Comments on: Good As You: We are offended. PERSONALLY

By: Fahim JOhn

Fahim JOhn — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:16:57 +0000

Dearly Brethren in Christ,

Greetings in the name of Lord our God.

Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus
Christ, Who gave himself for our sins, that he might delivers from this
present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father!
I am Fahim John I am servant of the Lord.I am serving among the poor villager Christian in paksitan I visited your site and I am very happy to see your wonderful work an I am very good in englsih to urdu and English to Punjabi translation I want to translate your newsletter and teachings distribute among the Pakistani chrsitian readers so that they may alos read that and get blessing it will be great pleasure for me that I work for your church I offer myself for this good work. Hope to hear from you GBU
Your in Christ
Fahim john

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:50:49 +0000

“… it is complete and utter B.S. to act as if the LGBT community is packed to the gills with people who are opposed to marriage equality.”

Try visiting Oklahoma.

By: blacksteel

blacksteel — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:42:30 +0000

Hurting our personal lives. Of course that’s what it’s all about. It always has been. Gays are, after all, not engaged in an academic debate in which the outcome has little personal importance. We are defending ourselves in a culture war from a malicious, unscrupulous, self-declared enemy. When you’re attacked in a war, common sense dictates that you unify your forces and fight back with a determination to win unconditionally and without apology.

By: desert bat

desert bat — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:08:07 +0000

Straight men are so very fragile; dominate powers must be ever vigilant, may never relax. Societal problems are because children don’t have relationships with their fathers. We hear ya’. Why don’t you fellows concentrate on showing up more for the children you father, then, instead of focusing on disallowing other kinds of loving families? It would all work if you just stopped being so damned afraid that you might be reduced to being “sperm doners.” And, you know what? Of course you do: gay marriage is not all and always about the children, it is about equality under the law.

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:08:09 +0000

Listening to these things, I find it very hard to not become as anti-religious as these people are anti-equality.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:16:55 +0000

I left the gay life behind years ago, but have never forgotten the pain of being separated out and not acknowledged. Gays have every right to marry and call it marriage. Marriage is not a christian institution (least we find tax benefits, health, inheritance etc…laws that are written for heterosexual marriages) and Jews, Muslims, Indians, etc… are allowed to marry in this country.

It is offenseive to be denied a basic right. The origin of homosexuality should not matter – since it is the right of two consenting adults to decide how they wiull live their life – some resonate with their heart and not anything more.

And Tim has a good point – religious marriage is not the same as legal marriage. There seems to be a fuzzy line that the church is willing to overlook – so long as everyone else steps in line with their views.

By: G-A-Y

G-A-Y — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:58:55 +0000

Tim: Yea, the religious/civil thing is sort of a pet issue of mine. I’ve dedicated much ink to that subject over at G-A-Y.

-Jeremy

By: Tim H.

Tim H. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:41:29 +0000

my thoughts:
legal marriage is not the same thing as religious marriage. did the christian church get angry when the government first required legal licenses? equal marriage is a legal issue, not a religious one. being openly gay, i have no expectation of a religious organization to go against its teaching to hold a equal marriage ceremony in its place of worship. that would be like holding a christian wedding in an islamic place of worship. if the seperation of church and state hold true, the idea of religious marriage would only be harmed by sharing the spotlight with its new found sibling. the religious, government, and homosexuals all need to understand this fundemental difference in the idea of equal marriage.

By: G-A-Y

G-A-Y — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:59:07 +0000

Oh, I see now — the audio snippet is posted at the linked text, “gay-exclusive actions really are.” Still, I think it’s confusing. If there is any way it can be embed like it was in the original post, it’d reach much better.

-Jeremy

By: G-A-Y

G-A-Y — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:52:39 +0000

I’m not sure why this was posted without the audio. The audio that should go between the 1st and 2nd paragraphs is the whole focus of the piece!

Please read it here for the full effect:

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/10/audio-we-are-of.html

-Jeremy

Jeremy Hooper
Good As You
http://www.goodasyou.org