The politics of Gay rights.

[NoNameMcgee]

I feel embarrassed and bad to tell this, but I can't help but feel uncomfortable to see two individuals of the same sex kissing or even being in love.
But I don't hate or insult or hurt them.
So I tried to ask (outside of this forum) if I'm a homophobe. Some told me, I maybe am and others told me I have internalized homophobia. (but internalized homophobia is something homosexuals have. Not heterosexuals. This is another confusion.)
I felt and feel so bad/confused/unsure. Especially since almost everyone say that homophobes (also harmless people that find homosexuality uncomfortable) need and deserve to die.
I don't want to play the victim, I just wanted to share this.
I don't know if I should feel guilty or not. And I don't know if I deserve to die or not. The only thing I'm sure about is that God doesn't and would never think such thing and this makes me feel a lot better and less scared.

also many of those whos hearts have been seared hate Christians

it shows in the words they use
the way they act

of course they would want to suggest violence against someone who doesnt agree with their wicked life style

they want to be able to do what ever they want and not be reminded it is disgusting

and directly against Gods design and will for them

but now that they have hardened themself so much


they will lie and manipulate words as much as they can to make themself a victim and a hero and try to make you a villian

and make it sound like killing you would be justice

dont be decieved by the homosexual agenda thats growing

 

[Angela_s]

it should absolutely make you feel uncomfortable

it is no less perverted than incest.....

Romans 3:4
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.





if you are being told to accept gays as being normal

that is people with seared hearts trying to harden yours...



dont feel guilty if sinful perversions make you feel uncomfortable

Thanks .You are the only person (human) to tell me this . Thanks a lot.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Thanks .You are the only person (human) to tell me this . Thanks a lot.

no problem at all


God bless you angela

 

[Angela_s]

no problem at all


God bless you angela

God Bless you too

 

[Waggles]

Thanks .You are the only person (human) to tell me this . Thanks a lot.

When I am viewing a movie or TV and a homosexual couple come on
and especially if they kiss I must turn away from the screen, close my eyes.

To watch is to approve. To approve is to make Jesus and the Holy Spirit
partake of my accepting what I see.

See no evil. Hear no evil. Do no evil.

In Australia we have a U.S. TV show "Modern Families" in which there is a
homosexual couple with a daughter (I think).
It is bad enough when the promo trailers come in and I wince.
Worse is the fact that this perversion is broadcast during popular
prime time hours for the whole family to enjoy.

3 You have spent enough time in the past doing what the heathen
like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lust, drunkenness, orgies,
drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols.
4 And now the heathen are surprised when you do not join them in the
same wild and reckless living, and so they insult you.
5 But they will have to give an account of themselves to God,
who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
1Peter 4: GNB

 

[pckts]

I noticed this is not the first time someone talks about that the only sin you go to hell for is not believing in God.
Even after you tell them that it doesn't work like that and why.

If they are not willing to learn and to follow the truth, then they are probably trying to convince us that half of what society tell us is right is 'not so wrong after all' , based on a politically social view.

I can't blame them. Hearing the same wrong statements for years almost everywhere and giving you bad names if you think otherwise, can easily 'brainwash' you.
It's not easy for them to escape from that state. They know that if they follow God entirely, it will take a lot of time to not think of something as "okay and normal" when society tells you it is.

But God is patient. He gives us time. As we are saying here and we always say, the important thing is to sincerely repent and recognize you are a sinner. If they fall again to think that a sin is okay or commit it, they just have to repent and try not to do it again. They can even tell God to help them. God is so compassionate that you don't even have to literally pray out loud, He listens to your thoughts. Long or short thought of repent, it is still repenting for Him.

I think a lot of them adopt these views because they do not want to create the conflict in their lives with other people and the politically correct environment. So they tell themselves, "God is love, God is peace, God wants us to love our neighbors and be peaceful with them, so these values and opinions that would create conflict in my life and put me at odds with liberals must be wrong". I have no idea what is going in with their moral compasses or self-awareness, but somehow social cues dominate their internal feelings and instincts.

They all regurgitate almost verbatim the same opinions and views regarding their service to two masters. They have this idea that it is not their place to try and change the world or unbelievers, "forcing" (standing up for/supporting) their values upon them, because it's not our place to promote The Truth in God's world and to the unbeliever. They criticize our opinions as from the archaic OT, no longer applicable because of the NT, and say our responsibilities have changed regarding sexual activity now that this has happened.

They accept the gifts Christ has brought, and have abandoned many of their duties and responsibilities. They think they have their salvation already (and they may) so why change their social views for God, and their only responsibility to the world and others is to be "on good terms". They give God the bare minimum, which is our belief in His divinity, and they give the world their values, social, and political views.





The one's who don't believe in repenting, or think belief alone forgives sin, I honestly don't know what is going on in these people's minds. They are never in good company , every one I've met has been completely impossible to communicate with.

 

[Angela_s]

I think a lot of them adopt these views because they do not want to create the conflict in their lives with other people and the politically correct environment. So they tell themselves, "God is love, God is peace, God wants us to love our neighbors and be peaceful with them, so these values and opinions that would create conflict in my life and put me at odds with liberals must be wrong". I have no idea what is going in with their moral compasses or self-awareness, but somehow social cues dominate their internal feelings and instincts.

They all regurgitate almost verbatim the same opinions and views regarding their service to two masters. They have this idea that it is not their place to try and change the world or unbelievers, "forcing" (standing up for/supporting) their values upon them, because it's not our place to promote The Truth in God's world and to the unbeliever. They criticize our opinions as from the archaic OT, no longer applicable because of the NT, and say our responsibilities have changed regarding sexual activity now that this has happened.

They accept the gifts Christ has brought, and have abandoned many of their duties and responsibilities. They think they have their salvation already (and they may) so why change their social views for God, and their only responsibility to the world and others is to be "on good terms". They give God the bare minimum, which is our belief in His divinity, and they give the world their values, social, and political views.





The one's who don't believe in repenting, or think belief alone forgives sin, I honestly don't know what is going on in these people's minds. They are never in good company , every one I've met has been completely impossible to communicate with.

Exactly. This is another factor .
They are afraid to disappoint people they care for.

 

[maxwel]

This Thread


1. Inherent Confusion:
It's impossible to have any reasonable discussion on any of these issues when we're all discussing different issues; the thread topic is so broad and ill-defined that everyone is talking about different things... that's the main cause of the confusion in this thread.

All the Different Issues:
One person is talking about civil rights, another is talking about natural rights, another is talking about political rights, another is talking about biblical rights, another is talking about political processes, another is talking about federal laws, another is taking about state laws, another is talking about moral laws, another is talking about bible principles, another is talking about "application" of those principles... we're discussing about a dozen different things in here.

How the Confusion Pans Out:
We're discussing at least a dozen different issues, and EACH of those issues has different views and needs it's own discussion, and to make it worse, we never even DEFINED the terms in the OP... everyone is quite literally talking about different things.

We need to make a specific thread, with a carefully stated title, to address each PARTICULAR issue, or process, we want to discuss.



2. Better Written Topics = Better Discussion:
The proposition in a title sets the discussion of the entire thread, and if we have messy, confusing, unspecific propositions on controversial issues... there is no way we can have rational discussion.

I highly recommend that if YOU feel strongly about ANY issue, you start a new thread with a very specific proposition in the title.


Some Examples of how we might do this:
A. Do you feel homosexuality is morally wrong? (very specific)
B. Do you feel gay marriage is morally wrong? (very specific)
C. Do you feel gay marriage is legal under the constitution? (very specific)
D. Do you feel homosexuals should have minority status, and special protections under the law? (very specific)
E. How should Christians deal properly, in their daily life, with individual homosexuals they encounter?
F. How should Christians deal, in their daily life, with politics addressing gay marriage? (very specific)
G. How do Christians feel changes in marriage laws will affect society? (very specific)

When we throw out some very broad, all-encompassing proposition to debate, with terms which are never even defined, then everyone will be debating entirely different issues within the resulting morass of confusion.... and that's where we are in this thread.



3. Finally... Rights:
Although I'm very happy for my "rights" in the U.S., I can't see that anyone is born with any natural rights of any kind... that's not a Biblical idea. Therefore nobody just "has" rights by virtue of being born in this world... you don't have any "natural rights" at all, and you only have whatever "civil rights" your government bestows on you.

Sorry guys, I love my country, truly, but those unalienable rights in the declaration of Independence were just nonsense pulled out of thin air to justify the revolution. There is zero Biblical basis for any such natural rights.
(This was all a direct result of the "enlightenment" which was a secular movement sweeping across Europe, and which resulted from specific books such as The New Republic by Francis Bacon. None of this had anything to do with the Bible.)

So, as "natural rights" do not exist, and cannot exist, either Biblically or logically... you only have whatever rights are bestowed upon you by your govt.
If you only have whatever rights your govt bestows on you, then... those are your rights.
Whatever the govt says are your rights; those are your rights.
If we vote to add more, or take some away, then THOSE are your new rights.

You aren't just magically born into this world with "rights" magically attached to you... there is just no such thing.
The bible never mentions such things, and in fact tells us the opposite.
Simple logic can show you that nobody is just born with magical rights affixed to them.
You only have whatever rights your govt chooses to give you... and in some countries we get to vote on these.

Genuinely, you cannot go to the bible and show any "rights" where the universe owes you anything, or God promises you anything particular from your civil government, or where God promises you any particular treatment from others which you can DEMAND.
This doesn't exist.
The closest thing I can think of to a "natural right", in scripture, is just our ability to get up every day and make moral choices... that's about it. There isn't anything which we are guaranteed by God which we can go around demanding.

There is certainly "right and wrong", and there are ways that humans "should" treat each other... but when we talk about "rights" we are talking about very specific kinds of things.
We aren't talking about morals.
We are talking about very specific kinds of things which are OWED to us, and which we can DEMAND.
We are talking about things which are somehow intrinsically owed to you, and which you can demand.
This just isn't in the bible.
Your "natural rights" aren't in the bible, and your "civil rights" certainly aren't in the bible.

Rights are a human construct.
They are tied to your government.
If you don't think so, take a trip sometime.





So what do I think about gay rights... I think we have silly discussions:

1. None of us actually has any "natural rights"... there's no such thing.

2. "Civil rights" are given by the govt, so gays have precisely whatever civil rights the govt says they have at any moment... no more and no less.

3. Morals are entirely different; and I'm free to disagree with the moral decisions of my govt.... but it's not like they're listening.

4. In the U.S. we are give the civil right to freely discuss civil rights; and we are given the civil right to debate civil rights, and we are even given the civil right to ask that civil rights be amended or changed... and so we do that.
- But we only debate civil rights because our govt bestows on us the legal civil right to debate civil rights.
- We can't even open our mouths to speak unless the govt says we have the right to speak.
- Civil rights aren't owed you by God, and you're very fortunate to have any at all.
- God doesn't owe us anything.
- We need a reality check once in a while.

 

[Susanna]

I wonder what it's like being gay.

 

[Angela_s]

This Thread


1. Inherent Confusion:
It's impossible to have any reasonable discussion on any of these issues when we're all discussing different issues; the thread topic is so broad and ill-defined that everyone is talking about different things... that's the main cause of the confusion in this thread.

All the Different Issues:
One person is talking about civil rights, another is talking about natural rights, another is talking about political rights, another is talking about biblical rights, another is talking about political processes, another is talking about federal laws, another is taking about state laws, another is talking about moral laws, another is talking about bible principles, another is talking about "application" of those principles... we're discussing about a dozen different things in here.

How the Confusion Pans Out:
We're discussing at least a dozen different issues, and EACH of those issues has different views and needs it's own discussion, and to make it worse, we never even DEFINED the terms in the OP... everyone is quite literally talking about different things.

We need to make a specific thread, with a carefully stated title, to address each PARTICULAR issue, or process, we want to discuss.



2. Better Written Topics = Better Discussion:
The proposition in a title sets the discussion of the entire thread, and if we have messy, confusing, unspecific propositions on controversial issues... there is no way we can have rational discussion.

I highly recommend that if YOU feel strongly about ANY issue, you start a new thread with a very specific proposition in the title.


Some Examples of how we might do this:
A. Do you feel homosexuality is morally wrong? (very specific)
B. Do you feel gay marriage is morally wrong? (very specific)
C. Do you feel gay marriage is legal under the constitution? (very specific)
D. Do you feel homosexuals should have minority status, and special protections under the law? (very specific)
E. How should Christians deal properly, in their daily life, with individual homosexuals they encounter?
F. How should Christians deal, in their daily life, with politics addressing gay marriage? (very specific)
G. How do Christians feel changes in marriage laws will affect society? (very specific)

When we throw out some very broad, all-encompassing proposition to debate, with terms which are never even defined, then everyone will be debating entirely different issues within the resulting morass of confusion.... and that's where we are in this thread.



3. Finally... Rights:
Although I'm very happy for my "rights" in the U.S., I can't see that anyone is born with any natural rights of any kind... that's not a Biblical idea. Therefore nobody just "has" rights by virtue of being born in this world... you don't have any "natural rights" at all, and you only have whatever "civil rights" your government bestows on you.

Sorry guys, I love my country, truly, but those unalienable rights in the declaration of Independence were just nonsense pulled out of thin air to justify the revolution. There is zero Biblical basis for any such natural rights.
(This was all a direct result of the "enlightenment" which was a secular movement sweeping across Europe, and which resulted from specific books such as The New Republic by Francis Bacon. None of this had anything to do with the Bible.)

So, as "natural rights" do not exist, and cannot exist, either Biblically or logically... you only have whatever rights are bestowed upon you by your govt.
If you only have whatever rights your govt bestows on you, then... those are your rights.
Whatever the govt says are your rights; those are your rights.
If we vote to add more, or take some away, then THOSE are your new rights.

You aren't just magically born into this world with "rights" magically attached to you... there is just no such thing.
The bible never mentions such things, and in fact tells us the opposite.
Simple logic can show you that nobody is just born with magical rights affixed to them.
You only have whatever rights your govt chooses to give you... and in some countries we get to vote on these.

Genuinely, you cannot go to the bible and show any "rights" where the universe owes you anything, or God promises you anything particular from your civil government, or where God promises you any particular treatment from others which you can DEMAND.
This doesn't exist.
The closest thing I can think of to a "natural right", in scripture, is just our ability to get up every day and make moral choices... that's about it. There isn't anything which we are guaranteed by God which we can go around demanding.

There is certainly "right and wrong", and there are ways that humans "should" treat each other... but when we talk about "rights" we are talking about very specific kinds of things.
We aren't talking about morals.
We are talking about very specific kinds of things which are OWED to us, and which we can DEMAND.
We are talking about things which are somehow intrinsically owed to you, and which you can demand.
This just isn't in the bible.
Your "natural rights" aren't in the bible, and your "civil rights" certainly aren't in the bible.

Rights are a human construct.
They are tied to your government.
If you don't think so, take a trip sometime.





So what do I think about gay rights... I think we have silly discussions:

1. None of us actually has any "natural rights"... there's no such thing.

2. "Civil rights" are given by the govt, so gays have precisely whatever civil rights the govt says they have at any moment... no more and no less.

3. Morals are entirely different; and I'm free to disagree with the moral decisions of my govt.... but it's not like they're listening.

4. In the U.S. we are give the civil right to freely discuss civil rights; and we are given the civil right to debate civil rights, and we are even given the civil right to ask that civil rights be amended or changed... and so we do that.
- But we only debate civil rights because our govt bestows on us the legal civil right to debate civil rights.
- We can't even open our mouths to speak unless the govt says we have the right to speak.
- Civil rights aren't owed you by God, and you're very fortunate to have any at all.
- God doesn't owe us anything.
- We need a reality check once in a while.

Thanks again for the clarification !

I appreciate your will to put order and to clarify a lot of points in these kind of threads.

The fact is that we know there is confusion and we know where it comes from as well. We would gladly try not to change subject, but confused people are individuals and we should clarify where they are creating confusion. But until we don't answer their questions and clarify their doubts about our affirmations, they are going to keep confusing topics.
No matter what.
And if we create threads that fit with the specific topic, they may assume we are "cherry picking" a sin and being repetitive.
Especially since there are already dead threads about the subject. Yet, the same people didn't and still don't change their mind.

Until they are not banned (I don't want to imply they should or shouldn't. Of course, it's not my job to decide it), they are going to repeat the same cycle and, as tolerant Christians, it's our job to explain and clarify our intentions and God's words , without ignoring their doubts and confusion between intentions,topics,definitions and their meanings.

If you were only referring to them for clarify, then I'm sorry for not realizing it before.
Hope I didn't bother.

 

[maxwel]

Thanks again for the clarification !

I appreciate your will to put order and to clarify a lot of points in these kind of threads.

The fact is that we know there is confusion and we know where it comes from as well. We would gladly try not to change subject, but confused people are individuals and we should clarify where they are creating confusion. But until we don't answer their questions and clarify their doubts about our affirmations, they are going to keep confusing topics.
No matter what.
And if we create threads that fit with the specific topic, they may assume we are "cherry picking" a sin and being repetitive.
Especially since there are already dead threads about the subject. Yet, the same people didn't and still don't change their mind.

Until they are not banned (I don't want to imply they should or shouldn't. Of course, it's not my job to decide it), they are going to repeat the same cycle and, as tolerant Christians, it's our job to explain and clarify our intentions and God's words , without ignoring their doubts and confusion between intentions,topics,definitions and their meanings.

If you were only referring to them for clarify, then I'm sorry for not realizing it before.
Hope I didn't bother.

Clear Discussions


1. It's fine for you to say whatever is on your mind.

A. I certainly don't care.
B. You can still say whatever you want even if I do care, lol.



2. When I pointed out all the confusion here, I was not accusing anyone of intentionally creating confusion.

Confusion will naturally result from some things... like not defining what we're debating.



3. To give a "narrow debate topic" is not in any way the same as "cherry picking".

A. "Cherry Pick" = to pick certain examples of an issue that only support your side.... it is to be UNFAIR by picking unfair examples.
B. "Give a Narrow Debate Topic" = to DEMAND FAIRNESS by creating a clear framework in which everyone clearly understands the debate subject.

This is how proper debate is done, and how any rational discussion must be done.


* A vague topic is like giving everyone a soccer ball, and telling them to play soccer in an empty field with no rules, no boundary lines, and no goal.
* A clear topic is like a good fair game of soccer, with rules, and goals, and with each side being able to play fairly.


It's simple logic: if debaters can't both agree on what a topic really is, how can they possibly debate it?
How can you debate a thing if you don't know what the thing is?
Can you discuss a "thing" if you don't know what the "thing" is?
You MUST give clear topics, with clear definitions, if you expect to have clear discussions.

 

[ItsMeYaBoi]

I wonder what it's like being gay.

Same thing as being straight, except you're attracted to the same gender instead of the opposite.

 

[tourist]

I wonder what it's like being gay.

I think that means that you're happy.

 

[Angela_s]

Clear Discussions


1. It's fine for you to say whatever is on your mind.

A. I certainly don't care.
B. You can still say whatever you want even if I do care, lol.



2. When I pointed out all the confusion here, I was not accusing anyone of intentionally creating confusion.

Confusion will naturally result from some things... like not defining what we're debating.



3. To give a "narrow debate topic" is not in any way the same as "cherry picking".

A. "Cherry Pick" = to pick certain examples of an issue that only support your side.... it is to be UNFAIR by picking unfair examples.
B. "Give a Narrow Debate Topic" = to DEMAND FAIRNESS by creating a clear framework in which everyone clearly understands the debate subject.

This is how proper debate is done, and how any rational discussion must be done.


* A vague topic is like giving everyone a soccer ball, and telling them to play soccer in an empty field with no rules, no boundary lines, and no goal.
* A clear topic is like a good fair game of soccer, with rules, and goals, and with each side being able to play fairly.


It's simple logic: if debaters can't both agree on what a topic really is, how can they possibly debate it?
How can you debate a thing if you don't know what the thing is?
Can you discuss a "thing" if you don't know what the "thing" is?
You MUST give clear topics, with clear definitions, if you expect to have clear discussions.

In fact, I meant that they may think we are cherry picking, even if we don't. But I get your point.

 

[maxwel]

In fact, I meant that they may think we are cherry picking, even if we don't. But I get your point.

Angela,

If you engage in debate, you WILL, without fail, be accused of ill intentions.

If you ever seem to be winning a debate, you WILL, without fail, be accused of even MORE ill intentions.

If you take a stand for anything that is right, accusations will come... regardless of how loving or kind you are.



However, it's better to be accused wrongly than to be accused rightly.
There is no shame in being wrongly accused.

So discuss and debate, as you feel led, and do it truthfully, fairly, and lovingly.
We should always strive to do this more lovingly.
I always remind myself of this because I so often fail.

So discuss things, and try to speak the truth "in love", and the accusations which come have nothing to do with you... you can't control another person's heart.
The accusations have nothing to do with you.
You need to let them go.

 

[Angela_s]

Angela,

If you engage in debate, you WILL, without fail, be accused of ill intentions.

If you ever seem to be winning a debate, you WILL, without fail, be accused of even MORE ill intentions.

If you take a stand for anything that is right, accusations will come... regardless of how loving or kind you are.



However, it's better to be accused wrongly than to be accused rightly.
There is no shame in being wrongly accused.

So discuss and debate, as you feel led, and do it truthfully, fairly, and lovingly.
We should always strive to do this more lovingly.
I always remind myself of this because I so often fail.

So discuss things, and try to speak the truth "in love", and the accusations which come have nothing to do with you... you can't control another person's heart.
The accusations have nothing to do with you.
You need to let them go.

Of course ! I don't think otherwise

 

[Waggles]

Same thing as being straight, except you're attracted to the same gender instead of the opposite.

It ain't nothing like being straight.
That is offensive.

 

[kaylagrl]

It ain't nothing like being straight.
That is offensive.

We know that in the Word the church is referred to as the bride and Jesus is the groom. Im astonished that Christians,some,cannot see how sacred marriage is.

 

[Waggles]

Stand Up Stand Up For Jesus
by George Duffield (1818-1888)
Music by Adam Geibel (1855-1933)

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss.
From victory unto victory His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the solemn watchword hear;
If while ye sleep He suffers, away with shame and fear;
Where’er ye meet with evil, within you or without,
Charge for the God of battles, and put the foe to rout.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the trumpet call obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict, in this His glorious day.
Ye that are brave now serve Him against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger, and strength to strength oppose.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, stand in His strength alone;
The arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own.
Put on the Gospel armor, each piece put on with prayer;
Where duty calls or danger, be never wanting there.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, each soldier to his post,
Close up the broken column, and shout through all the host:
Make good the loss so heavy, in those that still remain,
And prove to all around you that death itself is gain.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle, the next the victor’s song.
To those who vanquish evil a crown of life shall be;
They with the King of Glory shall reign eternally.

There was a time when Christians were bold and
were determined to bring moral and spiritual
revival to our societies.
​

 

[mj007]

I just don't understand why a minority of heterosexual people, mainly of religious belief, see homosexuals as homosexuals and not people. That is the brunt of their mind set and they don't see it as homophobia. I say they are a minority, because God is the majority.

That is why the majority of people are heterosexual. God favours it over homosexuality, that is for sure. But God gives love to all people.

Just like we should.

And placing labels on any person, even if they are a criminal, does not help anyone, it's not God's way, it is not love.

Thank God for human rights in the civilised world. Better than tyrannical governments that kill people, due to illegality or religious illegality, or in fact the God you choose to believe in. If what you learnt in religion has made you more aggressive (in your mind, in your ANTI) to x or y, maybe you need to speak to God, because you haven't learnt much at all.

I welcome homosexuals here, so that they might learn more about God, about Jesus, and maybe they might be inspired, they might have some insight, they may be influenced to think deeply about things, by the love that comes from all of God's children. But with an unwelcoming crowd, what chance does anyone have of ever helping someone they deem as troubled, to find God?

God judges you more than the homosexual, unless the homosexual is also judging you. At first take the log out of your own eye, or keep casting stones at the scapegoat if you are so free of sin in your life.

In answer to Maxwel's questions:

A. Do you feel homosexuality is morally wrong? (very specific)
As a heterosexual my moral is that I am heterosexual, that is morally right to me. Homosexuals have no influence or power over my morals, like some seem to think they have magic powers. God has all the power.
B. Do you feel gay marriage is morally wrong? (very specific)
Again my morals define that I believe in heterosexuality, man marrying a woman. Gay marriage doesn't affect me, and if it is morally right to the two getting married, then that is their moral. Why must I concern myself with morals of something I would not do? I don't have a big nose, sticking it into other peoples business.
C. Do you feel gay marriage is legal under the constitution? (very specific)
Of course in a civilised world. This isn't Saudi Arabia...
D. Do you feel homosexuals should have minority status, and special protections under the law? (very specific)
In a civilised world, of course. Just like any other minority group. The important point is 'people', unless you are apathetic and struggle with caring about others.
E. How should Christians deal properly, in their daily life, with individual homosexuals they encounter?
The same way they deal with any other person in their life?! With kindness, humbleness, and love. Not that everyone gets that or gives that all the time. But that is God's way.
F. How should Christians deal, in their daily life, with politics addressing gay marriage? (very specific)
There is not a lot they can do, unless you live in a majority Christian country, like Russia. If you want Christian morals in your society, try making more Christians, rather than enemies. In judgemental society, you know, where we analyse each other, you have a breakdown of religion. Judgement of others is not God's way.
G. How do Christians feel changes in marriage laws will affect society? (very specific)
It won't really change much at all, things will just be a bit more inclusive. That's a positive. It doesn't mean homosexuality is going to come into fashion, it just means anyone who is homosexual doesn't have to feel fear and isolation, from those who judge them and want them to burn in hell.