I don't know who you think is handing out accolades, but my position in favor of civil gay marriage has gotten me a lot more people upset at me than taking the opposite position would have. I favor civil gay marriage because I believe it is the most ethical and philosophically consistent position for someone who favors justice and equality under the law.
First of all, I did not drive any nails into Jesus' hands. I've never worked for the government of the Roman Empire and I wasn't alive in 33AD. It was before my time. Further, I am against the death penalty, so if I had been around, I wouldn't have sentenced him to death or supported that sentence even if I had supported his conviction in general, which I wouldn't have, obviously.
This idea that I'm always hearing or reading about that somehow my position on a political issue involving giving gay people the same legal rights that heterosexuals have is somehow killing Jesus is not logical to me on any level. Nothing I could possibly do short of building a time machine would involve killing Jesus.
Secondly, you've seen the length of my posts. Believe me, I'd be happy to say the same thing to Jesus I've said here on the forums on this issue, more or less. If he sends me to hell for it, that's his sin, not mine. That wouldn't be the behavior of an ethical God. I hope that God is better than that. I mean, I don't consider myself a Saint with a capital "S" or anything, so I would expect that God wouldn't do something as blatantly unethical as sending me to hell and allowing me to be tortured forever simply because I favor civil gay marriage, since if I were God, I wouldn't do that to you guys for being against it. If God is less ethical and loving than I am, we're all in big trouble.
I would hope he's a lot more ethical and loving, personally.
