Around 1:30am, Mom called me to see a tv program she was watching. A woman on it was irritating her. The woman was staying a month with two gay men who had children. She is a Christian. They are Christians. I was at the keyboard typing something else and the following was just there.
she couldn't see truth beyond her belief
she made two gay men cry
she couldn't stand that the home
headed by two gay men with children
was similar to her own
she couldn't see truth beyond her belief
she was offended that they were offended (the gays)
she thought only what she believed was right
she didn't want two women who loved each other
to have the right to marry each other
because it was too much like her life
she couldn't see truth beyond her belief
she couldn't stand that the family
headed by two gay men believed in God and went to church
she couldn't see truth beyond her belief
she hugged the boys good-bye
but didn't touch the dads
she made two men cry
she couldn't see truth beyond her belief..................................(c)Salty2009
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Mind On Overload
Okay, I'm calmer than I was the last post. First off, I'm not Jewish, Muslim or christian so I don't follow their orders. That doesn't mean I don't have my ideas about God. Some of you are probably thinking the cross is too big, but I wanted to stress the heaviness of bearing that weight. Wearing that symbol on a chain around necks for all to see proclaims faith. I don't wear one. But I carry the weight of trying to lift God's name without preaching at people. I treat everyone like they are family. And I wanted the red marks to be visible, because whether people believe in Jesus or not, a man was tortured and executed for teaching some things that were different than the standard religious doctrine. Some are thinking this blog deals with a subject where religion doesn't fit. But it very well does because religious institutions use their money to make laws that are against my sexuality which means they are against me. And as a result, I am denied legal rights while cold-blooded murders can get legally married.
What set me off -- in the past 2 or 3 weeks, someone commented at SPT that gays hated Jesus and we were going to hell. I also recently read that a girl tried to commit suicide and her girlfriend has to hide her feelings. And on top of that was the California judges upholding Prop 8. Religious institutions offer gay kids no hope and the government make laws that support religious doctrine. My mind was on overload.
What set me off -- in the past 2 or 3 weeks, someone commented at SPT that gays hated Jesus and we were going to hell. I also recently read that a girl tried to commit suicide and her girlfriend has to hide her feelings. And on top of that was the California judges upholding Prop 8. Religious institutions offer gay kids no hope and the government make laws that support religious doctrine. My mind was on overload.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
God's Love For Me
Earth is where I dwell, it's heaven and hell. I see God's disciples and the devils spawn in darkest night and breaking dawn. God's true disciples have invisible halos but the devils spawn speak with forked tongues. Listen closely to the rhetoric, words are historic, passed down generations for manipulation to eventual mutilation. Those who believe the lies forgot Jesus said beware of false prophets. Well you can believe whatever book, but you should take a second read/look to make absolutely certain that what you proclaim is truth for there will be no one to blaim, but you, for continuing to pass untruths to generations. I believe what I want and you do the same, stay out of my face, while you spout hate words that disgrace God's name. God will deal with you and He will deal with me, just knowing that truth has set me free. You are not my jailer or my God -- I never gave you that key. Your hatred is blocked by God's love for me. ........(c)Salty2009If Jesus was walking the planet now, there would be those plotting his death and doing it while saying Jesus broke Biblical law.
Matthew 5:11/blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
NOTE: After reading that California judges will probably uphold the Prop 8 ban on marriage for same-gender couples, I wrote and wrote and then the above just came and so this is my response to that ruling from the west coast.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
A Minister Speaks Out
Many people don't like Reverend Al Sharpton but take the time to click the link below and read what he said about gays having the Constitutional Right to marry.
Sharpton: Church uses money and power to persecute gays but ...
PageOneQ.com - Jan 13, 2009
"Whatever my personal feelings may be about gay and lesbian marriages, unless you are prepared to say gays and lesbians are not human beings, they should have the same constitutional right of any other human being."
Sharpton: Church uses money and power to persecute gays but ...
PageOneQ.com - Jan 13, 2009
"Whatever my personal feelings may be about gay and lesbian marriages, unless you are prepared to say gays and lesbians are not human beings, they should have the same constitutional right of any other human being."
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Last Thoughts for 2008
It's the last day of 2008 and I wanted to post one last thing about Gay marriage and Civil Rights. I've made 2 or 3 drafts, but finally decided to just post the following.
IT'S CRAP. When Rick Warren and others say they are against legal marriage for Gays because the word "marriage" has something to do with religion -- it's crap.
The KKK burning crosses, is not protested by religious institutions. No law has been inacted to say that it is illegal to use that religious symbol as a sign of hate and terrorism.
Religious institutions don't own the word "marriage" and Blacks don't own the phrase "Civil Rights".
IT'S CRAP. If marriage is a sacred word, then why are heterosexuals who don't believe in God allowed to get legally married? If marriage is a sacred word then why are heterosexual murderers allowed to get married? "Thou shall not kill" is a commandment from God, but homosexuality didn't make the list. Heterosexuals judged to have committed a crime against society have the right to legally marry, while homosexuals who pay taxes, and raise families don't have that legal right.
In America, homosexuality is not treated legally as a crime anymore, yet we have been found guilty of not conforming to religious doctrine, and denied our Civil Rights.
Melissa Etheridge should not be referred to as a traitor because she spoke to Rick Warren and walked away without attacking him. She meet him and heard for herself what he had to say. She reported what occurred between them.
If Warren has said the things I've read he said, then he has to worry about what God thinks about him. Many religious leaders preach rhetoric, and give their interpretation of scripture, and if people want to believe him, then they have to worry about what God says about them.
President-elect Obama chose who he wanted to speak at his inauguration. And for some to ask if he would have let a KKK member speak -- well that is just racist. If I was concerned enough, I would question would he have let a Satanist speak since the issue has more to do with religious beliefs.
Melissa has said that Gays felt like we were thrown under the bus because Clinton didn't do more to help Gays while he was in office. Now some question if Obama has thrown Gays under the bus by having Warren speak. Warren would not have been my choice but it's not my nauguration. I don't recall anyone blogging about Warren's rhetoric during and immediately after Prop 8. But now because it is a big deal, more people will watch the inauguration just to hear what Warren has to say. And while he is getting more publicity, so has the issue of Gay equality. I personally prefer to know the name and face of my opponent, then I'd know not to turn my back on him.
Obama can't please everyone no matter what he does.
I'm a lesbian, and so I understand the feelings of the LGBT community, but if we turn against everyone who doesn't support us the exact way we want, then we will have no allies. We at least have a President who is willing to talk about our issues.
I read a line today that Obama might be an Uncle Tom. Words like that coming from a caucasion, is laughable. Obama is too Black for some and now he might not be Black enough.
Excuse me people, but Clinton is one man. Obama is one man. The Presidential seat maybe the highest office in this country, but the President do not make the laws. They both have at least acknowledged that we exist and something needs to be done. Hopefully, when Obama takes
office, he and others will do what they can to have the Civil Rights Laws enforced.
It is not heterosexuals who need to change their opinions. It is our federal officials who need to enforce the laws of the Constitution of the United States of America. It is our federal officials who can reverse the bad decision to let individual States decide who can get legally married.
First off, remove the word marriage from legal documents and let all couples who want to legally join get Civil Union Licenses. Simply signing that document would automatically give the same privileges and
protections to couples/family.
Right now, American Law is in a recession just like our economy. To have a strong nation, we must have strong leaders who believe in Equal Rights for ALL citizens. Leaders who take the oath to uphold the law, must also fight for the law to be enforced, and change the law when it is not fair.
To be a nation representing freedom, citizens must be free. To deny any citizen more legal rights than another based on color, gender, religion, sexuality is just wrong. And of these four things, religion is the only one that people can actually choose.
Because federal officials recognized that it is wrong to tell consenting adults who we can share our bodies with sexually, homosexuality is no longer illegal. For adults to be denied legal joining unless we join with the opposite gender, is not freedom. It is our Human Right to pick our mate.
IT'S CRAP. When Rick Warren and others say they are against legal marriage for Gays because the word "marriage" has something to do with religion -- it's crap.
The KKK burning crosses, is not protested by religious institutions. No law has been inacted to say that it is illegal to use that religious symbol as a sign of hate and terrorism.
Religious institutions don't own the word "marriage" and Blacks don't own the phrase "Civil Rights".
IT'S CRAP. If marriage is a sacred word, then why are heterosexuals who don't believe in God allowed to get legally married? If marriage is a sacred word then why are heterosexual murderers allowed to get married? "Thou shall not kill" is a commandment from God, but homosexuality didn't make the list. Heterosexuals judged to have committed a crime against society have the right to legally marry, while homosexuals who pay taxes, and raise families don't have that legal right.
In America, homosexuality is not treated legally as a crime anymore, yet we have been found guilty of not conforming to religious doctrine, and denied our Civil Rights.
Melissa Etheridge should not be referred to as a traitor because she spoke to Rick Warren and walked away without attacking him. She meet him and heard for herself what he had to say. She reported what occurred between them.
If Warren has said the things I've read he said, then he has to worry about what God thinks about him. Many religious leaders preach rhetoric, and give their interpretation of scripture, and if people want to believe him, then they have to worry about what God says about them.
President-elect Obama chose who he wanted to speak at his inauguration. And for some to ask if he would have let a KKK member speak -- well that is just racist. If I was concerned enough, I would question would he have let a Satanist speak since the issue has more to do with religious beliefs.
Melissa has said that Gays felt like we were thrown under the bus because Clinton didn't do more to help Gays while he was in office. Now some question if Obama has thrown Gays under the bus by having Warren speak. Warren would not have been my choice but it's not my nauguration. I don't recall anyone blogging about Warren's rhetoric during and immediately after Prop 8. But now because it is a big deal, more people will watch the inauguration just to hear what Warren has to say. And while he is getting more publicity, so has the issue of Gay equality. I personally prefer to know the name and face of my opponent, then I'd know not to turn my back on him.
Obama can't please everyone no matter what he does.
I'm a lesbian, and so I understand the feelings of the LGBT community, but if we turn against everyone who doesn't support us the exact way we want, then we will have no allies. We at least have a President who is willing to talk about our issues.
I read a line today that Obama might be an Uncle Tom. Words like that coming from a caucasion, is laughable. Obama is too Black for some and now he might not be Black enough.
Excuse me people, but Clinton is one man. Obama is one man. The Presidential seat maybe the highest office in this country, but the President do not make the laws. They both have at least acknowledged that we exist and something needs to be done. Hopefully, when Obama takes
office, he and others will do what they can to have the Civil Rights Laws enforced.
It is not heterosexuals who need to change their opinions. It is our federal officials who need to enforce the laws of the Constitution of the United States of America. It is our federal officials who can reverse the bad decision to let individual States decide who can get legally married.
First off, remove the word marriage from legal documents and let all couples who want to legally join get Civil Union Licenses. Simply signing that document would automatically give the same privileges and
protections to couples/family.
Right now, American Law is in a recession just like our economy. To have a strong nation, we must have strong leaders who believe in Equal Rights for ALL citizens. Leaders who take the oath to uphold the law, must also fight for the law to be enforced, and change the law when it is not fair.
To be a nation representing freedom, citizens must be free. To deny any citizen more legal rights than another based on color, gender, religion, sexuality is just wrong. And of these four things, religion is the only one that people can actually choose.
Because federal officials recognized that it is wrong to tell consenting adults who we can share our bodies with sexually, homosexuality is no longer illegal. For adults to be denied legal joining unless we join with the opposite gender, is not freedom. It is our Human Right to pick our mate.
Monday, August 25, 2008
I
I saw Him hanging there
I felt the love
I believed the promise
I gave my soul away
I heard the rumors
I saw the gestures
I cringed at the jokes
I gave my joy away
I listened to false prophets
I fought destiny
I dug deep and buried my heart
I gave my life away
I searched verse after verse
I searched my soul
I still believe the promise
I felt the ardor
I laid down
I resonated thunder
I gave my doubt away
I took my life back
I felt the love
I believed the promise
I gave my soul away
I heard the rumors
I saw the gestures
I cringed at the jokes
I gave my joy away
I listened to false prophets
I fought destiny
I dug deep and buried my heart
I gave my life away
I searched verse after verse
I searched my soul
I still believe the promise
I felt the ardor
I laid down
I resonated thunder
I gave my doubt away
I took my life back
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
LASTY ENTREATY
My dear Father -- please no.
I've prayed and pleaded for it not to be so.
In desperation I call to you -- hear my voice.
It is not my choice.
The fear -- the doubt
Did you not hear me shout.
Please don't cast me out.
Last night
I surrendered to the call of the wild.
And fed the beast it's needed flesh.
But in the light
I am again your child.
It's a new day -- let me start fresh.
Breathe on me with your holy breath.
Change me -- save me from eternal death.
I bow to you -- I feel you.
Why can't I hear you?
It started the day of my birth.
When I took my first breath on this earth.
Why did you let the fallen angel kiss my feet?
Is this to be my fate
A life of lies and deceit, scorn & hate?
Is his mark hidden on me
Some place that I can't see?
Take a moment -- touch me
Remove it -- hear my plea.
I'm so sorry!
I stumbled off the right track.
Have I fallen so far away
That you won't take me back?
I will not live in shame or fear.
I will not turn away love
When it comes near.
I will not call or bow to you again.
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NOTE: For about a month, in my teens, I did have several conversations with God in Heaven about changing me. They talk about just ask God to be healed, well I asked, waited and there was no change -- except in my understanding. There is nothing wrong with loving and sharing yourself with someone. God doesn't turn away from us -- we turn away from Him when we don't accept that we are okay the way HE made us.
I've prayed and pleaded for it not to be so.
In desperation I call to you -- hear my voice.
It is not my choice.
The fear -- the doubt
Did you not hear me shout.
Please don't cast me out.
Last night
I surrendered to the call of the wild.
And fed the beast it's needed flesh.
But in the light
I am again your child.
It's a new day -- let me start fresh.
Breathe on me with your holy breath.
Change me -- save me from eternal death.
I bow to you -- I feel you.
Why can't I hear you?
It started the day of my birth.
When I took my first breath on this earth.
Why did you let the fallen angel kiss my feet?
Is this to be my fate
A life of lies and deceit, scorn & hate?
Is his mark hidden on me
Some place that I can't see?
Take a moment -- touch me
Remove it -- hear my plea.
I'm so sorry!
I stumbled off the right track.
Have I fallen so far away
That you won't take me back?
I will not live in shame or fear.
I will not turn away love
When it comes near.
I will not call or bow to you again.
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NOTE: For about a month, in my teens, I did have several conversations with God in Heaven about changing me. They talk about just ask God to be healed, well I asked, waited and there was no change -- except in my understanding. There is nothing wrong with loving and sharing yourself with someone. God doesn't turn away from us -- we turn away from Him when we don't accept that we are okay the way HE made us.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
PLEASE
tame the beast within me or cut the leash
and set this unhappy child free
i can't bow to you
i've been on my knees before herturn me loose
or send me the golden chariot
i am ready
believing was essential
started with so much potential
now it's bottomed out
became inconsequential
i couldn't wait anymore
i crashed -- burned -- rolled on the floor
so much power -- so much heat
the scent intoxicating
the kiss sweet
i won't go back to being alone
drop me
or raise me to your throne
release me give me peace
please.
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NOTE: I was baptized young, went to Church and believed. Everything was fine with me until I was a teenager. I wasn't interested in boys romantically, but when I started thinking about my future, I didn't see a man or children in it. I wanted to be like everybody else, and prayed. God answers prayers, we are taught, so I waited and no 'change' came. So I accepted that I was alright or He would have changed me.
Monday, April 21, 2008
HEAVEN & HELL
Since I've fallen under your spell
I'm somewhere between Heaven and Hell
Only when I'm in your arms
Does the demons torment cease
And for a little while my mind knows peace
I don't think of tomorrow
I'm telling you
With no sorrow
I'm showing you
How much I love you
And you loving me
Makes my chest wound shallow
And my fears narrow
From lust -- to love -- to trust
To survive I must -- I must
I do believe
That if it was wrong
He would thunder NO!
Because I gave Him my soul long ago.
I'm somewhere between Heaven and Hell
Only when I'm in your arms
Does the demons torment cease
And for a little while my mind knows peace
I don't think of tomorrow
I'm telling you
With no sorrow
I'm showing you
How much I love you
And you loving me
Makes my chest wound shallow
And my fears narrow
From lust -- to love -- to trust
To survive I must -- I must
I do believe
That if it was wrong
He would thunder NO!
Because I gave Him my soul long ago.
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