Kicked out of a cab in downtown Minneapolis… during Pride… for kissing.
Life is rough. But it could have been worse. It could have been subzero weather.
This is the world we live in. A world obsessed with procreation and ways to keep it kosher. From my experience, kissing a boy in the back seat of a cab is very kosher. But I’m a girl.
One more thing to get riled up about, if I let it. We pick our battles. The two young men decided to not fight that battle. They got out of the cab and walked away.
What about the couple that was arrested for passing out bibles during the Minneapolis Pride festivities? Sounds like a violation of freedom of speech, but it is more complicated than that. They were denied a permit from previous years which they had used to pass out Bibles and inform Pride celebrants that homosexuality was a sin.... and that Jesus loves them.
I predict a potential mess of legal battles regarding the arrest, freedom of speech versus discrimination versus permits versus trespassing. Sounds a lot like how Christianity can’t come to a consensus of whether or not homosexuality is a sin.
The Christians who say the other Christians have it all wrong, in my opinion, are just sitting in judgment of their fellow Christians, which isn’t exactly kosher either. Way too much finger pointing going on. But they made this bed. Let them roll around in it.
During Pride Week, the Church closest to it all flew rainbow banners including a huge flag unfurled from a very expensive steeple. The Church south of it fights amongst themselves whether or not to allow gay clergy. The Church north of it is part of the catholic church, which is a hot _____ mess when it comes to this topic.
Last weekend while riding by one of many city corners, I saw a man physically and verbally abuse his female companion who was carrying a baby. Broad daylight. Now would be a good time to explain why a loving gay couple is not capable of raising children in a healthy, hell - even Christian, environment.
Yes, I live in a city. These kinds of things happen under the radar all the time. What’s the big whoop, right?
One of our gods died over the weekend. Remember how the more androgynous he became, the more we demonized him?
Are we animals still hardwired with machismo to think that anything that stands in the way of procreation should be considered a threat? Female independence. Women who lead men (thereby emasculating them). Men and women who use contraception. Men and women who have sex with the same gender, once again circumventing procreation.
And in the meantime the two most popular searches that lead people to my blog are… “percentage spit or swallow” and “Pastor Melissa Scott is sexy/hot.” One could say I do my small part in keeping things kosher.
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Links to Very Cool! slogans regarding religion and homosexuality.
TopPun Rainbow Store: Religion - Spirituality
CafePress Gay Pride Day 2 Day store where you can buy many versions of the Love the Heterosexual, Hate the Sin slogan or Rainbow Jesus.
City Pages Blotter article: Bible-distributing family arrested at Pride Festival ... within the article's comments, a friend of the Johnsons claims that at no point did the family tell Pride attendees that homosexuality was a sin... which might be true. I can imagine any number of conversations that led Pride celebrants to think otherwise. This could get messy.
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Instead of same-sex sex, would the absolute antithesis of the procreation agenda be straight sex when there's no possibility of conception? Or would that just be the most ironic?
I think anyone who wants to maintain sexual-preference-inequality in marriage based on arguments from "sacred institution" or "family good for society" must first address some issues before their arguments can pass the eye-roll test. Divorce and single-parent families are rampant and result in sub-optimal family units, yet we don't seek to legislate them away. Heterosexual couples incapable of conception are not forbidden to marry.
Even if I stipulate that it's the government's business to encourage procreation, couples need not own/operate the traditional baby-makin' equipment-- there's adoption, foster parenting, surrogate parenting, etc.
Women's leadership doesnt emasculate a man. Women's cruelty might, or he might just have low self esteem and a fragile ego.
I believe homophobia is a learned behavior, like domestic violence, or racism.
Here is a good question Christine. How would the Bible Distributing Family Feel, if Gay individuals showed up at a Christmas or Easter Parade, and handed out Pamphlets stating the Christianity is Intolerant, and promotes violence against Women, Gays and other NonConformists?
Do you suppose they would complain or let it slide? And this is another rhetorical question. I dont expect you to have the answer to this of course. Just putting it out there.
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