Comments on: Parents Fight Another Iwo Jima for Marriage Equality http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/148 A Documentary History of America's First Legal Same-Sex Marriages Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:19:55 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Steve Cornell http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/148/comment-page-1#comment-7149 Steve Cornell Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:40:44 +0000 http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/148#comment-7149 Those who compare gender and race discrimination with sexual orientation are using tactical deception to emotionally sway an unsuspecting public. Wrongful discrimination (in actual civil rights cases) injures people for what they are by nature not for their sexual preferences. We have laws to protect human rights for all people. If homosexuals want same-sex-lifestyles, they shouldn’t demand special laws to protect their sexual preferences. If we start protecting sexual preferences from discrimination, where will it end? On what basis will we decide that some sexual preferences should be endorsed and defended by the state and others rejected? The flawed logic serving the battle for gay rights works off of the assumption that one is born gay and cannot change. Ask those who once practiced the homosexual lifestyle but are now free from it what they think of this argument? Although some people could be biologically inclined toward homosexual behavior and others had it forced on them against their wills, ultimately it becomes a behavior people choose. Any other view disrespects human dignity. Two men could live together and deeply care for each other without being homosexual. Homosexuality only becomes part of the equation when they commit sexual acts with each other. As a result, “homosexual” refers not to one’s nature, disposition or desire but to one’s behavior. After many years of counseling others, I am convinced that those who practice homosexuality do not genuinely accept that they were meant to live the gay lifestyle. Even radical homosexual activists, if honest, would admit that their fight for gay rights is not the answer for their inner frustrations, resentments and despair. Deep inside, they know that changes in legislation or public opinion will not remove the agony they feel. The homosexual lifestyle robs people of both dignity and freedom. Court decisions and marriage licenses will not give these people the dignity or freedom they desire. Steven W. Cornell Senior Pastor Millersville Bible Church 58 West Frederick St. Millersville, PA. 17551 Those who compare gender and race discrimination with sexual orientation are using tactical deception to emotionally sway an unsuspecting public. Wrongful discrimination (in actual civil rights cases) injures people for what they are by nature not for their sexual preferences. We have laws to protect human rights for all people. If homosexuals want same-sex-lifestyles, they shouldn’t demand special laws to protect their sexual preferences. If we start protecting sexual preferences from discrimination, where will it end? On what basis will we decide that some sexual preferences should be endorsed and defended by the state and others rejected?

The flawed logic serving the battle for gay rights works off of the assumption that one is born gay and cannot change. Ask those who once practiced the homosexual lifestyle but are now free from it what they think of this argument? Although some people could be biologically inclined toward homosexual behavior and others had it forced on them against their wills, ultimately it becomes a behavior people choose. Any other view disrespects human dignity. Two men could live together and deeply care for each other without being homosexual. Homosexuality only becomes part of the equation when they commit sexual acts with each other. As a result, “homosexual” refers not to one’s nature, disposition or desire but to one’s behavior.

After many years of counseling others, I am convinced that those who practice homosexuality do not genuinely accept that they were meant to live the gay lifestyle. Even radical homosexual activists, if honest, would admit that their fight for gay rights is not the answer for their inner frustrations, resentments and despair. Deep inside, they know that changes in legislation or public opinion will not remove the agony they feel. The homosexual lifestyle robs people of both dignity and freedom. Court decisions and marriage licenses will not give these people the dignity or freedom they desire.

Steven W. Cornell
Senior Pastor
Millersville Bible Church
58 West Frederick St.
Millersville, PA. 17551

]]> By: Bev http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/148/comment-page-1#comment-7017 Bev Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:19:52 +0000 http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/148#comment-7017 I met the Thorons when I was working with PFLAG (tho I know Julia wouldn't remember me). They are lovely people and their video is very powerful. I met the Thorons when I was working with PFLAG (tho I know Julia wouldn’t remember me). They are lovely people and their video is very powerful.

]]> By: Karen Rudolph http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/148/comment-page-1#comment-7003 Karen Rudolph Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:03:29 +0000 http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/148#comment-7003 This video of the Sanders family taking a stand for their daughter is so moving. It took a lot of courage and humility for them to change their minds. I think that many parents with gay children have had to confront the conflict between long held anti-gay prejudice and the love they feel for their children. Thank goodness that so often, LOVE WINS. This video of the Sanders family taking a stand for their daughter is so moving. It took a lot of courage and humility for them to change their minds. I think that many parents with gay children have had to confront the conflict between long held anti-gay prejudice and the love they feel for their children. Thank goodness that so often, LOVE WINS.

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