Religion doesn't make sense; Gay marriage does

The wisdom of man is not God's wisdom. To each their own. Brad Pitt has a lot of humanistic wisdom, and if he's right, he'll live on this earth as a happy man, but if he's wrong, eternity will be long and arduous.

Sooo then Carol accepting others would offend God? Is that what you are saying?

Carol, re-read Leviticus. You will find yourself as well as gays there. If you accept Leviticus, you accept that you are doomed to whatever you think will happen to Brad.

Whatever privileges you have should not be denied others because you do not approve of their lifestyles.

Marriage between a black and a white was against the law until 1968!

Carol, your Christ died on the cross for all people, not just white bigots... yes , even gays... Jesus even was crucified for your resements and condemnation.. so how can you condemn others when God has not condemned you?

Besides, a civil marriage is not sanctioned by God as much as a spiritual one... and thankfully he doesnt take your opinion into count. Give unto Ceasar what is Ceasar's.... so let there be legal marriage between anyone. Your church doesnt have to marry anyone it doesnt want to... and of course we know thats what they do.

sharon I love you:)

I agree with Sharon!

Liberty and justice for all and the right to the pursuit of happiness--this is America! Home of the free! Well not yet.

Maybe someday.

Gay marriage is legal on minute and then changed the next. Christians need to take a step back and stop pushing thier beliefs down everyones throats.

Religion doesn't make sense. It's "faith". And some people use that to be real mean.

Religion should leave gay people alone and drop its bigotry.

I agree Peter. I don't think religion makes sense many times either. It is many times away of controlling people, their way is the only way is so often different Christian religions cry....so when is it Christ's way.

Christ said in the New Testament to Love one another and Judge not lest ye be judged. He also said to love God with your whole heart and to love your neighbor as yourself. How many people miss this I don't know.

All I know is Satan is the sin counter not God. Satan is the accuser as written in the book of Job. God is the Judge and Jesus is our attorney who took care of our bond (ransom) and who will defend us if we allow him in our life and accept his free gift of being our attorney. If we don't believe in him, we will be standing there alone with Satan and god..and my faith allows me to believe I won't be standing alone.

People get so hung up on proving others to be sinful...and doing the judgements and speaking for God. They need to worry about their own backyards and their own souls. Judge not lest ye be judged is quite clear...judge others and you open the door to judgement on yourself.

Each of us are on our own path with God and we need to realize that and not make enemies of others with God.

My God and my Jesus are loving and kind therefore I am loving and kind for I realize I may be the only Bible anyone reads.

I wonder sometimes if maybe the reason some folks who claim high spirituality but who also condemn what they call "the gay lifestyle" might be anti-gay-marriage because the legalization of it would disprove the argument that there is a gay lifestyle. It would be much harder for them to accuse the entire gay population of being all about partying and promiscuity if they had to admit to the number of people for whom that is not true.

...and frankly, since I've mentioned it, I'd like to point out that the term "gay lifestyle" used as I've heard it in these discussions, referring only to a multi-partner, partying lifestyle, is quite an insult. Maybe we should start referring to the drunken-bar-hopping-frat-boy-jumping-post-adolescent-party phase some women go through as the "straight lifestyle" ...or maybe it could be applied to the jumping-from-abuser-to-abuser phase some other women go through ... or maybe the screw-every-hot-chick-that-comes-along phase some young men go through could be the "straight lifestyle" ...or the seven-divorces life of many celebrities? How about the man's end of "battered" syndromes, in which (as I've seen happen with friends) some straight men go through decades of failed-relationship jumps because they keep dating psychologically abusive women? Is that the "straight lifestyle?"

For that matter, why don't they mention the "bisexual lifestyle?"
Oh, wait... I forgot... I keep getting told we don't exist. :P

I think I'll start referring to the Christian life style every time anyone does something I don't like. That will be often.

Interesting... but you don't shock ol' Unca Chuck THAT easily.

:P ...wasn't expecting to shock anyone. Now, back home, that would be a different story. The door is cracked, but the opinions stacked in front of it keep anyone from noticing unless they bother to look deliberately inside. As long as you don't get a phone call about a heart attack or stroke, you'll know they still haven't. ^_^

The way some people practice religion certainly does NOT make sense. It's like they got it all twisted up inside their tiny brains.

I believe what I believe. I believe it is up to me to teach my children until they are adults and then let them take or leave what I have taught them. As consenting adults my kids will chose the life they live and what they totally believe in and I will have to respect it.

The same goes for the homosexual community. They have the right to have the same rights as all adults in the United States. I am a Christian and therefore a sinner. What would give me the right to judge someone else when I have things in my life that i need to focus on?

I haven't met anyone gay yet. But I am sure they are just as nice as everyone else. I don't get why people can't just accept others. Everyone here in the house accepted me with hugs and smiles and are helping me being a real woman. Even though I stepped away from the Bible and my believes, I am still a mindset Christian, though I dont agree with alot of it anymore. But I wouldn't never condone someone for being different.

Abigal, to put some perspective on this would you define "real woman".

How do you know if you've met someone who is gay?

Hint: You don't.

As a Christian I welcome gay marriages
You love who you love and loves so mush better than hate!

I think using Christian scripture to ban gay marriage is just as ridiculous as using Islamic scripture to pass laws that allow husbands to punish their wives for refusing to have sex with them.

A fairly large number of folks who don't, and culturally never did, believe in your "god" are married without benefit of his approval. Nowhere do I remember reading in Genesis about a "marriage ceremony" for Adam and Eve, for that matter.

Marriage is a contract... no religion required.

Chuck this is a no win conversation, a set-up, to rationalise and galvanise a stance.

I'm living like Adam and Eve then. No marriage but plenty of apples!

Wait... so.... I'm currently NOT allowed to beat my wife for not having sex with me??? oh CRAP!

Brad Pitt doesnt make good sense to me either... Anyone who took a nutjob as Angelina over Jennifer has issues.... so I dont put any stock in what he claims..... I mean he is so perfect, and he makes no mistakes.... Yea, right....

I wonder, since people don't mind religion making laws when it comes to gay marriage; would they also be in favor of it when it comes to divorce? Some people object to divorce on moral grounds, should we outlaw that too?

Scott K. I think you are a-lot like my husband. You are using the Bible to be rightious instead of understanding the true meaning. I belive myself to be a true Christian. I lived the Bible all my life, I know verses without having to check the Bible. But I would never condone someone for loving someone else and I don't care if it the same gendar. I may not be a schooled woman but I amnot dumb. I know what it is in my heart and I know that judging others is wrong. Love comes in all different forms and just becuase maybe a woman loves a woman as she would a man doenst make her bad. When she goes to heaven Jesus will open his arms to her and welcome her into the Kingdom.

I agree. I have some really good Gay/Lesbian friends, and they are wonderful people.

To all the religious fanatics out there - God didn't write the Bible! People wrote the Bible.

Love it! Love it! Love it! I love that Brad Pitt is standing up for Gay marriage. I have to agree with him. I personally, don't see how two men or two women sleeping together has anything to do with anyone elses life but that's just me. I don't see why that should impact what anybody does. Religious fanatics get on my nerves stating that the Bible is against it. The Bible is both for and against a lot of things people do today but people still do it, such as lying, stealing, cheating but we don't want to condone that as a nation. In certain foreign countries people lost their arms for stealing and adultery, which by the way is actually illegal in the U.S. but we don't enforce it. I applaud Brad Pitt.
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