Bible-Thumper LaShawn On Tolerance

Ken AshfordGodstuff, Sex/Morality/Family ValuesLeave a Comment

On the news that the California Congress has approved a bill granting equal rights and protections to married same-sex couples (a bill that Ahnold says he will veto), conservative "Christian" blogger LaShawn Barber gets all biblical and then adds a few stupid thoughts:

By the way, if Christians seem obsessed with homosexuality above other sins, perhaps it’s because homosexuals are so adept at condemning and judging those who disagree with that lifestyle, while admonishing us not to judge “lest ye be judged.”

Love that logic.  If you condemn homosexuals, that’s okay.  But if you tell homosexual-condemners not to judge other people, you are being judgmental.

And that’s why Christians are obssessed with homosexuality.

Homosexuals have the same civil rights as everyone else. What they want are special rights, like “marriage” (there is no civil right to marry…

Yes, actually there is a civil right to marry.  The courts have recognized it.  As a country, we went through this before, except it was whites and black marrying.  The same arguments that LaShawn is making here . . . lost.

Besides, I would like someone to explain to me what makes one right "special" and other rights not.  Is the right to free speech "special"?  How about the right to pray?  Or have children?  "Special right" is a meaningless non-sensical phrase for ignorant people.

…and there is no such thing as marriage between people of the same sex)…

Yes, there is.  Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

…normalizing perversion, and demanding that people “tolerate” (code for accept) it.

Damn!  She’s cracked the code!  When we say that people should be "tolerant", what we really mean is that people should accept it.  We should have come up with another word for "accept" — not a synonym.