A new perspective on the gay issue

So the new issue of Rolling Stone coming out soon has none other than my man, Adam Lambert, on the cover in all his sexy-rock-god glory (oh, to be that snake! or even the butterfly, haha). In the article, he officially 'comes out', although he's been 'out' for years, its just that now he is confirming what, in his words, "everyone probably knew already". Yep. So I went to the Rolling Stone website to read a bit about the article and I ended up spending over half an hour just reading people's comments. One guy, Kent (one of those religious types) just had to get his two cents in, using certain quotes from the bible to illustrate his point. He even mentioned that he himself used to be gay but by "praying to Jesus every day" he was able to reverse his gayness. Huh. Right. The backlash against him was immediate.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am very very open-minded, I cannot stand gay-bashing, and so it was interesting and very thought-provoking to read all these comments from all sorts of different people and hear the reasons why they also feel that way.

Here's a few of the comments that really stuck with me, so much so that I was inspired to write this post.

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Ibris 6/10/2009, 6:17 pm EST

Heh, you know what Kent, somehow I just knew someone would bring up the fact that some gays have “turned from their ways”, so to speak and found Jesus.

Let me enlighten you on something here. Those people only did so because they were ostracized from their community and brainwashed into thinking its evil. And craving to be accepted and thereby publicly denouncing something they had no influence over, EVER, they found themselves accepted back into society as “reformed and saved” or whatever you people choose to see it as. But deep down inside, when all alone, nothing had changed. They still were what they were and hungered and craved after something that is every human being's basic desire - love. All it ultimately did was create depressed and miserable people that put on a brave face around their narrow-minded peers.

Let me tell you something about God - he gave humankind an incredible gift - the need for love and the capacity to love another in return. Now I’m not talking about parental love here, or love between friends, but romantic and sexual love. Its what makes the world go round, and if you don’t believe it, just listen to the radio - love is the foundation of nearly every song you ever hear - be it a bitter account of love lost or unrequited, or a joyous expression of romance, lust or adoration - whatever. Just think of all the lengths people will go to out of love for their partners, of how that love has changed people for the better and enriched their lives. Love is one of the greatest gifts God could have ever given us.

To expect gays (and lesbians) to shun that gift and not share it amongst thousands of others like themselves and to expect thousands of these people to lead miserable and unfulfilled lives is the real sin IMO.

So the bible preaches homosexuality is a sin. The bible isn’t God's word - its mankind’s attempt at interpreting it at best, written in a bygone time when people were pretty primitive and simple-minded. God never wrote the bible, humans did - and we’re notorious for making mistakes, even with the best of intentions.

God created homosexuals - they didn’t chose to be that way but were born as such. So if God doesn’t make mistakes, did you ever stop to think that perhaps he created homosexuals not for idiots to try to reform his creation, but to teach mankind something our species so desperately needs to learn, tolerance and acceptance?

Just something to ponder…

Rock on Adam and always stay true to yourself!

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staciegirlie17 6/10/2009, 7:53 pm EST

Kent,
I’m a straight girl, but have you checked out the scientific evidence about homosexuality? You may want to. Do I have to give my "Christians killed Galileo because they refused to accept the world is round not flat" spiel again? It’s my favorite spiel other than the Jim Jones one, and how through hypnotism you can actually be regressed to a past life when the Bible doesn’t give any info about reincarnation “except for being born again” etc etc.

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staciegirlie17 6/10/2009, 7:12 pm EST

@ Kent,
And what sins have you committed? I bet you have looked upon a woman and coveted her. Or told a lie, or held an untruth in your heart, have secretly wished someone dead. Read what it says about that. The bible says that wishing someone to die is the same thing as murder.

Clean your own house before preaching to someone else. I can see it if Adam stumbles into your church and asks your opinion. By the way, you can get a clue by all these non-Christians and Christians who whole-heartedly love Adam. You are supposed to love your brother as yourself, not by spewing hatred at them. No one will listen to you if you just walk up spewing that stuff at them.

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lisa 6/10/2009, 5:52 pm EST

Regarding Kent’s post:
What you wrote not only has nothing to do with Adam Lambert, but is offensive to people of other faiths.

I also know of “ex gays” who are denying who they are and following a lifestyle that goes against their true feelings, all in a bid to get into “heaven”. To say that they have been “cured” of their homosexual desires is misleading… they just have incredible willpower and are willing to sacrifice happiness in this life in the hopes that the afterlife they have been promised lives up to the hype.

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Lee 6/10/2009, 1:48 pm EST

Hey Kent, Jesus himself said “But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.” Matthew 5:32

“I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.” Matthew 19:9

Know anyone who is divorced? Are you making them aware that they are adulters? Isn’t adultery even in the 10 commandments?

Why don’t religions start preaching to everyone?