Proposition 2 passed in Texas and I can't sleep. I had hoped against all reasonable odds that Texans wouldn't do this. And I can't go to sleep till I've said what I think.
It is a shame. I am not gay but I've known more than one gay couple. And they just want to live and have some happiness with those they love. I cannot comprehend any mindset that wants to stop that from happening and is threatened by it. It is too much for me, I tell you.
I am a Christian and I find nothing, nothing in the teachings of Jesus that condemns homosexuality. I said that to an acquaintance. And you know how that person replied? He said that Jesus condemned homosexuality because he condemned any adulterous sex, that is, any sex outside of marriage. And I had to laugh. I said, "Well, that's easily solved. Let them marry."
I should have said more. If I had that person in front of me right now, I'd say this too.
"Jesus wouldn't condemn people who love and have a caring commitment to each other as adulterers. You can pass all the hateful bigoted laws you want but you can't define what a marriage really is. It isn't sacred because someone says some words and performs a ritual. It is sacred because two people set aside their own egos and cleave to each other. And it really doesn't matter what you or anyone else thinks about it."
There. Maybe I can sleep now.