Why are Hypocrites Protesting Gay Marriage?

During this past election, a proposition in California that would allow Gay & Lesbian couples to marry was voted against by a wide margin of people.

One can assume that the main reason for this is that people continue to be uncomfortable allowing the words “marriage” and “homosexual” to appear side by side. (Ha ha, get it? Side by side - as in, two women or men next to each other in bed? I crack myself up.)

The majority of the laws passed in this country continue to be heavily voted upon and/or enforced by the religious right in this country, most of whom are of the Christian faith.  Since they are the majority (for now), they are the ones who will actively protest against things they find immoral or contradictory to their faith – things like abortion and, in this case, Gay & Lesbian rights.

As a Christian myself, I understand why they think this way.  If you are a true follower of the Christian faith, it is only normal to believe that homosexuality is a sin.  Heck, it’s right there in the Bible – God destroyed a whole city simply because everyone there was having sex with a member of the same gender.

Since almost all Christians have been taught about the evilness of sodomy and other forms of Gay & Lesbian sex/love, it’s no surprise why they would be in such an uproar about taking a term God supposedly deemed to express an enternal bond between a MAN and a WOMAN, and altering it to include a MAN and a MAN or a WOMAN and a WOMAN. 

It’s also the same reason they try their darndest to change the minds of these sinners living their sinful lifestyle – God forbid they end up burning in the eternal fire known as “HELL” should they die with a member of the same sex in their lap!

And this would be all well and good… if it weren’t for the fact that these so-called “faithful” Christians are hypocrites!

It would be one thing if all the religious people who were against homosexual partnerships were actually living the lives they tell other people to live.  But the reality is, many of these same people are chastising others for their sinful lives, all the while doing things in their own life that – if they are following the Bible to a T – will also send them straight to Hell!

What kind of things am I talking about? Let’s take a look, shall we:

1. SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE.

God states, in no uncertain terms, that a man and a woman should wait until they’re married to have sex.  Yet, many straight couples have years and years of unmarried sex.  Why no protest at these people’s houses?  Shouldn’t we be knocking on the doors of all heterosexual couples and asking:

“Excuse me, but do you two have a marriage license? You DON’T??!?  Then get thee to a church, or you’re going to burn in HELL!!”

If the religious right in this country was REALLY concerned about saving people from a sinful lifestyle, forget going after Gays & Lesbians – they should start combing their own congregation for straight couples who are just “living together!”

2. WATCHING PORN.

God doesn’t specifically say in the Bible, “Thou shalt not watch porn.” (To be fair, porn as we know it today didn’t exist back then – no cameras, people!)  However, he DOES say its wrong to lust after another person’s spouse as though it was their own. 

Surprisingly, many people who “act” in pornography flicks ARE married!  Therefore, if a person is trying to live by all the technicalities set forth in the Bible, watching porn is DEFINITELY out!  For all we know, that person could be getting themselves off watching another man’s wife (or another woman’s husband – both genders DO watch this stuff) have sex! 

Then again, if we were to follow the path of most religious hypocrites, it would be okay to watch so long as the sex being viewed was between heterosexuals, right?

3. WORKING 7 DAYS A WEEK.

How is this a sin, you ask? Maybe you forgot the commandment God placed in his top 10:

Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. (Exodus 20: 8-10)

But wait – you mean to tell me that you somehow manage to work 6 days of the week, and STILL feel the need to work on the 7th one?  BOOOOOO, I say, BOOOOOOO!  You heathen!! How DARE you work when the Bible tells you to rest!  You might as well put on your gasoline-soaked underwear right now, pal, ’cause you’re GOING TO HELL!!

“Okay, okay, Aaron, enough with the examples! What is your point?!?”

My point is, people who are religious have every right to not agree with someone’s lifestyle choice.  However, that doesn’t mean they have the right to deny that person a right to live their life the way they want to. 

Furthermore, even if they view it as a “sin,” we ALL fall short of following the rules set forth in “The Bible.”  That doesn’t mean we should use that as an excuse to live a life of sin; however, it should make us aware of how hypocritical it is to rant and rave about one group of people’s lifestyle choice, given that most straight people have their own habitual choices not deemed proper by God.

-Aaron P. Taylor

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