God is 'Good' with Gay Marriage
Incontrovertible Proof that the Good Lord Loves Gay Weddings
While one of them, Mr. Lee, is a legitimately pregnant male, the other, Thomas Beatie, was born a woman. Now that he and his wife are expecting their child, religious fundamentalists are coming out of the woodwork to criticize them for creating a sin against God.
But, is that really the problem?
Consider, if you believe that God plays a role in conception, bringing the miracle of life to bear in order to endow the baby with a soul - an aspect of the divine if ever there was one - then God must have been involved in both Beatie's birth as a woman, and in the conception of his and his wife's child.
Now, since God created Beatie as a woman, and, although he is now legally a male, he retains both the genetic code of a woman and the functional uterus of a woman, then perhaps Tina's change to Thomas really was part of God's plan. Perhaps God intended for this very thing to happen, in order to lay to rest, once and for all, the controversy that has been denying the happiness of marriage, and the respect of equal rights, to so many of His children for so long.
You see, since only God has the power to create life, and God has indeed blessed the union of Thomas and his wife with a child, then, clearly, God has approved of the marriage of two individuals who were both born female.
God has settled this dispute in the only way that can get through to those who don't pay attention to the message of The Bible, but only hear the rhetoric. He has used a miracle - a thing exclusively of His own domain, so that there can be no doubt - to show, once again, that absolutely nothing in this world is as important as Love.
Even Jesus's entire life can be summed up in just five words: 'Love is all that matters.'
The name Thomas is one of a Biblical nature, and we can certainly see the significance in Thomas Beatie's pregnancy. Thomas, in its original context, meant "Brother". Here, we have two people, born as daughters of God, wed to each other in a holy union, now blessed with a child. If God has created this miracle for them, who are we to judge?
But, even more importantly, if God has placed his blessing on this couple, as evidenced by this miracle, then who are we to deny that God's blessing also extends to other couples born of the same gender, regardless of whether they have undergone gender-correction surgery or not?
God has all but spelled out in burning letters of fire that homosexual marriage is not only "OK", but that He is fully in support of it. God, by whatever name we call Him, has given us an absolute, irrefutable answer: Love, no matter the gender, no matter the race, no matter the nation, is the only thing that matters.
So, when we hear those whose hearts are filled with hate for all things that differ from their own myopic view of the world, we know they do not speak on behalf of God. When people call this baby a freak, or a monstrosity, they do so out of fear; they fear that which is different. But, more, they fear being wrong.
To a person whose entire view of life is built on principles of unquestionable infallibility, being proven wrong - by God Himself, no less - is a slap in the face. It is intolerable. For the intolerant, there is no greater shame.
But even worse, those who have denied happiness to others, be they homosexual, or members of another group, now have to face the fact that they have gone against God's will, and done so so vehemently that God Himself had to step in to correct the situation. These people weren't just wrong, they have done wrong. They have sinned the most egregious sin of all against their fellow man. They have spread hate where they should have embraced love, no matter its form.
That is why these hateful people are so upset over Beatie's pregnancy: not because it is a sin against God, but because it is proof from on High that they themselves are wrong, that they themselves have sinned. But, instead of turning them all into pillars of salt and casting them into the lake of fire, so they might begin to understand the suffering their hate has caused others, God has revealed the truth in the most ironic way of all: through an act of simple love.
Published by Bryan Belrad
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- Thomas Beatie was born a woman, as per God's Plan.
- Now a man, Thomas is carrying his and his wife's child - also as per God's Plan.
- Who can now say, after this, that marriage between people of the same gender offends God?
15 Comments
Post a CommentFrankly, I don't think many gay couples give a hoot who approves of their love or not - even if it is God. The point of this article is not that gay couples are trying to justify their love in the Church's eyes - it's that their love IS justified in its own right. The Church merely fails to see. Nonetheless, God gave a gay couple a baby - a miracle. Clearly, He blessed their union, no matter what we mere mortals choose to make of the situation. Apparently, He doesn't give a hoot who approves of what either; so long as there is love, that is all that matters.
That man was never a man from birth. She has always been a female. She choose to become what she wanted to become. God never put GAY marriages together, that's something people choose to do and what to make it right and then want GOD to approve it.GOD is not with it no matter who is.
Thomas Beatie is still a woman. A man with a womb has not been born yet. Whatever medical science try to imitate can be as close to the real thing a possible but it can never replace the real.
Ok, I'll make this very simple for all of you who are confused by this. Many of you are trying to point out that Scripture contradicts these real-life events. Namely, as Nikki said, "in God's eyes, 'Thomas' is still a woman." Case in point - GOD gave a BLESSING (the baby) to a GAY couple. Guys, if a book about God says one thing, and God Himself says another, are you *seriously* going to tell God that He is wrong and His book is right? Come on, now. I don't mean to put your beliefs down, but you say that God is unchanging and resolute, but didn't Abraham convince Him to change His mind - repeatedly? You're choosing rhetoric over reality here. Faith and reason have to work together, or they are both meaningless. Bottom line - God puts Love first. Let it be written: Where there is Love, the Light of Purity shall shine from there, and Sin may find no purchase.
(continued) I think they should have partnership rights [heck I may not agree but they're gonna do what they're gonna do] just not marriage, which is not a right by the way.
Easy peasy
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Ooooooooooooookay. First of all, that's not a MAN. Sorry pal. That's just a flat-chested, hairy, homosexual woman. In her head, she may feel like a man. BUT physically...she'll hit 50 and probably experience hot flashes unless the HORMONES suppress that too. Not judging. It is what it is. GET OVER IT.
Secondly...It seems to me that you have not really researched your claim that God "blessed" their union in the first. You're throwing that word around like its party favors. BUT...God's Word does not change.
Matt. 19:4-6
Lev.18:22
Rom. 1:26-27
1 Cor 6:9,10
It's not being intolerant, it's simply not infringing on a religion. You can't just make stuff up. It's against the Word of God is all. People, if you don't agree, there are other options.
1)make up your own religion?
2)join one that fits your beliefs?
but PLEASE don't slap on your own made up moral standards on Christianity.
It's ok to disagree I promise.
AND it's nothing personal. I have homosexual friends. I
.... for what's written in the bible.
Except the fact that he doesn't, contrary to your opinion. Just because a man gave birth to a woman nowhere near implies that God is ok with it, let alone with homosexuality in general. With knowing and worshiping God there needs to be obedience. To be obedient, one must know what is sin and what isn't. That's why we have the Bible; to make us aware of what is sin. The way you, and so many others are looking at it, they're making a God of their choosing, taking the stuff they like and ignoring the stuff that isn't comfortable to them. They believe by love alone they have a spot in heaven. Nothing could be further from the truth (as it is written in the Bible, assuming you believe it). Nowhere do you cite scriptural references to prove what God "thinks". God has been the same since the beginning of time. If God has always been ok with homosexuality, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah one huge apology. And quite frankly, I'm tired of being blown off as a hater just because I stand for what's wr
Nikki - You stated my point exactly. Since God is the *sole* author of life, and Thomas is still a woman in God's eyes, then God Himself has BLESSED this union between two women with the Miracle of a child, a new life. And if God Himself steps in with a Miracle to show His blessing, who are we to question? It seems to me that if it should ever come to pass that God's own acts are in contradiction with the Bible, as is the case here, then we HAVE to side with God. Are you going to tell the Almighty Himself that He is wrong and the Bible is right? I thought the only reason the Bible carried any authority at all was because it was His word. So, you have to ask yourself, do you worship Him, or the Book? Clearly, God DOES condone - even rejoyce in - gay marriages. By His act, he has blessed this one.
You wrote a very compelling article, but I have to disagree with your headline that God is good with gay marriage. Thomas was not born a man, but chose to turn himself into a man. God did not create Thomas as a man ... so in God's eyes "Thomas" is still a woman and no where in the Bible does it condone marriage between same sex. Please see my article http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/683707/the_bible_church_god_and_homosexuality.html if you would like to read my complete views on God, the Bible, and homosexuality. I feel sorry for this poor little baby as it will grow up in a bad light from the day it is born, out of no fault of it's own ... but at least it will grow up in a home full of love because these two people certainly do love each other and there is nothing wrong with that.