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I was reading the New York Times today, and I came across an interesting article.

Yes, I know it's a tired subject, but it got me heated. Once again.

Gay rights.

You would think that we could just learn to get along as a people of the same world, and learn that while we all are different...no one person is more perfect than the other.

You would think.

Apparently, in Kansas, there is a major uproar over a law that will protect Gay rights in Topeka. Futhermore, the first openly gay woman serving on the City Counsel in the city is in danger of losing her job to a twenty year old nursing student who's family has a long history of being antigay activists, and would like nothing more than to upseat the opponent.

The article also showed a picture of the twenty year old standing outside City Hall waving her antigay sign that had the picture of the City Counsel member's head on the body of a dog. In the background was a sign that simply said "Fear God".

Needless to say, I was furious and had to stop reading.

I simply do not understand that "logic" that people use to justify their actions. Using God as a reason to be hateful is on of the most disgusting displays of Christianity I can imagine.

I know. You don't have to explain it to me again. The Bible does state that homosexuality is wrong. And I am fully aware that being gay wasn't something that was intended to have happen when God created the world, therefore fueling the argument that "being gay is a choice".

I disagree.

I don't hear that argument when it comes to depression. Depression can be related to many things in life, and it happens that some people are simply born with chemical imbalances in the brain that cause them those feelings. God didn't intend for that to happen either, but as sin came into the world, everything bad came with it. And it simply is what it is. God didn't intend for people to be gay in the beginning, but we allowed sin into our perfect world and all bets were off. We can't change it, and we can only learn to live with sin and try to model ourselves after what we know is good.

Patience, tolerance, love and kindness.

By trying to stop everyone from sining, we ourselves are creating an enviroment that is not only hypocritical, but that allows sin to continue to flourish and stay alive. Even the most well intentioned people have the ability to be judgmental (and I don't escape this either), and we just shouldn't be this way.

In a perfect world, it wouldn't be like this. We wouldn't have arguments about Gay rights, and racism, and religion. We would all realize that these differences are what help us to realize ourselves.

Nobody is perfect, and all of us fall short of the glory of God. I just wish that people could figure this out and we could stop hurting each other.