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The topic was the legalization of gay marriage. The speaker's research was centered on this common theme but most of their religious stances on the subject were of Judeo-Christian views or those of Hindus. According to Hinduism or Buddhism the marriage of two people can be stretched to fit people of the same sex. In Christianity, it is left to interpretation- in context homosexuals are listed among the sinners of Sodom, a city of people that have fallen away from god. In Christianity no one is sinless so these homosexuals would not be exempt anyway, thus the law is left to interpretation. Our country being based on Christian laws and moral values follows a strict interpretation of this issue and so it is currently illegal in forty five of the fifty states. In Judaism it is clearly marked in the Torah as an act against God's will. This being the case, the view points of these religions matter very little in the policies that keep this act illegal.
People of very high stature in the American political spectrum are opposed to this because in most cases they fear for their positions should they take a less popular demeanor. A disposition for gay marriage, in this age, would be more pricy for the common politician, possibly seeing his office quickly disposed of. Centuries of ignorance on this issue have allowed for perpetuated hate crimes against a minority of the country that is as innocent and natural as any race or person of genetically inherited condition. This is a gene in the human body that has changed, over time, to add to the Darwinian index. A mutated piece of DNA possibly, or just an abnormality in the way the brain works-certainly no reason to alienate fellow human beings. The slow alteration of the human diet to consume the bi-products in bottled water; the extra plastic molecules that the water scantily absorbs are five hundred times stronger than organic Estrogen. It's chemicals like these that can change the way the body and mind work. This is merely speculation but it could explain the rise in the numbers of homosexuals over the course of the last thirty years.
My opinion is that marriage is an invention of the church to enforce fidelity. If gay people want to get married it should be outside of an anti-gay religious context. I understand that Christian homosexuals may desire a marriage with the consent of the church, but I feel like it's kind of their thing and it really wouldn't be fair to them, seeing as they did set up the guide lines in the first place, saying "we don't want these people in here." Exclusion is a stupid and hard thing but I'm all for the legalization of gay marriage by the state or by any religion that allows for that lifestyle in their belief-system. As for Christianity, I doubt they will ever yield, and this being a Christian based country I don't expect the church to allow it. If we had representatives of every denomination and belief, the chance of passing open-minded laws would be a more parallel reality but our political rosters are chalk-full of Christian names and these men were raised seeing a different way, possibly a narrower, cross shaped way. The fact is that our current government is of the wrong color to not be offended by the idea of same sex unions, and they are not close enough to the issue. It could be argued that political icons of today are without the guts to hoist a rainbow flag, but this is certainly a reflection of the voters who put them in office (I hope). Seeing that, many senior citizens put them in office, being a major part of the population right now. All of those seniors were raised with conservative views in a time where the pariah gays had even less overall acceptance. Until all the old folks die, gay marriage is a far off dream.
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