I feel the board is an opportunity for expression because not all persons with diabetes are born heterosexual. Christianity is not at risk.

There is separation of church and state for good reason. It allows for everyone to have a say in making laws that apply to all of us. Occasionally, laws or ideas are tested. That in itself, is democracy at work. If we react with a willingness for enlightenment, not defensively out of ignorance or fear, I feel we have accomplished Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

There was a time when homosexuality was considered perversion because it was believed all child molesters were homosexual. But in reality, heterosexuals are more apt to be molesters. Over time, scientific discoveries and medical research has helped us to understand the homosexuals come to us by birth, not by choice. Since sexual orientation is by birth, pre-birth-development or growing development after birth, I believe the only real choice is whether we act on our feelings to be sexually active, no matter the orientation..

By law, homosexuality is no longer considered perversion. The laws regarding homosexuality have been changed to accommodate enlightenment about it.

Common sense-wise, I cannot fathom anyone “choosing” a lifestyle that brings about such hate to them, either as a group or as an individual. Emotional and physical abuse, murder and suicide victimize homosexuals unnecessarily. Religions can be mighty slow on accepting change because of newly acquired facts of enlightenment on lots of subjects.

To blindly believe something because a person is told to in the name of God is scary. Remember churches are run and established by mankind as a result of what they come to believe. To me, everything should be questioned. People deserve answers that make sense.  People are not sheep to be led to slaughter by someone else’s opinions or ideas. To allow one’s mind to be directed by religion can be a dangerous practice, Christian or otherwise. I believe that education and enlightenment could have prevented the Jim Jones religious group tragedy of mass suicide.

Jesus never mentioned homosexuality, and there is nothing in the New Testament about it. It was in Old Testament text because at that time, it was believed the man created the whole child and the woman was only the safe place to let it grow. Because the man made the whole child, to them, “spilling seed” was committing murder. They used to stone people to death, too.

I have never understood why religion sticks its nose in reproductive areas anyway, other than the purpose to breed more to make their own religion group larger. That has nothing to do with loving someone, and God is handling all the births anyway. Remember, state-wise, homosexuals feel their rights are being withheld and it is worth addressing. They have the right to address the issue because of separation of church and state. Laws can be changed and often are. The word “marriage” should not be used as it is already taken by opposite sex couples. Same sex could be a Life Partners ceremony, not a marriage ceremony.

A person can lean a lot from a pea pod about nature. On opening it, you see a few big, plump peas. But there are also those in there on occasion that are a little different.  But that is nature and they are still peas. And we are all peas in the same pod. What a simple lesson to show that homosexuals are not to be discarded or dismissed. They are human beings created by the same God with needs and feelings just like us in every way, except they are designed to have physical attraction for the same sex. There is no reason to be fearful, hateful or reactionary. To me, failure to practice tolerance and equality is losing decorum.

I guess we have to agree to disagree, although everyone has the right to an opinion as well. Christians disagree all the time and that is why there are fundamentalist beliefs as well as more progressive beliefs.

Kindest Regards,

Frinkie