Hat tip to Progressive Delmarva and the Huffington Post.
Look at that photo. For context, this is some Yale students’ reaction to a street preacher and his exhaustive list of sins that will send you to Hell. Now, I know this is me engaging in some stereotyping myself, but those two men do not appear homosexual to me. To me, this picture shows two students, who are probably heterosexual, mocking the preacher by kissing! And if my interpretation of the photos is correct, that is why the forces of hatred will eventually lose, no matter any short term victory they have recently gained in California, Maine and New York. The younger generations, starting with my own, do not care about homosexuality. Look at all those smiles from the onlookers in the photo. No one is horrified at the sight of two men embracing and kissing. No one is shocked.
To the younger generations, homosexuality is as normal as any other subsection of our diverse culture. Sure, it is different to someone who is heterosexual, but only in the way that someone who is white is “different” than someone who is black. The younger generations know this is an innate characteristic, not a choice. And from that knowledge, they readily mock the hateful.
I mean, look at that exhaustive list of supposed sins:
Fornicators. Sodomites. I suppose this means any one who has ever had sex in life without the holy desire to have children is a fornicator. I am sorry, but the whole no sex before marriage and no sex without procreation canard of the Church is as wrong as thinking one’s sexuality is a sin. Oh, and by the way, I included “sodomites” here because, while he could be talking about those evil homosexuals, I think he is really talking about anyone who has had anal sex, which is also evil. 😉
Homosexuals. Repenting for being homosexual is like repenting for having blue eyes. Street Preacher is wrong.
Liars. We all lie, every single one of us has lied at least once in our lives. Even Republicans. Even David Anderson. Even the Pope. That doesn’t make it right, and hey, this is where I will agree with the Street Preacher. Repent.
Thieves. Again, thou shall not steal. Street Preacher is right on this one.
Masturbators. As with fornicators, these supposed rules against sexuality were just rules to control people. Seriously, if God really cared that I rubbed one out back in high school (or yesterday), then our God is a perv. Street Preacher is wrong.
Obama voters. Democrats. Liberals. This is a sin now? Where in the Bible does it say “Thou shalt not vote for the skinny black liberal with a funny name” or “Thou shalt not believe in a welfare state” or “Thou shalt not desire universal healthcare or equality for all.” You see, if you religious freaks just keep your list of sins to a recognized and universally agreed upon few, like liars and thieves, then you would be golden. Here, you lose all credibility.
Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Atheists. Yeah, there is some tolerance for your other religions. If you are not an evangelical Christian, you are evil. Nice. And the scary thing is, this is exactly what David Anderson and his ilk believe. I always say I am intolerant of the intolerant.
Gangster Rappers. Huh? Now your taste in music is evil.
Drunkards. Potheads. These are sins now? Why does this street preacher not care about murderers? No where on his list is the sin of murder? Being drunk or high is now worst than being a killer? That is probably because this street preacher wants to kill in the name of his God everyone who doesn’t agree with him. He has probably bombed an abortion clinic. He probably cheered the death of Dr. Tiller and those damn liberal churchgoeers in Kentucky.
Feminists. Immodest women. You wonder why I call our evangelical Christians the American Taliban. If this Street Preacher had his way, all women who lose all rights (the right to vote, to own property, to speak, to offer an opinion) and they would be covered in burqas.