Protecting Family and Marriage
A man protesting at a Mormon temple gave me a good idea. Another reason to love our enemies, we could learn from them.
My friend Steve, my cousin Mike, and a bazillion other people voted McCain because of gay marriage. They want to protect the family.
I told Steve that McCain had disqualified himself as "protector of the family" because he destroyed his own family by committing adultery.
More LDS men are at risk of ruining their families by committing adultery than they are by . . . what is the other risk? The gay one? Am I at risk for suddenly going gay and leaving my wife? Not likely.
On the other hand, infidelity and divorce are rampant. At the Republican National Convention this year many Republican officials stopped by the local nudie bar. I'm sure these same men are rampant marriage protectionists.
The Daily Show was there to make fun of them.
Homosexual intercourse is a sin. Why? Because it will keep you from obtaining the highest level of the celestial kingdom. God has children and brings them to perfection. He wants us to enjoy his lifestyle. If we reject that lifestyle on earth, we will not enjoy it in heaven.
Some men are prone to homosexual arousal, and that is a terrible struggle for one who wants to remain in the church. But far more men struggle with heterosexual arousal, and the family-breaking sins that follow.
The Lord thought adultery serious enough to include it in the ten commandments, whereas homosexuality was not included.
Homosexuality can be construed as adultery if one takes a broad interpretation of it. But that is a matter of interpretation, and not what the document actually says.
I'm not saying it's not a sin. I'm saying that we should worry about our own sins, and not get so worried that someone else's sins will destroy us.
Gays make us straight men nervous. But their sins are no worse than our own.
Mormon voters may feel like they have done a great job protecting marriage by voting for Prop 8 and by voting Republican. But let's not forget our own sins, the struggle of infidelity, that can destroy us from the inside.
My friend Steve, my cousin Mike, and a bazillion other people voted McCain because of gay marriage. They want to protect the family.I told Steve that McCain had disqualified himself as "protector of the family" because he destroyed his own family by committing adultery.
More LDS men are at risk of ruining their families by committing adultery than they are by . . . what is the other risk? The gay one? Am I at risk for suddenly going gay and leaving my wife? Not likely.
On the other hand, infidelity and divorce are rampant. At the Republican National Convention this year many Republican officials stopped by the local nudie bar. I'm sure these same men are rampant marriage protectionists.
The Daily Show was there to make fun of them.
Homosexual intercourse is a sin. Why? Because it will keep you from obtaining the highest level of the celestial kingdom. God has children and brings them to perfection. He wants us to enjoy his lifestyle. If we reject that lifestyle on earth, we will not enjoy it in heaven.
Some men are prone to homosexual arousal, and that is a terrible struggle for one who wants to remain in the church. But far more men struggle with heterosexual arousal, and the family-breaking sins that follow.
The Lord thought adultery serious enough to include it in the ten commandments, whereas homosexuality was not included. Homosexuality can be construed as adultery if one takes a broad interpretation of it. But that is a matter of interpretation, and not what the document actually says.
I'm not saying it's not a sin. I'm saying that we should worry about our own sins, and not get so worried that someone else's sins will destroy us.
Gays make us straight men nervous. But their sins are no worse than our own.
Mormon voters may feel like they have done a great job protecting marriage by voting for Prop 8 and by voting Republican. But let's not forget our own sins, the struggle of infidelity, that can destroy us from the inside.
Well said.
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