Tuesday, February 6, 2007

A Terrifying Comment

A few days ago, our ward's missionaries stopped by my house to bid me farewell. They were both to be transferred, and as I had worked with them frequently, they wanted to say good-bye. We got into a conversation that somehow drifted toward the subject of homosexuals. (It seems like a lot of conversation ends up there, oddly enough.) One of the missionaries made a comment that stung, not simply because I personally have feelings of same-gender attraction, but just because of the sheer ignorance of the statement as evaluated on any level.

"Who do you think committed the worse sin," he asked, "the men who tortured and killed a man for being gay or the preacher that marries gays in Massachusetts?"

He then went on to explain how one party had sinned against man (the torturous men) and one had sinned against God (the preacher).

Ouch. Those things hurt. A lot.

18 comments:

Chris said...

You should have reminded the fools that the gospel quite clearly teaches that what one does to his fellow man, he does to God. Some examples:

* "...when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God."

* "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

* "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?"

Rebecca said...

Hm. Tell him you think that all the gays should be beaten to death, along with the blacks and the Jews. Because those people? God doesn't want them getting MARRIED! HORROR!

Rebecca said...

Oh, and sorry for possibly being somewhat inappropriate and/or unwelcome since, you know, I don't actually KNOW you. At all. *shame, shame*

Sully said...

Hey, Rebecca, all are invited. Thanks for posting on my blog! Feel free to return.

And Chris, thanks for the examples. Those are great. I still have this complex where I think if I stand up for gays, which I believe is the right thing, that my secret will be discovered. But that's going to change. I'm not going to let this type of abuse happen. Thanks for the courage. I'll do better next time.

isakson said...

Obviously that missionary doesn't understand the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as he thinks he does. What an idiot.

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