gurneyhalleck1
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Attending such an ungodly and evil ceremony is a tacit acceptance and participation in something spiritually unacceptable and dangerous. I know I’ll be the fly in the ointment here whom many will hate for saying this, but I would recommend against attending.
There are sins as bad as same sex perversion intercourse, but that doesn’t take away from its severity in putting our souls in jeopardy. It’s some pretty awful
stuff that mocks God’s creation. Scripture and the Fathers warn us of the perils and evil nature of it.
I’m frustrated and sad to see how many Orthodox are softening and turning apathetic to what is becoming a worldwide spiritual attack—pansexuality.
There are sins as bad as same sex perversion intercourse, but that doesn’t take away from its severity in putting our souls in jeopardy. It’s some pretty awful
stuff that mocks God’s creation. Scripture and the Fathers warn us of the perils and evil nature of it.
I’m frustrated and sad to see how many Orthodox are softening and turning apathetic to what is becoming a worldwide spiritual attack—pansexuality.
I believe it is very important to have compassion on all people, regardless of sin. Gay marriage will never happen in any church. Marriage has always been a religious rite around the world. However, protecting the church should be for the love of God and His church. Then, somehow, like a balancing act.... we shouldn't lash out and hate gay people. I just don't know what makes them the way they are. They themselves don't know why, and some wish that they weren't that way. I
I see civil unions as mock marriages. They are not 100% necessary to protect assets or estates. Any living will or notarized document can settle those disputes. Somehow, some way our legal system took on the right to perform a religious in nature ceremony. I personally don't like it.
As for my daughter, celibacy is not something you can force another person to do. It's an option for her, but the choice is hers to make. We all make choices. Everyone has confessions to make. No one shows up and tells the priest they didn't sin and have nothing to say. These days straight people have inappropriate content addictions, multiple partners, cohabitation, etc. and can be so sexually depraved it might even be worse than being gay.
Now...what if...what if my daughter wanted a civil union? I would attend. I will not abandon my child. I carried her for 9 months, I raised her, I love her. I will be at her side till I die. I'm her mother. It's a bond that can't be described. Of all the people you're close to...how many lived inside of your body and shared your blood? Or vice versa?
This isn't easy. It's easy to be on the side lines and talk about the detestable sin of homosexuality. This is a very complicated condition for gay people. They need compassion.
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