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Midwest88
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No, I am not equating sex (of any sort) with love. As I said above, sex is just sex. Sex can either be meaningful (two lovers regardless of sex) or not (see: prostitutes, pornstars). Plus, there are simulated sex scenes in movies were actors get butt naked and grind on each other - anyone who knows about these scenes know that sex scenes are more uncomfortable than an actual turn-on for the actors. Many actors do sex scenes and they’re fine; it’s no big deal. If they have a significant other who experiences difficulties with them doing such things then the significant other is the insecure one. Actors are professionals who know how to properly control their feelings - we can learn a lot from actors. In these situations kissing and whatnot is really is no problem to actors; they’re professionals and know how to handle these situations. As one actress said, “I see no big deal with nudity. It’s scary at first, but once you’ve done your first scene you think ‘Well that wasn’t bad.’ Nudity becomes no big deal if the script calls for it.” I wish more people would be less prude when it comes to nudity and sex.
Homosexuality doesn’t hurt anyone. There are countless studies showing same-sex relationships can raise kids to stable, happy humans just like opposite-sex couples. There’s also a study saying because there is an absence of sex differences in same-sex relationships, say, as opposed when a husband works and the wife becomes a housewife, there’s more stability and equality. The reason being is that a same-sex couple can focus on love and respect without “one being the man” and the other being submissive. The pressure of gender traditional roles plays no role.
I’ll appeal to the nonsense that homosexuality (and bisexuality) is “harmful”: Two people experience same-sex attraction are lovers, as they walk down the street towards you hand in hand they do not hurt you. It’s just love. They’re just two people living a part of who they are that was once shamed and illegal.
Many gays in America are now married. They are also adopting and raising kids just like opposite-sex couples. They are equal; they are the same. Equally deserving of dignity and rights once held from them by conservatives. The sky has not fallen since Obergefull v. Hodges like some bigoted Christians say it would. You guys were wrong. I’d even argue that America can finally be proud of something. (You’ll see many on twitter/instragram with #ProudAmerican when same-sex marriage was past on June 26th.)
But not everyone believes in this “God” and not every Christian agrees with the Catholic Church. Schisms create different denominations like Unitarian Universalists; there’s the Church of England with its female bishop Libby Lane. There are the Reformed Jews who support same-sex marriage. Are you going to tell me that they have it wrong and you have it right? Their faith is no more weaker than yours.
This is meaningless to unbelievers; socially progressive Christians believe otherwise. Truth comes from individual experiences depending where they are in their own life. This truth can be paralleled with “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” What ones sees as truth, you many not see it as, but that doesn’t mean what I see as truth is false. There are different angles when viewing a picture, or, say, the earth - no one angle is “right.”
You either accept the teachings of the Church as handed down from Scripture or you don’t: end of story. White is white; black is black. White is not black because it’s feeling super merciful and “new” today. The Anglicans are an “inclusive Church.” God sets the rules; we don’t. If we need a smaller Church of people who can accept that and witness it, fine. IMHO. Perhaps even overdue.
