Why should I?

  Alright, I have had enough. I am going to tell you my feelings about a topic that has been a hot button issue as of late. Before I do, I want to let you know that these are MY views. I have lost a family member because of these views but, I will always stand by them. As of late, a lot of people are talking about same sex "marriage". I have a clear view on the topic. I am against it. Not ONLY am I against THAT but, I am also against Homosexuality. I know, at this point your blood is probably getting hot but, let me see if I can make it boil. Romans 1:26-27 says  "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion."  Leviticus 18:22 states You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.  .. 

Revelation 21:8 says  But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

I could go on and on but, I believe you get the point by now. Many will argue the times and people change. I submit to you that God does not change. He is the same God with the same rules as ever. In order for people to get married, yes they need a license. That in and of itself is wrong. Marriage is a union under God between a MAN and a WOMAN. People may change and times may change but, the rule is still the same. I am nowhere NEAR to being God. I would not even want that responsibility and frustration but, to say I am a homophob or intolerant is really to say that God is as well because I try to follow his rules and try to live my life in the way he wants me to. Blood boiling yet?

  I have ALWAYS been shocked when other Clergy people agree to perform a same sex "wedding" ceremony. Sure, we are all humans with emotions and such but, if we, as Clergy, are to be true followers of God and really live a life in accordance with him, No Clergy person would even entertain the thought of "marrying" a same sex couple. See, politics are supposed to be put aside when it comes to God. HE is the ultimate authority on everything. I understand, just like everyone else, even Clergy are different when it comes to being Liberal or Conservative but, It is written in SEVERAL place in the Bible, as posted earlier in this blog, that denounces homosexuality, let alone the thought of same sex "marriage". These days Clergy people are being FORCED to perform those ceremonies. That alone is proof that people as well as the Government are giving God the finger. We are being told that we need to be more TOLERANT. Really? The homosexuals that bully the lawmakers and Supreme Court, are THEY being TOLERANT? When a florist is friends with a homosexual man and is asked to make a floral design for that man's same sex ceremony and she POLITELY declines, the man turns and sues her and she stands to lose her business and personal savings. Is THAT being TOLERANT? I am tolerant until it it shoved in my face and I am FORCED to comply. They want me, and others to be tolerant and when they feel we aren't they FORCE tolerance on us. God never FORCED me to love him. He gave us all free will. It seems that lately that the free will given by God, is being taken away by the Government and the Intolerance of God. People will say that homosexuals have a RIGHT to get "married". No, they don't. In an of itself, MARRIAGE isn't a RIGHT the Government gives people. It is a UNION under God but, a union that is only between a MAN and WOMAN. Like it or not, that is how it is. 

  Now let me wind this up. I am a follower of God and try to life in accordance to his wishes as much as I can. If that offends you then please move on. Before you say this isn't a religious issue but, a rights issue. Please refer to my last paragraph. Before you say that same sex "marriage" doesn't hurt anyone, please understand that it does. It hurts everyone, like me, who believe in God and live like he would want us to. It hurts us because now that homosexual can "marry", it diminishes what God is all about. Before you say the God love EVERYONE, please remember the Bible verses I posted in the beginning of this post and remember that is also comes down to LOVE THE SINNER BUT, HATE THE SIN. 

 God bless.