I know there are threads for homosexuality, but this one is specifically for the discussion of religion and homosexuality.
What religion are you and what effect does your religion have on your opinion of gay people, gay rights, gay behaviors, etc?
Do you think religion is one of the main barriers of gay rights?
What do you think of gay marriages in a church? Should they be allowed? Should they not? Under what circumstances should they be allowed?
Do you think God/Allah/Jehovah/Yaweh/whoever loves gay people? Do you think He/She created gay people?
And any other things you want to say/discuss.
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I used to to be anti-gay in early high school. My church taught me being gay was wrong and I blindly believed them without questioning things.
I don't believe homosexuality is a sin. I believe God loves homosexuals. I believe He created them for a purpose and that purpose was not to throw them into Hell. I believe they have the same purpose as the rest of us and that living a homosexual lifestyle is perfectly acceptable in the eyes of the Lord.
I think religion has created the main barriers against gay rights in my country, at the least.
I'm not for forcing gay marriage ceremonies upon individual churches. As with any marriage ceremony, I believe it should be up to the church and the minister/priest/whoever. A church is under no obligation to perform the marriage ceremony of every heterosexual couple and I would never force them to perform a gay marriage if they did not choose to.
What religion are you and what effect does your religion have on your opinion of gay people, gay rights, gay behaviors, etc?
Do you think religion is one of the main barriers of gay rights?
What do you think of gay marriages in a church? Should they be allowed? Should they not? Under what circumstances should they be allowed?
Do you think God/Allah/Jehovah/Yaweh/whoever loves gay people? Do you think He/She created gay people?
And any other things you want to say/discuss.
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I used to to be anti-gay in early high school. My church taught me being gay was wrong and I blindly believed them without questioning things.
I don't believe homosexuality is a sin. I believe God loves homosexuals. I believe He created them for a purpose and that purpose was not to throw them into Hell. I believe they have the same purpose as the rest of us and that living a homosexual lifestyle is perfectly acceptable in the eyes of the Lord.
I think religion has created the main barriers against gay rights in my country, at the least.
I'm not for forcing gay marriage ceremonies upon individual churches. As with any marriage ceremony, I believe it should be up to the church and the minister/priest/whoever. A church is under no obligation to perform the marriage ceremony of every heterosexual couple and I would never force them to perform a gay marriage if they did not choose to.
May 24th, 2009 at 08:31am