The Proletariat Congress

There are a good number of American Christians who have the notion that homosexuality is a learnt practice; a life style that can be changed at the drop of a hat. That the people who are homosexuals can suddenly decide to be straight; that it’s like turning on/off a light switch.

Cletus: A light switch?

Yes, Cletus, a light switch. It’s a simple device that allows for a room to become lit and is often used as a simile to denote how simple the task at hand can be.

That is how some of the American Christians view the homosexual “lifestyle”, as something that is simply chosen. Like that of the Metrosexual.

It has been shown through a recent study that while homosexual is a natural occurance in nature, in animals, fish and humans, that there trigger that can cause it in humans. The study showed that a male was more likely to be a homosexual, or even bisexual if he was one of the later-born children and had older siblings. The first born wasn’t as likely because the oestrogen levels in the uterus wouldn’t have affected him because the levels would be lower. The males born after the first one would likely be exposed to higher levels, meaning that the developing foetus would be more exposed to the female hormone and have more of it in his body.

Homosexuality in religion, namely Christianity is heavily condemned in the Old Testament in Leviticus and through the story of Gommarah and Sodom. But there is nothing of that topic in the New Testament, and what little does exist is sporadic at least and not enough to actually condemn the acts. What is emphasized more is the sin of murder, adultery and other offences, none related to homosexuality.

Despite this, there are still evagelical pastors that like to believe that it is not only a sin, but that it can be cured…

Like Reverand Mohler. The difference lies in his approach. He doesn’t say that it can be cured once you’re born, he’s advocating that the behaviour can be pre-set while the foetus is still in the womb.

[he was] suggesting that a biological basis for homosexuality may be proven, and that prenatal treatment to reverse gay orientation would be biblically justified.

The reverand seems to think that he can just start playing God. Even his harshest opponants, the gay-rights movement thinks so as well…

“He’s willing to play God,” said Harry Knox, a spokesman on religious issues for the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay-rights group. “He’s more than willing to let homophobia take over and be the determinant of how he responds to this issue, in spite of everything else he believes about not tinkering with the unborn.”

So, the mother has no rights when it comes to governing her body when she carries her unborn foetus to term, but her pastor has plenty of rights. Such as the right to help determine if the child will be gay.

Of course, he uses the study I mentioned to justify this…

Mohler began by summarizing some recent research into sexual orientation, and advising his Christian readership that they should brace for the possibility that a biological basis for homosexuality may be proven.

Mohler wrote that such proof would not alter the Bible’s condemnation of homosexuality, but said the discovery would be “of great pastoral significance, allowing for a greater understanding of why certain persons struggle with these particular sexual temptations.”

So, despite that it’s obviously natural and God’s finest piece of work, people like Mohler think they have the right to call homosexuality a sin and offer “treatment” and prayer to ‘pray out the gay’? And they wonder why people mock Christianity with such zealous fervour.

Or why these issues, and the prayers to “cure” homosexual desires are mocked in movies, such as But I’m a Cheerleader, and in many South Park episodes, including the recent one, Cartman Sucks, in which Cartman is caught placing Butters’ dick in his mouth after being told my Kyle that it would be the only way to cancel out Cartman being gay as a result of a picture Cartman took and showed to Kyle, Stan and Kenny.

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