The Coming Struggle Between Traditional Christian Beliefs And Those Who Believe In Same Sex Marriage

The belief in traditional marriage is what is currently dogging Paladino, the Republican nominee for the governor for the State of New York. There was a time when it was implied that if you are against same sex marriage, borne out of your traditional Christian beliefs…, that you were deemed a bigot - now, those same sentiments are not even implied anymore… they are expressly posited. Traditional Christians are now lumped in with those who are bullying gays and carrying out despicable beatings, some of which have resulted in death. We are told in not to subtle language that simple preaching out against the gay life style is tantamount to hate speech, but the same Bible that proscribed homosexuality is the same Bible that has proscriptions against Fornication, Adultery, lying, murder too.…

We are left to think that if a preacher admonishes his congregation about abstaining from all the proscribed behaviors… that those of us who have engaged in said behaviors are victims of hate speech too. This is where we are heading and the implication is that we, as Traditional Christians, must choose what we want to believe from the Bible – we simply cannot do that… for then we might as well not believe in the physical resurrection of the Christ, which is the fulcrum of our Faith. All that the Bible says are wrong, though you may not adhere to such interpretations, are so, no matter what the world has to say contrary wise. We cannot say that I will believe this and not that – though many of us do just that- but those who are traditional Christians accept all of the Bible’s proscriptions, although we fall short. Falling short does not mean that what we do is ok because we like it… when the Bible says otherwise. When Mary Magdalene was about to be stoned for engaging in Adultery and Jesus interceded… didn’t He tell Mary… “Go and sin no more?” As a traditional Christian, it is none of my business what you do in the privacy of your lives, but do not force me to abandon the tenets of my faith

Now, are there Christians who have engaged in the gay lifestyle – of course, but we cannot go against the word of God, which says that such behavior is sinful. There is no way can a traditional Christian condone the gay lifestyle, be it personal or from others, because we are told that it is wrong and that we cannot enter heaven if we do not ask for forgiveness for many of our actions that the Bible deems sinful, including the much in vogue homosexual lifestyle. And I know there are some Christians who believe that the gay life style is ok, but any reading and the interpretation that say the Biblical God/Jesus condones the gay lifestyle is a perversion. Did engaging in these proscribed behaviors felt good to the senses – yes they did, but I supposed such were the feeling Mary Magdalene felt when she slept with those married men. Notice that only the traditional Christians beliefs are singled out on the gay issue…even though Muslims hold the same beliefs.