I completely relate on all counts.
My mom's first husband, and the father of my two older sisters, was not only gay but helped found the Gay Liberation Front on both coasts. He spent most of his adult life working to improve the lot of those most at risk, including the LGBT community, migrant workers and the homeless, to name but a few.
Growing up in L.A., I had a number of gay friends and colleagues over the years, and ditto in Florida, some of whom remain among my favorite people of all time.
Interestingly, a Christian pastoral counselor (who was also the mom of a close friend) made one of the most insightful comments regarding homosexuality that I've ever heard. We were discussing God's purpose for LGBT people, and she said she believed that God put them here among us to teach the rest of us tolerance and love toward others despite our differences. Amen.
In closing, I'd like to share a relevant poem by one of my favorite poets, Taylor Mali, performing the poem that put him on my radar, "Like Lily, Like Wilson," and helped to set the bar for performance poetry for me.
I've got friends of all orientations so, it just makes no sense to me. Nobody shows discrimination against dogs when they hump each other or frogs when they have orgies. Lmao but really, people just need a reason to hate and they're all over it. Human nature to feed a fire like that. Sick.
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I so agree.
The irony is that homosexual behavior exists in a lot of species, not just humans, and was fairly prevalent in Yeshua's time . . . and yet he never even broached the subject (or, if he did, it didn't make the cut while the early Roman church was busily banning books they didn't like).
And the one Old Testament book that decries it is Leviticus, that sage old soul who also told us that if our kids defied their parents, the proper punishment was to kill them. Seriously.
I don't know about you, but if we'd been held to that standard, damned few of my friends or family members would have made it to adulthood, including me.
The bottom line is that most of the so-called Christian churches are teaching pretty much the polar opposite of what Yeshua himself taught. He was all about love and forgiveness. His churches, with few exceptions, are more about judging and oppressing those with whom they disagree. Thanks, but no thanks.
Lmao ya I'd of long since been forgotten 🤣
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