It used to be said of Jews, that they were stiff necked, because of their uncompromising attitude on certain issues, or on their resolve to continue to fight, irrespective of the odds against them winning. I am Jewish, and I get why we are called that. See, we are taught that it is our duty, part of our faith and commitment to the Lord, to attempt to do what is right, to not seek the easy road of life.
Being Gay is not easy, as many will attest. Though it has been relatively calm for me. I don’t have parents who hate me, or friends who despise me for being who I was created to be. Oh I still cringe each time the Pope rails against Gays, because in essence I take it personally. I also get angry, which is the Jewish upbringing in me at a man who is supposed to speak for GOD, but instead speaks and does the work of the Devil himself.
Once more the Pope is out there, on his public pulpit telling people that GOD has divined that marriage and traditional family values are the exclusive rights of heterosexual’s. He is out there continuing to further the causes of Racism and Bigotry with his constant attack on people who simply are what they are. He can’t see that, nor is he willing to believe that his interpretation could be wrong.
“The union occurs because of the design by God, who has created them male and female and gives them the power to unite those natural and complementary dimensions forever,” he said. (story)
If this is a plan by God, someone needs to let the Pope know that Gays are God’s creation as well. He made us, and it is rather hard to fathom that any Supreme Being would create us, as a joke or as some handy whipping child. This is what the Pope and his followers forget, or do they? I wonder if perhaps that is exactly what they think, given how much they spend fighting against Gays obtaining equality in society.
There are some who might think I have a fixation on this, that I am unwilling to bend, to make a compromise. They would be right in that I won’t compromise on this issue, nor should I or any true believer in GOD or in Freedom. Racism is not a Godly trait, and yet as a result of this continued attack by the Pope and others, Gays are placed at risk. Their health, their very existence is at risk, and you know, it is really no different than the attacks made against Jews by Hitler and the Nazis.
It really isn’t and we all know where that led to. If you seriously doubt it would happen again, look around you. Look at the way America is acting, threatening Iran, Syria and stuck in a quagmire in Iraq. Warrant-less wiretaps, no fly lists of people no one knows about, secret prisons without due process, amendments to deny equal rights to a minority.Take a close look at the Sudan, at the Congo, and then look back not long ago to Rwanda and Croatia.
Can it happen again? IT IS.
