Homosexuality and it’s rights

            “Accept us the way we are!” “We were born this way!” “Let us be true to

ourselves!”... These are only few of the cries we hear every day from individuals in distress, in need of acceptance; the homosexuals. The discrimination of these individuals is seen among societies, through religion and into marriage, when the truth is, that they are no different and should have every right to live as an individual and not a homosexual.

            Religion is a person’s first argument of unacceptableness toward homosexuals, but who is to say what is right or wrong. Religion has numerous outcomes and every outcome has a different ending. Does God hate homosexuals? No. Should people hate homosexuals? Again, the answer is no. God has no envy toward any individual. He has taught us to love and forgive. God does not hate sinners, we are all sinners and he loves us. However, God does hate sin. He loves the thief but hates the theft. He hates the murder, but he loves the murderer. God loves homosexuals, but hates homosexuality. But what does the Bible state?

            In the old testament, God condemns homosexuality for the chosen people, the children

of Israel. In the new testament Jesus says nothing about homosexuals. Paul condemns them, not because he wants to increase the population, but because he opposes all sexual activities, even within marriage. (1 Corinthians 7:1, 5, 8-9, 29)

            According to the Bible, if you are a Jew, you must not be gay, if you are a Christian, you must not only avoid homosexuals activities, you should not have sex at all. Unless people are Jews or a Christian virgin, the Bible gives no right to bash gays.

            The church must reach out to homosexuals with a heart of love and a message of hope. Along with love comes a liaison between two individuals, a need of commitment to one another in marriage. An update version of marriage is based on the “give me” attitude. “What can a person give me?” “Can this person make me happy?” What they are really asking is, what can I get out of this marriage? If either person in a marriage is more concerned with his or her needs instead of their partner’s, the marriage is on it’s way to failure. A wife needs to be a soul mate, a support, and the best friend of her husband, just like the husband must not only respect her but support her as well.

            Although, if homosexuals are ready to make a commitment in marriage and promise, in a court of law, to be true to one another, why don’t they have the right to do so? Why should they pay extra tax money to be in love? It is stated that homosexuals and lesbians who have formed permanent love relationships do not have the right to file a joint tax return. They must pay a discriminated high tax rate that heterosexual married couples, even those who do not have any children, are not required to pay. There are 19 million men and 12 million women who are predominantly homosexual or lesbian, and a lot of them are waiting to see if politicians will finally say something and do something for them. That is a big number of folks.

Think about it.

            It is said that in religion we are one big family. Family gives us a sense of belonging and there is no reason why anyone should feel abandonment. Unfortunately, numerous kids are on the street with no house, no food and no love. Woman who are without money because of their

drug abuse, who are homeless and who have psychological damage in result to their isolation, has the right to have a baby. The child that will soon be abandoned, could have a much better life with a family that would love, care, and appreciate him. Adoption should be a right for homosexuals! Why should some careless being and some one who doesn’t have the abilities to take care of a child have that right? Why should the child embrace a life that he doesn’t deserve, when he could have a chance to be adopted by people who will love, care, and manage him; homosexuals.

             Sexuality, however, will stay an important difference among people. In the past, heterosexual society has been vicious and violent to the extreme. For instance, certain people have tried to do away with gender differences by dressing men and woman the same. But “unisex” dressing does not make the two sexes just one. Men and woman continue to be different. This is one difference that just cannot be resolved away. In that same way, homosexuals, lesbians, and heterosexuals will always be different.

              They know that the feelings they feel are real and not imagined. They did not wake up one day and decided that they were homosexual. They are born not made! Many of them trace down their homosexuality to their childhood. Most important we must accept the lifestyle of the homosexuals because they have been through a lot. They have to be true and honest to themselves. If there was a button to push or a pill to take that would change their feelings, I’m sure many would push the button or take the pill in a moment just to stop the discrimination against them, or simply because they don’t like the way they appear. The truth is, it’s not that simple. That is the way they are.

            Therefore, heterosexuals do not yet realize that “human” and “heterosexuals” are not the same thing, that their old world is ending. In time, homosexuals, lesbians and heterosexuals will each have a world to themselves, and each will not become less human by admitting their differences, but more human by being true to themselves!