop using sacred texts to govern our nation.
After all, the terrorists that we are now fighting in the Middle East govern through religious doctrine.
There is a reason we as Americans have separated church from state, not because we do not believe in a divine power, but because we believe in the freedom of choosing to.
