Every time you give God credit for doing something in your life, what you are really doing is denying that you did it yourself or worse, that someone else was there for you.
This is a very impoverished way of viewing the world and people should face the fact that their lives and futures are in their own hands.
My advice to you all is to get over this childish idea that there is a parental figure watching over you. The sooner people admit the fact that each individual is responsible for what actions take place, the better off our entire society will be. Take the current repression of civil rights going on right now in the United States.
California is a battleground state, especially in social areas of politics. Money poured into the campaign for both sides of Proposition 8, but it helps to take a closer look at why and how people gave money.
For the side supporting equal rights, most of the funds were donated by individuals who believe in a cause. It is actually hard to think of something more noble than that. These are small business owners and hard working people without superstitions or tax breaks supporting them. Apple and Google also made donations, but they were no match for the Mormon Church, which has more expendable income than it knows what to do with.
People are pressured to give money to churches. I know many people who would disagree with that, but it is exactly what happens. For those religious people in disbelief right now, just imagine how quickly the gossip would start if you regularly started shaking your head “no” to people passing the offering plate.
Of course, the money is sheltered from taxes, which is a violation of our precious idea of separating church and state that would have Thomas Jefferson completely up in arms if he were alive to see it. Let’s not lie to ourselves; any tax break means that the government is supporting something. All this is made possible because people are deluding themselves into thinking that God wants this to happen.
I’ve read those parts of the Bible that say homosexuality is immoral; it also denounces wearing clothes made of two different materials and planting two kinds of seeds in one field.
Where are the propositions to ban gardens and almost every piece of fabric I own? The answer is simple: no one is bothered by those things because their church doesn’t tell them to be bothered by it.
Again, this is all because of the fact that people would rather be told what to do by some holy person claiming that God speaks through them. I’m tired of people using this transparent argument to validate their civil rights abuses.
Break away from this ignorant mode of life! Be an individual and stand up for things that you have reasons to believe in. If you are a man and fall in love with another man, enjoy that time together; there is more happiness in that than there is in devoting time and money to suppressing what another person can or can’t do.
If you are heterosexual, enjoy the fact that two fellow human beings love each other and worry about your own life.
Also, keep in mind, there will be a time when homosexuals are not used as scapegoats for the problems the rest of us have.
These are just the pains of the transition right now. You have it much better than your predecessors, and the future generations will enjoy even more freedom.

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