Marriage

I feel prompted to speak out on a few things that I have read. I am LDS. I fully know my religion is true. I do not use my knowledge to judge others or squash other's beliefs.

When I see someone using religion as a means to judge or as an excuse to share their hate it hurts me and just blows my mind.

When someone says, "being gay is a sin" or "you're going to hell because you are gay" I can't help think to myself, okay, so you want to use your beliefs to belittle other peoples beliefs and who they are. In that case you should really look at and use the WHOLE religious belief system.

I will start with the 10 commandments.
1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. To the judger: Have you ever worked really hard on a car, put that car before everything else. Have you ever put any worldly item before anything else. Or have you ever idolized a celebrity. That is considered worshiping another God.

2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. To the judger: Kind of the same aspect, as the first commandment.

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy God in vein. To the judger: I know countless people who are guilty of this. When you say Oh my God, Jesus, God damn, Thank God(in any disrespectful aspect), Mary etc, you are breaking this commandment.

4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. To the judger: Have you ever worked on Sunday? I'm not talking about just at a job. Have you ever made a meal, mowed the lawn, washed dishes etc. Have you ever been lazy on Sunday, eating too much, watching a lot of TV, playing on facebook etc? You have technically just broken this commandment.

5. Honor thy father and thy mother. To the judger: Have you ever said anything disrespectful to your parents? Have you ever done something you know they wouldn't approve of even when you are older and out of their house? You have just broken this commandment.

6. Thou shalt not kill. To the judger: Okay well this one is a little more extreme and very few have actually done this one in comparison but you get the picture.

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. To the judger: Did you know that committing adultery isn't just considered cheating on your husband or wife? It is also considered having sex out of wedlock. So all of you out there in a boyfriend girlfriend relationship, you are technically breaking this commandment.

8. Thou shalt not steal. To the judger: Have you ever taken a candy bar, piece of paper, phone book, movie, money or anything else that did not belong to you or wasn't given to you. You have just broken this commandment.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. To the judger: Have you ever lied? Have you ever gossiped? I'm not talking about telling the truth, I'm talking about saying something that is not entirely true just to hurt someone. You have just broken this commandment.

10. Thou shalt not covet. To the judger: Have you ever looked at something and wanted it? Have you ever looked at a woman/man and wanted her/him? Have you ever been jealous? You have just broken this commandment.

I'm not going off and judging people and saying that they are evil if they have done any/all of these things. I am just making a point that if you are going to use religion as a debate tool to put down other people's beliefs than you have to look at yourself and see how guilty you are also. I believe in repentance. I believe that God put us on this planet with the right to choose.

There are many different political aspects that people bash on. Abortion, same sex marriage, gun laws etc. I have my own beliefs and respect everyone else’s but it really drives me nuts when other people are so ignorant and don't respect other people’s beliefs also. That doesn't mean you have to accept them. Just don't bash on them.

And as far as the scientific aspect of homosexuality. They can't reproduce just with each other, but neither can a lot of couples now days. They have to use some sort of technology so in this aspect wouldn't you say instead, "survival of the fittest." There are many other species that choose the same sex as partners. I see it all the time even with my rabbits.

When people say that gay marriage will bring down society all I say is, “Really?” I think the national divorce rate is somewhere up in the 70%’s or something like that, and that’s for straight people. I’m not sure the statistics of gay marriage divorce rate. My brother has been married four times, twice to the same woman and he has beaten them all.

As far as the aspect and my personal belief in gay marriage, I believe God loves his children and as I said before, he put us on this planet to make our own choices. They should be able to choose to get married or not. Being LDS I say to the LDS people that that doesn't mean we have to let them get married in the Temple. We don't let nonmembers that want to get married in the temple in. I believe the temple is a sacred place. Like any religion they will always be allowed to choose who is in their faith or not. But if two people want to be happy and together then let them.


I also have to add an amendment because of a post I just read on another page. It states,

“I have a question for those of you who are in favor of gay marriage. Are you also in favor of polygamous marriage? Bestiality marriage? If a marriage isn't defined as being between a man and woman, what stops someone from legally marrying an inanimate object? A woman married to her house to stop foreclosure? What is the difference?”

Really?! Are beasts as intelligent as humans? Are beasts able to sign their names? Can a house love? These are the most pathetic and ridiculous questions!

And as far as polygamy goes, that should be a person’s choice, also. Usually the reason for it is because of financial gain. I am going to use a LDS reference. A lot of people called Joseph Smith and all of his early on followers perverts because of how many wives they had. Did you know that at that time there was a war going on? Brigham young married a 64 year old lady so he could get tax benefits to help support the poor widow who had lost her husband. Out of all the many wives they had early on they only actually reproduced with a few that wanted to be with them in that way and as soon as the government came out and said no more, they stopped.

One more debate that really pisses me off is when people say, “Well what about when people want to marry young children like 3 years old?” If I ever hear you say this I will kill you! I was sexually abused as a child and it takes someone that is so utterly sick to think this way. There is a special place reserved in hell for those who hurt little children.