Is Homosexuality a Sin (comments on Lauren Green’s blog)
Fox News’ Lauren Green has an interesting blog today - questioning whether homosexuality is a sin.
Lauren’s an interesting Fox News correspondent, and I enjoy her work greatly. In addition to being talented on-screen, she also makes excellent points in her blog (and I have to say, that’s “whether I always agree or not”).
She does answer the question - yes, according to the Bible, homosexuality IS a sin. She also posts a scientific response regarding the “genetic” question.
A main point of the article is the so-called “hate crimes” bill that’s currently being discussed in Congress. The question was posed during a recent Democratic Presidential debate. John Edwards’ response is … interesting.
[the question is]…whether it’s right for any of our faith beliefs to be imposed on the American people. I do not believe that is right.”
Now, with all due respect to Edwards… he’s committed a very common logical fallacy. It’s the same one often committed by people and companies who promote “diversity”.
If my religious beliefs say “no” on an issue, and someone else’s say “yes” … and I’m a conservative/Christian … then someone else’s beliefs must necessarily take precedence.
So if my belief is that homosexuality is a sin and that “gay marriage” is out of the question, and thereby counsel someone against being gay or refuse to marry them, according to this law’s logical end I am a criminal. As Lauren points out, there’s a lawsuit against a Methodist Camp right here in the US… brought by two lesbians who wanted to get married there. The camp refused; the Methodist church does not honor gay marriage.
So whose rights prevail? For that matter, whose RELIGIOUS beliefs prevail? If it’s not right for “faith beliefs” to be imposed on people… what right does a gay couple have to insist that the church marry them? Their belief that they can do so is, indeed, a faith belief… even if they are completely secular people, this issue cannot be divorced from religion - period.
That’s sort of like saying, “You can’t celebrate or even say the word, “Christmas”, it might offend someone” … well, what about me? I’m deeply offended. If it WASN’T for Jesus, we’d all spend the latter weeks of December curled up in front of the TV like all those other months. If not for Christmas, nobody’d do much of anything in December. So I can’t say “Merry Christmas” because it might offend someone? Not.
So - because we stand for what the Bible says, the religious beliefs of others can be imposed on us, in the interest of not imposing our faith beliefs on people.
Blech.
