Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Freedom to Marry

Freedom to Marry

One year ago next month, a letter was circulating to build a grassroots effort to defend marriage in America.  Below is an excerpt from the letter as well as my response:

To win this marriage battle, it is critical that grassroots Americans from across the nation rise up against special interest groups who have arrogantly and openly declared their plans to use the federal court to destroy marriage and silence the voice of the people.

By adding to our grassroots ranks we are building critical muscle mass that is vital as we continue building support on Capitol Hill. AFM has told us that this battle will ultimately be won at the grassroots level--when Americans stand up and demand that AFM's Marriage Protection Amendment become law for the land.

Please forward this message to 15-25 of your friends and family. Let them know the severity of the situation and the need to have them add their name to our "Save Marriage" petition.

Thank you for taking immediate action. Your commitment and support of marriage is vital to our success and victory!

Steve Elliott, President of Grassfire.org
Alliance and Partner with Alliance For Marriage

My Responce

Re: Michigan Marriage Law under attack

Why is everything always battles, battle cries, victories, defeats, and destruction?
Nobody is attacking marriage, and nobody is trying to destroy marriage.  This is a deceitful attempt to rally people into thinking that marriage itself is under attack.  It is not.

This is about same sex marriage and gay rights........everybody has their panties in a wad and are afraid that somehow if gays are allowed to be legally married, then marriage itself will be destroyed.

Michigan banned same sex marriage by a majority vote of the people in the last election......there of course is a movement to try to overturn that in the courts, as well as keep the issue on the ballot for upcoming elections.

My opinion:  if you want to ban same sex marriage, then you should also ban (and make illegal)  divorce, adulterous affairs, having children outside of wedlock, sex before marriage, getting married before the age of 22, Harry Potter, Star Wars, 9 1/2 weeks, Marilyn Manson, the Purple Teletubby, Spongebob, the Smurfs, shopping malls, football, bars, hair salons, and day spas.

Matter of fact, out of everything I just listed, I would say that same sex marriage (gay marriage) is the least harmful to marriage itself.

Not to mention that gays want the privelege of being recognized by the state as having committed themselves to each other as life partners in a monogamous, loving relationship.  How does that hurt marriage?

One more thing.........it might be time to start praying for people who call themselves christians, but forward this garbage around town and try to stir up the kind of trouble that gives all of us a bad name amongst our gay friends. 

How can we truly be the light of Christ when we are too busy calling people to prayer over whether or not gays should be allowed to be married (all in the name of destroying marriage).
 

How will we be allowed to love people when they don't let us near them because they think we are one of those
"gay hating christians"

Jesus would have loved.

James

Sexy on the Inside - Rob Bell

Sexy on the Inside - Rob Bell

I listened to a Rob Bell message recently titles "Sexy on the Inside".  It really had me thinking.  He spoke of how God created us as sexual beings...he spoke of how we can channel are sexual energy.  He talked about how many people in this world that accomplish great things, i.e.  Mother Theresa, are actually very sexual people.  It is just that our view of sex, sexy, and sexual energy is extremely narrow.  Below are some of the things I took away from his talk.

- James

Sexy:  is when it feels good to be in your own skin

Sexy is when you are on the inward journey and so you are more and more ok with who God made you to be.  You are becoming who you are.  You are becoming more you.

As I am more and more comfortable in my own skin,  with who I am, then I am far more able to connect with you.  And if I am ok with who I am, then I will be less jealous, less envious, less angry, less offended.  A lot of times our issues with each other are issues with ourselves and we are just not being honest about it. As I am more ok with who God made me, I can extend it to you.

As I am more ok with who I am, and more and more comfortable in my own skin, then I am probably less and less angry or bitter at God, or you owe me.  I become more and more “Thank you God”, I become grateful.

I become more centered and I have more peace, and as Jesus the resurrected Christ begins to speak to me and again and again invite me to leave behind the old so I can step into the new, I am more and more at peace on the inside.  My own skin feels better and better.

I am more and more centered and more and more connected with God, because God has given me a good life.  I am at peace with the work God has given me to do, interacting with the world around me.