Gay Marriage and Christianity

Hey, get ready for a bitch's rant. My blog has been happy-go-round but I guess this is worth it.


Somebody tweeted this earlier on. (@gandrasta)
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE8081RM20120109?irpc=932


It's about gay marriage and Pope Benedict making a strong point of view about how it "was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined "the future of humanity itself." I'm falling off my chair laughing at his statements.


This gay marriage issue is one of the thing I think religion is honestly, full of shite.


My main issue is that :
I do not understand why being gay is wrong.


Asking this to Catholics, they'd answer 'being gay is wrong because gay marriages cannot reproduce.' 
Can't reproduce? Tell you what, nuns and priest also can't reproduce. They're also wrong? No, they'd say, because they serve God by devoting their lives to God, helping God serve the people, and not to a family. So logically speaking, nuns and priests are allowed to put God before humanity. I believe that every religion in this world are supposed to help human to live their life in a more peaceful state. Nevertheless, sometimes religions put themselves over humanity and this is why I'm agnostic. Gay marriages are wrong because they can't reproduce = humanity. Nuns and priest are abstinent and they are correct = religion.

oh and, talking about Priests, i just had to put these priest rape cases here. 
http://articles.cnn.com/2002-05-02/us/shanley.arrest_1_father-paul-shanley-rodney-ford-sexual-abuse?_s=PM:US 
and this  http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/29/raped-by-catholic-priest 
aaaand this.  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/british-woman-tells-of-priest-rape-ordeal-2122110.html

"being gay is wrong because (i quote the article) children should grow up in a traditional family with a mother and a father."


My father left us when I was still 9 years old. I've been living with my mum ever since. Technically, we're the same as being gay. We're wrong. I've no father and my family isn't traditional. 'Children SHOULD grow up in a traditional family with a mother and a father'. True, it's best for children to grow in a family with a mother and a father, but does sex determine the role of parenting? I thought we're supposed to have gender equality? Everybody could be anything they want, not just what their sex told them to be.


Besides, I do not think that having two dads, or two mums, or even a single parent can guarantee that children will grow up miserable. How many cases have we heard about an abusive family with a mother and a father? Oh wait, there you go.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=55f_1310498192
That's the article to a case in Denmark where BOTH the father and mother abused 10 children and step children. Hurrah for 'traditional family with a mother and father'!


and wait, here's another one! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/7376178/Korean-couple-let-baby-starve-to-death-while-caring-for-virtual-child.html
Yes, these Korean parents went gaming and neglected their unnamed baby to care for a virtual child, online.


What I'm trying to say is that even with a father and a mother, things could go wrong, and they sometimes do. Having a normal traditional family does not guarantee that parenting becomes perfect. So does a gay couple having a child or two. Things do get wrong, but there is no need for a prejudice that says a gay parent is wrong and won't raise good kids.



I quote: 
"The family unit is fundamental for the educational process and for the development both of individuals and states; hence there is a need for policies which promote the family and aid social cohesion and dialogue," Benedict told the diplomats.



What determines a 'family unit'? What makes you think that families with two same sex parents do not promote family and aid social cohesion and dialogue? Ooh, my dads are gay, I don't have the right to speak my views. Huh? I don't see the logic in that policy you said, Pope.


By now, Catholics are slamming the keyboards and shaking their heads. The more polite ones might be screaming 'LESBIAN! YOU GAY WH*RE!' at their screens. 
Hi there, I'm straight, and I've nothing against gay couples, and I don't see why a religion should.

love, Noirette.