Oregon Law for Same-Sex 'Domestic Partnerships' Halted

beckyg »

Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:23 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 2

Oh and Chris, I'm so tired of you people comparing homosexuality to pedophilia. Pedophiles hurt other people. They hurt children!!!! Two people in a loving same-sex relationship hurt no one.

Oregon Law for Same-Sex 'Domestic Partnerships' Halted

beckyg »

Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:21 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 4

Chris, Jesus himself says nothing about homosexuality in the Bible. The story of Soddom and Gomorrah is about power and rape, not about two people of the same-sex in a loving relationship. I do not live in fear. My soul is okay with God and so is my sons', I have absolutely no doubts about that. None what-so-ever. And please do not talk to me about "picking and choosing" my Bible verses. I'm assuming you do not wear clothing of mixed fabrics because that is forbidden in Leviticus. I'm also assuming that you do not play football because touching the skin of a dead pig is an abomination. Christians, including yourself, take things out of the Bible to support your own biases and prejudices.

As far as gays having mental illness, every major psycholigical, psychiatric, pediatric, and medical assocation in the United States disagree with you. Reparative programs as mentioned by marantha have been deemed unethical and harmful. My son was raised in a fundamentalist Christian church. All my children were raised with morals that any parent would be proud of. None of them have ever been in trouble a day in their lives. All of them were straight A students graduating in the Top 10% of their class with honors. All of them worked from their early teens and grew into responsible adults. I saw my son vomit and cry every morning before he came out because he didn't know if we would be able to love and accept him for who he was. After he came out, all of that disappeared. He is a healthy and happy adult. We love his life partner. He is a valued member of our family that we would not trade for the world.

Oregon Law for Same-Sex 'Domestic Partnerships' Halted

beckyg »

Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:24 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

Am I Christian? I have a firm belief in God. I believe the Bible to have historical information in it and some great words of wisdom. I do however recognize that it was inspired by God and written by man and men make mistakes. It is not a book that should be taken literally and I'm sure that even you do not do that Miranda. My husband attends a fundamentalist Christian church but he does not believe that God would create homosexual people and send them to hell for falling in love. That is not a loving God Miranda and my belief in God, IS that he is all loving. I choose not to go to that church anymore because I believe they do not follow the true teachings of Jesus and that is to love your neighbor as you would yourself. I was told from the pulpit that I cannot be a "Christian" because I support same-sex marriage. I wonder who made that person God and told him he could judge me from the pulpit??? I have gone to welcoming Christian congregations and enjoy those Christian churches very much.

Oregon Law for Same-Sex 'Domestic Partnerships' Halted

beckyg »

Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:11 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

marantha...if your friends are happy then good for them! The truth is that most people who have gone through these ex-gay ministries are not changed. Some become suicidal and end up ruining lives of people whom they marry because they think they have been "cured". I will never subject my son to that. We love him for the beautiful person who he is.

Oregon Law for Same-Sex 'Domestic Partnerships' Halted

beckyg »

Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:09 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 1

Chris, there are many ways to have a child. It is none of my business how their child was conceived but I know very much this child will be loved by two responsible caring people. My gay friends, Danny and Charles, have taken in and adopted five children from the foster care system in New Jersey. Why? Because their natural biolgical parents were drug addicts and could not give them a loving home. I am a child care provider and I have seen all kinds of families successfully raise children that were not biolgically theirs. Some were adopted, some are being raised by grandparents. Love makes a family, Chris.

Oregon Law for Same-Sex 'Domestic Partnerships' Halted

beckyg »

Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:11 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 2

Nobody is out to "destroy" anything. They just want to protect their families. My lesbian friend and her partner are due to give birth to their first child any day. They were counting on this law to protect their unborn child now they are going to have to incur expensive legal fees for a second parent adoption. Their family is just as important as anybody elses and that child is just as important. They should be celebrating the birth of their child not worrying about its legal welfare.

Oregon Law for Same-Sex 'Domestic Partnerships' Halted

beckyg »

Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:38 am Agree: 3   Disagree: 1

marantha...... I have a wonderful son who happens to be gay. I'm wondering if you would happen to have a daughter available for him to marry since you think gay people should marry straight people?????? I really doubt you would want that so why not allow people the freedom to marry whom they are attracted to? It doesn't affect you. It WOULD affect you if my son married your daughter because both would be miserably unhappy.