So, there's tons of stuff on the homosexual marriage debate. I'll give you the heads up; I'm pretty liberal, and all for gay rights, gay marriage, gay adoption. However, tons of religious people use religion and the Bible to condem the idea of marriage. Recently, there was a big debate in Pennsylvania where a couple wanted the book "King and King" taken off the children's shelves at a public library. King and King being a book about homosexuality.
So, logically, the question I raise is; if parents want a book about homosexuality and gay families taken off the shelves, because it is "promoting an alternate lifestyle which glorifies sin", obviously these same parents would want children's books that explain divorce and divorced families to children taken off as well correct? Because, according to the Bible, divorce is adultery, and adultery is sin, and books about divorced families are books that "promote an alternative lifestyle that glorifies and condones sin and says "it's okay!" to be divorced", correct?
Not so fast.
When was the last time you saw Evangelical Christians protesting on the steps of the white house to get divorce to be made illegal?
Why no uproar about the more than 50% of couples that get divorced each year, where is there a disgust with these people, why are Christians not attacking them left right and center? Why are they not protesting outside the court house every time a divorce is finalized? Why are they not seeking to create a law that would make divorcing someone, committing adultery, a sin, illegal, just like homosexual marriage?
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I believe that, like everyting else that can be considered sin, the church will fight it for only so long, then will move on to something else. You still will occasionally hear about people who get their marriages annulled rather than get a divorce (I actually know a couple that had been married for 7 years then got it annulled) because the church tells them to (they were Catholics).
The same thing with adulterers. We've seen in historical texts that adulterous women were publicly scorned and mocked for the rest of their natural life (as seen in the Scarlet Letter), which is deeply in contrast with society today. It may take decades (as it has in the case of Religion vs. Abortion) for the church to finally declear that it has bigger fish to fry, but one day it will come. Homosexuality might take a bit longer than everyone is anticipating, but I'm conviced that, one day, it'll blow over too.
It'd be nice if it was in my lifetime, but thats questionable.
Simple reason:
Evangelical churches and conservative states generally have the worst levels of divorce.
I think their antagonism toward gay couples is both an indirect cause and a symptom of the phenomena that surround this whole mindset.
On the one hand, there is the fact that these people are repressed over their own sexuality. You end up with people like Newt Gingrich getting married, finding a mistress, getting divorced, marrying the mistress, finding another mistress, getting divorced again, etc. Rather than confront his own failings, he seeks an outside target, and who easier to target than gay couples. Even though his sister Candace isn`t cheating on anybody, SHE shouldn`t be allowed to get married.
I think it`s partially a matter of deflection and projection of one`s own sexual failings.
Of course, some of the people are deflecting because of fear of their own repressed homosexual feelings. I`ve lost track of the number of anti gay lawmakers and preachers who`ve been exposed for hiring male prostitutes or playing footsies with strangers in bathroom stalls even in the past year. Rumor has it that another major anti gay foe is about to be exposed by Larry Flynt.
The most anti gay homophobes I`ve ever known were the only `100% straight` guys who ever made sexual advances at me. Guys who are comfortable with their sexuality and who they are don`t tend to care who I have sex with, and they`re content to see me happy.
Ironically, the Christian Gospels don`t say one word against homosexuality but have strong words against divorce and remarriage. That`s what makes it incredibly ironic that the lawmakers who have pressed hard for anti gay laws like the (insultingly named} `Defense of Marriage Act` have very high rates of failed marriages. I think deflection comes into play.
And which state has the lowest divorce rate... Massachusetts, the only one which gives equal rights under the same laws to same sex couples` marriages. The most anti gay states are, with few exceptions, those with the worst divorce rates, as are the most anti gay churches. And those are exactly the same churches and states that opposed interracial marriage.
Conversely, those who support same sex marriage and have opposed racism are generally the ones with the lowest divorce rates.
I think the high marital success rate in gay friendly and less racist states and religious denominations has something to do with a mindset that goes along with understanding that relationships that work are about commitment and love and staying by each other. Those who obsess over superficial issues like the race and sex of the partners don`t really get what is truly crucial.
The obsession over attacking same sex couples` marriages is really disheartening, but some groups seem to always want an `other` to attack, especially when those attacking know deep down they are not living up to their own standards.
I never heard anyone comparing homosexual marriages to straight divorces before. So this is something new for me. However, I think it would be more interesting if you also blog about homosexual marriages and divorces. Even if we get them to marry each other, a problem of divorce would occur. Then the whole equal marriage and divorce benefits will occur.
If what you say about divorces being adultery like the Bible say, then I guess gay marriage is possible in the future too since things like this change after time. Even now, there are more people coming out as gays until the older times when no one even dared speaking about liking people from the same sex.