EMAIL OF THE DAY

“About a week ago I went to my in-laws house for dinner after work and was greeted with a petition. A petition to try and put the FMA into reality.
I told my mother-in-law that I could not sign their petition. She promptly says, “Oh, you’re one of those.” I don’t know if she meant a gay-backer or someone who doesn’t hold their wacky Christian views. I responded with “I cannot sign a petition that puts something discriminatory into the Constitution.”
She proceeded to tell me that whether I sign it or not it is going to pass. (Clearly I don’t think she pays attention to the news, but just the rhetoric of a few.) I said, “Well at least I’ll take pride in knowing that I had nothing to do with a horrible policy.”
Now I personally am indifferent if homosexuals or heterosexuals marry. I am married myself, but what one couple does is their choice and it won’t affect me either way. I have gay friends, I have worked with gays & lesbians, I have gone out with gays & lesbians, and funny… I’ve never felt like their life-style was being forced on me. Go figure, regular people…
I love my in-laws and they are truly good Christians. They help people, take care of people, all the things most Sunday-Christians DON’T DO, they do it 24×7. They are firm in their beliefs and it bothers the hell out of me that they can hold a discriminating view point. They don’t watch “Will and Grace” and turn up their nose to anything homosexual in nature, yet feel free to make gay jokes.
It really bothers me that people who live their lives in accordance with the teachings God and Jesus can’t see the flaw in what FMA means. These people also need to remember that when it comes to this great United States of America that our founding fathers, who were mostly Christian, did not want this country to become a religious nation, that is why they came here.
This may be a ‘nation of Christians,’ but not a ‘Christian Nation.’ Very different.” – More feedback on the Letters Page.