A different way of looking at homosexuality?

[Daredevel7]

I was talking to a friend of mine about homosexuality. She has a couple gay friends so I assumed she was cool with it. So we were talking about how she was raised religiously and was taught that homosexuality was bad/sinful. But she now she says "I don't think like that anymore. I am cool with gay people. It's no one's business."

So I was happy about that. We had the same view on homosexuality.. or so I thought.

She also added: "Everyone does something wrong anyway. No one is perfect. Why should one sin be worse than the others?"

Eeek. So she thinks homosexuality is okay because everyone sins anyway?

This made me wonder.... how many people think like this? Tolerant of gay people because everyone sins anyway?

Honestly, I prefer they think like this rather than attack gay people, but to me, I still think that this way of thinking isn't right. Thoughts, anyone?

 

[thumbelina]

It is better then hating homosexuality i agree. However i would rather have someone accept if because of their own feelings in their heart and not because everyone sins. Unfortunately not everyone is ever truly going to be able to accept it.

 

[iacobus]

This is true.

I was raised Catholic and dealt with my struggles about coming to terms with being gay and who I am. I was brought up knowing that it was "wrong" or "evil". In middle school I started having feelings for men and it was unbearable trying to fight my urges.
In high school I struggled with bring alone and feeling isolated, alone, and suicidal. Luckily I overcame those thoughts and I'm happily living my life. ;-)

I've noticed that you have your supporters and your haters. There are also people that are ok with you because you're their friend, but hate the rest of the gay world. I've also noticed that there are some girls that are ok with gay guys bit not lesbians and there are more than enough guys that are cool with lesbians, but hate gay guys. I went to a church last weekend that promoted that we needed to stop being "ok" with having gay friends, that the Lord doesn't like it and that we shouldn't befriend those who are. A friend clarified and said the message was that we should love all people, even if we don't like what they do.

There are many different opinions about this post and I'm sure there will be many more posts on here. I think that people will still be against it and there will still be challenges. The only thing we can do is try to bring some understanding forth so that some insight might be shed on how we gays are people too...

Thanks for reading,

iacobus