Many protestors gathered around the White House to protest gay marriage, yelling about how in religious it would be to allow gay marriages. It is being decided whether or not gay marriage should be a national right, and the decisions should be announced in June. Many religious leaders attended, many Catholic, Orthodox, and Hispanic (who are very commonly Catholic) were also protesting as well. They said hurtful things, and used religion to back up the protest.
First of all, the rights for the LGBTQ+ community have been fought for since (about) the 60's. Of course, it's always been something that's needed to be addressed. Of course, many mant people have personal, negative, views on things such as gay marriage, but it has nothing to do wth religion: the Biblical Verse that people generally, and almost always refer to (Leviticus) was actually mistranslated when first translated to English. Essentially, the English version was translated to: don't treat another man as you would a woman. Before ever being translated, it practically said,"hey dude don't sleep in other men or woman's beds because that's just disrespectful." Fun fact: the Bible never actually includes homophobia (which would make sense because Jesus Himself hung out with hookers, sinners, was homeless, was anti-slut shamming, and so many other things), but there are some verses that people decide to use for their personal benefit. Also, to support more of the LGBTQ+ community: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" -Galatians 3:28.
I don't mean to bring a religious argument, but I do mean to say that using a religion to create hate and judgment (which Christianity literally tells you not to do as one of the first lessons) is absolutely terrible, and has caused so much pain and suffering. I also do mean to say that this has been a historic problem ever since the Bible was translated, and has caused years upon years of murder, intolerance, bullying, etc.
On top of that, no matter what you believe or don't believe (there are many people who aren't Christian that hate on the LGBTQ+ community), using a personal intolerance will only create more tension. I do mean so say that whatever you personally believe in, awesome. If you believe that gay people are totally gross, then good for you. But when it comes to human being's rights, personal beliefs should not get in the way, for the rights of people and the equality of people must be recognized if we want to be the country we say we are.
If I have offended anyone, I am truly sorry, but this is a historic problem and unfortunetly has a lot to do with the wrath of "Christians". I felt like I needed to use some Biblical references to further what I meant to say, and if that offended anyone, again, I am very sorry. But please at least recognize the last part of the final paragraph.
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