tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323705069567388486.post4586801111395329241..comments2023-07-03T04:15:38.436-07:00Comments on Apologetic Junkie: You Can't Hide Your Hate...Or Can You??Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16436136389787730133noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323705069567388486.post-56851527005696050432008-12-29T03:38:00.000-08:002008-12-29T03:38:00.000-08:00Aaron & David,Thanks for the excellent informa...Aaron & David,<BR/>Thanks for the excellent information & resources so I may better defend my beliefs. It is unfortunate I must use the word defend, anyway I strive to state my position on an issue as intelligently as I can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323705069567388486.post-61113165539946577162008-12-12T10:56:00.000-08:002008-12-12T10:56:00.000-08:00D.A.,Thank you for commenting. There are several t...D.A.,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for commenting. There are several things I would like to say in reply.<BR/><BR/>First, if you and your partner are truly committed to the social responsibility of love then you should be concerned with what is true, good, and beautiful. You should be seeking what is good and right for you, your partner, society, and children. But this would mean supporting natural marriage. No other relationship in any culture provides individuals or societies with the benefits that natural marriage provides. Same-sex marriage, on the other hand, has not been shown to provide any benefit to culture. Our society would continue to function just fine if there was no such thing as same-sex marriage or civil unions. In addition, love means looking out for the best interests of those you love. But there is nothing loving in the endorsement and practice of inherently destructive sexual behavior. If you are really concerned with love you would be looking out for the best interests of you, your partner, society, and children. This brings us to our second point.<BR/><BR/>Second, every child needs a mother and a father. I'm not sure what could be more obvious than that. Every person, whether heterosexual or homosexual, has a mother and a father and it takes the two of them to bring a child into this world for a REASON. This is not arbitrary. It is in accordance with the natural order. Mothers and fathers are different and each contribute something unique to child rearing and parenting. To say that moms and dads can be interchanged at will is to deny the inherent differences between men and women which in turn dehumanizes the both of them. There are plenty of studies showing children do best when raised by both biological parents. Two same-sex parents are simply ill equipped. How can two women teach a little boy how to be a man? How can two men teach a little girl how to be a lady? Same-sex marriage proponents want to subject children to a giant social experiment, denying EVERY child with same-sex parents either a mother or a father.<BR/><BR/>Third, if you really value tolerance, why don't you tolerate my position? Tolerance is not a one-way street. While advocates of same-sex marriage cry "tolerance" they fail to tolerate anyone who disagrees with them! But the word tolerance IMPLIES disagreement. Otherwise, there would be nothing to tolerate! In effect, homosexual activists display their own intolerance by not tolerating those who disagree. By the way, in asking for tolerance, homosexual activists are implicitly admitting there is something wrong with their behavior. After all, nobody ever had to "tolerate" good behavior. <BR/><BR/>Finally, you are not merely asking for tolerance. You are asking the government to endorse and validate your relationship and behavior. The burden of proof is on you to make a legal and moral case as to why the government and society should legitimize same-sex relationships by placing them on equal legal and moral ground as natural marriage.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436136389787730133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323705069567388486.post-18872922617115369472008-12-08T21:37:00.000-08:002008-12-08T21:37:00.000-08:00Aaron thanks for the excellent article. I was espe...Aaron thanks for the excellent article. I was especially pleased to see your point on the ad hominem fallacy. The gay-marriage proponents’ principal strategy is to label traditional marriage advocates as intolerant hate-mongers. Under this restrictive view a citizen who exercises his first amendment right to reject gay marriage by the democratic process will receive this disparaging label. However, the gay-marriage proponents find it completely permissible to raid churches during services or harass anyone who does not vote in their favor. This is based on a warped sense of entitlement to the institution of marriage.<BR/><BR/>The pro gay-marriage strategy has placed the average American in the difficult situation of choosing to be tolerant or intolerant. In the past several decades American society has been conditioned to be tolerant of everything including sexual orientation. Using tolerance as an anchor has permitted the gay movement to place gay-marriage into realm of civil rights; hence their assertion that gay marriage is a civil right. Americans are extremely sensitive to the concept of civil rights because it is engrained into the fabric of our society. This leaves traditional marriage proponents in the position of proving that gay-marriage is not a civil right, especially since the phrase sexual orientation has been repeatedly categorized with righteously protected classes such as race. Unfortunately, an examination of what constitutes a civil right will fall into the hands of the judiciary which is clearly sympathetic to the gay-marriage movement. <BR/><BR/>Aaron, ultimately I agree with your bible verse selection (John 15:18-19). This world is becoming increasingly hostile to anything which based on the word of God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323705069567388486.post-81821430979115542552008-12-08T18:11:00.000-08:002008-12-08T18:11:00.000-08:00Awesome post! I am going to link this to others! G...Awesome post! I am going to link this to others! Good job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323705069567388486.post-56486635576143475822008-12-07T15:26:00.000-08:002008-12-07T15:26:00.000-08:00As a gay person, my partner and I are committed to...As a gay person, my partner and I are committed to the social responsibility of love. We've adopted two children and will raise them to contribute to the next generation of society as loving, tolerant citizens. Unlike you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com