I hyperventalate when I think how self-righteous people can be about their beliefs and how defensive they get when you call them on the selectivity of their stances. I've confronted 3 people who I have considered friends for years about this since I've come to know Adam and his friends. None of them are homophobes, or maybe I'm kidding myself, but how they can not see the hypocrisy of condemning homosexuality yet tolerating other "sins" is mind-bogling.
One of them has a (wonderful) Christian daughter who lives with her boyfriend because "they are going to get married anyway and are trying to save money on rent and THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER."
One is the third wife of a "Chrisitan" man who left his ex-wives other than the accepted Biblical reasons condoning divorce.
One has had an abortion, because it was inconvenient to have the child, not because she was 16 or had been raped or had a medical condition.
Everyone "forgives" them for these departures from the scripture they proclaim so vehemently, but I know for a fact they voted against marriage equality a few years back because homosexuality is a "sin."
To me, one of the Seven Deadly Sins should be hypocrisy and another should be judging others.
We say it all the time, but I live it every day - Adam has changed my life and my views (or at least the expression of them) in HUGE ways. I don't get strident about it, but I no longer am silent and let things pass. The old saying is so true, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.!
There are days I love and admire that boy so much I could die! Today's one of those days. It started this morning with re-listening to the IGB video. To think he is denied ANYTHING because of his orientation makes me burn.
