Controversial Topic: Same-Sex Marriages
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Today is the first day that I am speaking about this controversial topic on my blog. After Michigan put a law on hold, then annulled it after consideration, I wanted to put my opinion out here. I want to make note that I respect everyone's opinion, different or indifferent all the same, and I do ask that you all respect mine.
I have always been and always will be a Christian. It is what I was born and raised as, and it has led me to be a God fearing teenage girl. In the Bible, it is stated that man and woman are to be together, not man and man or woman and woman. It's considered a sin to be homosexual in this religion. Moreover, I do not necessarily agree with this. Before you shoot me down for saying this, and then telling me that as a Christian, I am supposed to one-hundred percent believe in the Bible, hear me out. I do, in fact, believe in the Bible. I do believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. I might not read my Bible as much as I should or attend church enough, but I am just as much of a Christian as the next. Yet, my belief in same-sex marriage is not parallel to that of my father (someone who does not support same-sex marriage), or a lot of people around this Earth. I'm okay with that because I believe what I believe, and I one-hundred percent support same-sex marriage, same-sex love.
It's funny how so many people are so quick to tell others that it is wrong to love someone of the same gender, but are so adamant about a guy and a girl not being able to help who they like/love. If we are all humans, and all have the same feelings and emotions, why does their opinion differ so much? I just do not get that. It also baffles me because not everyone is of the same religion. I think of it like this: if (hypothetically) you get bothered when someone tries to convert you to their religion from your own, why are you, technically, doing the same to others? You might think that you are not, but by you telling a homosexual that it is not "Christian-like" or that they are sinning, you are forcing your religion onto them. Just because your religion thinks like that does not mean that their religion (or non-religion) believes the same thing. For instance, if an Atheist tried to convert me by saying "Jesus is not real," then they are forcing what they do not believe in upon me. In my religion, I believe that He is the Son of Christ, our Savior. Forcing what your religion believes in (or does not believe) upon that of a homosexual, you are violating their privacy and freedom of religion (or non-religion).
The challenge then goes to homosexuals who are, in fact, Christians. Instead of going against them and saying, "Why are they even here, in church?" shouldn't Christians open their arms and welcome them into the congregation? Exiling homosexuals from the church when they'd like to be there is...well, it's not good. Just because they do not one-hundred percent accept what the Bible has to say does not mean that they cannot be Christians. That's like me, I do not support where the Bible does not believe in same-sex marriages; however, I am straight. Should I be exiled from the church because of what I support? If homosexuals and I support the same thing, how come nobody says anything to me in church? It's confusing! It's wrong!
Whenever I get in a conversation with people about this, we tend to get in an argument because they [usually] like to jump on me and point out that because I am a Christian, I shouldn't feel like I do. WHAT?! This subject is very important to me. I believe in equal rights. I support same-sex marriages. Whether said people are in love or are just looking for a one night stand, it should be their own choice to decide what they want to do—not the entire dang world's.
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