I will briefly appear in this thread for the sake of adding another side to it.
I am against legalizing homosexual unions. If you want someone to have the right to pull the plug on you if you end up on life support, give them power of attorney ahead of time. If you want someone to inherit your stuff, make a will.
I am a Christian. I believe in the Bible. I believe homosexuality is a sin. It does not keep me from having gay friends. I, too, am a sinner. Does this mean I should not have friends? Or rather being friends with me does not mean condoning my sins, personal or public.
I am not a homophobe. I see nothing to fear.
Something is radically happening in Massachusetts which I do not wish to see in my state. Children are being taught, IN KINDERGARTEN, that homosexuality is normal/right/proper/acceptable. Obviously, I do not agree with this and fear my children getting confused by the mixed messages. An easy answer would be to either put my kids in private school or homeschool them, but those resources are not available (financially or otherwise) to all of the people who feel the same as I do. There was one case where a father was put in jail because he refused to leave the principal's office of his kindergartener's school because the principal told him he could not object to them teaching his son that homosexuality was acceptable. The school was refusing him any choice in the matter.
How would I explain to my children the hypocrisy of voting to allow same-sex unions and then turning around and telling them it's not okay?
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Date: 2008-11-06 12:33 am (UTC)I am against legalizing homosexual unions. If you want someone to have the right to pull the plug on you if you end up on life support, give them power of attorney ahead of time. If you want someone to inherit your stuff, make a will.
I am a Christian. I believe in the Bible. I believe homosexuality is a sin. It does not keep me from having gay friends. I, too, am a sinner. Does this mean I should not have friends? Or rather being friends with me does not mean condoning my sins, personal or public.
I am not a homophobe. I see nothing to fear.
Something is radically happening in Massachusetts which I do not wish to see in my state. Children are being taught, IN KINDERGARTEN, that homosexuality is normal/right/proper/acceptable. Obviously, I do not agree with this and fear my children getting confused by the mixed messages. An easy answer would be to either put my kids in private school or homeschool them, but those resources are not available (financially or otherwise) to all of the people who feel the same as I do. There was one case where a father was put in jail because he refused to leave the principal's office of his kindergartener's school because the principal told him he could not object to them teaching his son that homosexuality was acceptable. The school was refusing him any choice in the matter.
How would I explain to my children the hypocrisy of voting to allow same-sex unions and then turning around and telling them it's not okay?