from a naturally dirty sinner

First: I am not at all afraid of homosexuals, so no one can label me as "homophobic". In fact, I find many homosexuals, especially in the entertainment world, to be happy, amusing people. Secondly, I can't for the life of me see why or how gay marriage would in any way affect my family or anybody's family; I guess nobody smart has fully explained it to me. And thirdly, as a Christian, I cannot be "tolerant" of sin , and the practice of homosexuality is a sin.

Waitaminit! What the...? What's this guy talking about? I'm talking about two points that Christians should be making in this whole debate, and aren't. One: I AM A DIRTY SINNER! That is, by definition, what a Christian is. I am a dirty sinner forgiven by the grace of the Lord, but there it is just the same; absent that grace, I have no right to even sully this planet with my presence. So, yes, I care...about homosexuals, about addicts, about pedophiles, about murderers, about liars and cheaters and adulterers and the greedy and selfish and everybody else who is caught up in this disaster of being human, but WITHOUT demanding legal protection and social " tolerance " for all these "lifestyles."

Which brings me to the second point: I firmly believe that homosexuals are naturally born that way, and have no choice; who would choose such vilification (except Christians, of course, and I actually believe that Christ chose me, not the other way around). PEOPLE: THAT IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM! Human beings are fallen creatures, living in a world we sucked down into the muck with us when we fell. When you choose against God, every imaginable abomination becomes perfectly natural. But we use law and culture and custom and society to restrain our "natural" tendency to exploit, prey upon, harm one another, and generally shake the fist of defiance in the face of a holy God -- not that these restraints are perfect, but because that's what God in his mercy left to us. I feel for homosexuals, and am horrified by their plight of existing in a world in which their (fallen) natural expression of sexuality and intimacy is wrong...but that is, in fact, the world in which we live, created by Adam, the federal head of our sinful race (and if YOU are SURE that, in his place, you would have chosen God and the lonely, narrow, hard road of holiness rather than the self-indulgence of sin, including homosexuality--well, I respectfully submit that you have another think coming).

I am perfectly aware of the "argument" that will be used against me: "That's your opinion! Get your nose out of your Bible and look around you! You've been infected with the meme of Christianity! Unclean! AAUUUGGGGGHH!" So be it. I am merely a witness to what God has said and done in my life. If I testify that I can see a range of the spectrum that you cannot, don't automatically assume that it is because I am blind. I am expressing my opinion, as Miss California did--when asked to. As for what Jesus would do, he will do what he has always done: Love--and forgive upon sincere repentance and desire to follow him, no matter what your sin was, no matter how deeply you thirst to fall back into it. Peace.