Submitted by Jim Ru
It was brought to my attention that some people wonder how having homosexuals makes a community a better place.
One has to be amazed at such a statement. I guess when some people see two people in love, they can only see the gender of those people, and not the love.
I guess some people haven't had sex in so long that when they see two people who have the hots for each other, all they can think of is how dirty and disgusting sex is, and not the happiness of two people being affectionate and sensual and maybe even feeling just down right joyfully sexy.
They don't see God in sex unless sex is about making babies. They miss the God part about affection, sensuality, play and fun.
Perhaps in the late 1800s, society could think that heterosexuals don't enjoy all the things that homosexuals enjoy while having sex. But today, having the internet, we can see the heterosexuals do engage in anal sex, oral sex, SM sex, sex toys, porno, and pretty much every kind of sex that is out there, just for the fun of it.
Not all sex is about making babies.
And thank God for that. The population of the planet increases at three additional people per second.
So, we could ask, what do heterosexuals bring to the community that makes it a better place at this point in our environmental crisis on the planet.
Let's hope they bring new and interesting sexual acts that don't lead to more children.
As for what homosexuals bring, I invite you to go online and look at the thousands of photos and videos of homosexuals who love each other, and yes, even marry each other. Look at the wonderful joy of two people who love, and who also enjoy their sensual, God given nature.
Yeah, even look at all the pornography out there and take a good look at the wildly diverse world that God has created within human behavior.
If all you can see is evil in that, then my dears, the problem is with you. Is some of it shocking and distasteful? Hell yeah. Damn weird world we live in if you ask me. But it is a marvel too. The parts I don't understand.... I figure if there is a God that's where you will find God. In the mystery.
I figure, if it's consensual and between adults, then it's none of my business.
Again, no one is demanding that you engage in ANY sexual behavior. But God knows, it sure sounds like it would do you some good to engage in at least some kind other than constantly masturbating to the idea that everyone, but you, is naughty.
How does constantly focusing on homosexuality as evil make a community a better place?
Woudn't your time be better spent doing other things, like helping the poor or volunteering in hospitals? Or maybe even go out on a date and have some fun?
How do homosexuals make a community a better place? If they connect with their God-given humanity without constantly living in fear, and with a little luck, there is the joy of human contact. Also, if they are lucky, they love each other. Joy and love, in case you were wondering, is good for a community.
I think, although I agree with your base point, that we need to be careful, as our rhetoric is sliding slowly buy surely into some pretty dramatic logical fallacies - we're building strawmen of "some people" and "they" and suggesting that the AFN is directly responsible for the insanity of Waagner.
ReplyDeleteThese are the same shady tactics that are used against people who are gay and, although turning the swordman's own blade on himself may feel good, ultimately it's destructive to the goal. To co-opt one of my favorite quotes, "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house."
Why not bring some hard facts (starting with Richard Florida's research, for example) about how much more economic development an accepting community enjoys versus a closed minded community.
I can't quanitfy joy and love , but I can point out the Urban Institutes' hard research that, credits "the gay and lesbian population for breathing new life into aging neighborhoods in cities throughout the nation. . . . Silver Lake (CA) [is] . . . an example of this. “Silver Lake was considered a deteriorating community a decade ago, but since gays and lesbians began moving in, it is not only more aesthetically attractive, but a safer neighborhood for everyone else who lives there”