To all religious folk here: do you guys honestly think people choose to be gay, even with all this hatred that exists toward them? You really think they'd go through so far if they could help NOT being gay?
Not natural, you say? As in, not in nature? There is such as thing as homossexual behavior in animals. It's not uncommon either, I suggest you all look into it. It's not something you can control. Furthermore, it's stated that God knows everything, and determines everyone's ultimate fate. If so, he's punishing people for stuff that isn't their fault, and he's a monster.
Why shouldn't they be allowed to marry? They're people just like you, they deserve love, respect, and equal treatment.
All this kid came here for was some advice on how to handle a situation that often turns out ugly when not handled in the correct manner. It was going relatively well too. Then you guys came in here with all this "UR BRO IS A FILTHEH SINNER HES A GONNA BURN IN HELLFAIAZ" shit. Really uncalled for, and not christian-like at all. You guys could have just simply given an "well, I might not really agree with it, but I'd advise you to support him", or something along those lines. I doubt anybody would have made any hassle.
People say to learn from history; well God has destroyed cities in the past for homosexuality, and unless America gets wise, I'm afraid we'll all be next.
...in the Bible. Since when is it the most realible historical document ever? You have to reliaze, kid, not everyone considers a book written thousands of years ago by people who had little knowledge of the universe and its workings, has been edited several times by man for his own personal gain, and that could very easily be false, to be the ultimate authority on everything, making your comment empty.
By the way, this and your other rather negative contributions are quite possibly the most pretentious and holier-than-thou comments I've heard in a long time. Give yourself a pat on the back, I'm sure your God is very proud of you. Then again, apparently he hates fags and slaughtered innocent people for it, so that might not necessarily have to be sarcastic.
And let's not forget that we have the theory of evolution shoved down our throats...
Evolution has nothing to do with the topic, I don't even know why you brought it up. It seems mostly like an excuse to victimize yourselves. =/
Regardless, it's mostly the other way around. We live in a society of religious intolerance where we, the non-theists, are the most hated minority. Of course there are non-religious that are arrogant and give us a bad name (<_< militant atheists come to mind), but that's an unfair generalization, just like me saying all christians are filthy intolerant bigots.
Furthermore, if by "forcing down [your] throats" you mean go through great lenghts to legalize it and teach it in all public schools and universities...that's because it's a proven scientific fact, just like electromagnetism, relativity, and gravity, whether you like it or not. The definition of "theory" science uses is not the same one most people use.
By the way Omni, if you by any chance want to question evolution's validity, please do so elsewhere, this isn't the place for it.
I still chuckle at the fact Darwin denounced the theory completely before he died...[/COLOR]
He didn't, actually, that's a myth proven false. And if he did, so what? It doesn't affect evolution's credibility at all, though it would be rather ironic.
God is being taken out of everything in this country that was built on Christianity; it's almost a capital crime to use His name somewhere like school.
The USA was built on slavery as well. Just because things are old doesn't mean we should keep them. Furthermore, if you want to allow stuff like prayer in schools, you have to allow every type of religious prayer present in the USA, including Muslim, Hindu, etc, and we all how that would turn out, don't we?
Or when they are in eternal hell wishing that they hadn't...
Eternal hell does not exist. It was an invention by the catholic church. What DOES exist is Gehenna, Tartarus, Hades, and Sheol. None of them are described as places of eternal suffering. All that's mentioned is "death" and "destruction".
Anyways, I believe there is nothing wrong with being gay. The best you and your family can do is support your brother, it's still not all that easy to be a homosexual these days.
