What are you thought, interesting article, some young religious people placing social issues over sexuality?

Is this the beginning of a change in America's religious discourse against Gay's? Glodbal media is influancing some young relgious people by wanting them to unite people instead of segregating them. I see the beginning of something beautiful, a America where the religious spend less time opposing equal rights for gay people and spending more time focusing on social justice for all people. What are your thoughts? Kudos to the new wave of young religious people.





http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?col...

What are you thought, interesting article, some young religious people placing social issues over sexuality?
This is certainly a step in the right direction. Me, being someone that is Christian, I find that this is a positive move to align the church along the actual meaning of Christianity.





Whether people want to believe or not, Jesus was a real person. He was a very compassionate person that believed that there shouldn't be any division in people, but rather a coming together of all people. He only spoke of love and acceptance. I see that in the churches today, there is very little talk about love and acceptance.





I also agree that large churches are a threat to humanity as a whole. Even in the Christian texts, it is written that this will happen to the churches. It is said that corruption due to power and greed will take hold and the churches will ultimately turn on their true religion. But, this is all speaking of the end times....maybe we aren't there, yet. At least, I hope not.
Reply:At the same time we, as a community, need to understand that if is up to us to continue to make alliances with GLBT friendly people. We need to show that not only are we not the sex perverts the religious right make us out to be but that we are contributing members of society.





For the youth mentioned in the article, we are seeing the beginning of a new generation recognizing the hateful message being preached by their elders ministers and are searching for conscience based answers. We should not alienate them and should help them see that indeed we are part of the greater society in which we live.
Reply:To me, I think this signals a wave in the parasitic nature of the nouveau Christian churches. They're like blobs that just overtake everything. Letting those churches get bigger (whether they include gays of not) scares the wits out of me!





I mean, less gay-bashing is not a bad thing of course, but to me, more church is (a bad thing)!





Just bein' honest.......!
Reply:I couldn't get in the article, but I think this is just a little light in the big darkness, it needs a lot more than that to change people, most of them are just stubborn.But the hope dies at last,,but it definitely dies.
Reply:i wish i could get into these articles you've been posting - so i don't know (yet). I try to remember to get back on YA after work so i can, but i always forget! So now i'm at work and you're taunting me =P





bah...
Reply:I've been watching this phenomenon for some time, and I think it's outstanding. It's a sign that you can't blind people to Truth by pushing an outdated political agenda.
Reply:1. Homosexual marriage should be legal. I can respect a religion for disagreeing with homosexual marriage, but religious beliefs have no place in politics. This is the downright truth, and should have no place for religious opinion.








Now to my own opinion





2. I am convince that 90% of homosexuals were born that way (However, I do know that there are people who "swing" into it just for the thrill). So, if people are born homosexual, then it is just like being blonde, or black. It cannot be a sin.





3. So the Church says it is NOT a sin, but only having sex is a sin. So it calls homosexuals to be celibate. Now, priests in the Church are celibate, but they CHOOSE to be. Someone should not be born a healthy human being and be forced to be celibate their entire life.





4. So I promote monogamous homosexual unions. We can be monogamous, so can they. They can have the Church's blessing, and live a Christian life the same as a heterosexual couple would.





5. If you want to call it "marriage", go ahead. It's the same thing.