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Wednesday, November 8, 2007


 

Phelps' Hate Muddies a Clear Issue

 

By Carrie K. Hutchens

Homosexual activists may be delighting in Fred Phelps' loss in the court battle and thinking it is a win for them against Christians, but it isn't! Phelps is not representative of the vast majority of Christians and to suggest he is would be a bold-faced untruth most likely presented to make it look like those mean Christians are at it again. See how these mean old out-dated Christians refuse to move into the 21st century with the evolved attitudes of the rest of the world.

Zealots, wing-nuts, fanatics and so forth are some of the labels applied to Christians, and a few may be, but this is no more true than of any group. To label all within one category just because they don't happen to agree with something--homosexuality in particular--is at best a failure to use reason. Many are against the "act", not the homosexual person directly. How many churches have even agreed to allowing homosexuals to serve in the ministry as long as they don't act out their compulsions?  And that is where one of the problems rests.

Having someone's sexual proclivities thrown in your face is not something most people invite or enjoy. Why then must we accept homosexuality being thrown into our faces? What is the difference between that and the "Girls Gone Wild" commercials? I don't appreciate the latter, so I turn the channel or walk out of the room. Why do some think we must openly accept and "celebrate" homosexuality when we aren't even expected to give approval to immoral heterosexual activity?  Why is homosexuality such an exception? Why do activists feel we are obligated to accept a behavior we clearly see as unnatural? Just because there are exceptions to sexual norms, does not the rule make, nor does it make it acceptable.

Bob Ellis of Dakota Voice, has written several informative article dealing with homosexuality and the military. As he points out, the policy of "don't ask, don't tell" does not over-ride the rules of conduct (Uniform Code of Military Justice) nor should it. The military isn't the boy's club joined for social events and entertainment. It is a commitment to serve with truth, honor, loyalty and that includes being loyal to the standards and rules that the military has set forth for it's members. And, as Bob says in Gen.Pace: Homosexuality Incompatible with Military Service,  "Our national defense is too critical to subject it to politically correct social experiments."

He additionally says in Military Too Important for Trendy Political Causes, "For instance, military people frequently are quartered together in the barracks or tents or even foxholes. The military doesn't quarter male and female troops together in these settings, however, because of the problems that come with sexual attraction across the sexes.

"Now if you quarter two men or two women together in a room or tent, and one of them is a homosexual, then you're setting yourself up for a lot of problems and conflicts that you just don't need in a military environment. The military is there to fight the bad guys and protect our country; that effort is too precious to waste energy on worrying about some other guy coming on to you, flirting with you, making a move on you, and all that. You wouldn't subject a woman to that kind of environment, so why should you subject a man to it? The troops don't need the distraction and the command staff doesn't need the distraction."

If we take care not to place military men and women in situations where sexual temptation is likely to become strong, why is it required to do that when it comes to homosexuals? It isn't an affirmative action situation after all, this is a matter of avoiding problems before they ever get far enough to be problems. It is common sense.

Homosexuals in the military is not good policy, especially in potential combat situations. However, for someone such as Fred Phelps and clan to go to a funeral of military personnel and picket a solemn ceremony, such as he does, is outrageous. How is the serviceman or service woman responsible for the ills of the world? How can this person be held accountable in God's eyes for the tolerance of homosexuality, especially if they had nothing to do with the movement or approval of it in the first place? Why would God decide to kill only that person or a few people (few in comparison to the total number of military) as punishment for America's tolerance for homosexuality? And who is this man Phelps to say that God hates anyone, especially when God says He sent His Son to die for the whole world, which he loved?

Christians come in all sizes and shapes, with just as many variations and degrees of specific beliefs. However, to suggest that all Christians hate the person, rather than simply the behavior, is an unfair assumption. On the other hand, we are not required to stay in the same room with a man and woman getting overly friendly, so why should we be required to stay in that room if it is same activity but with same gender people--and in military quartering situations you sometimes have few options?

It doesn't take Christian activism to make it clear that we should be under no obligation to hang around, or be overly tolerant of behavior, simply because some think to be so is a sign of evolution, evolved intellect and politically correct. After all, politically correct is merely the current trend and nothing that will build a lasting societal model. Maybe that means instead of hanging onto it, we should be hanging on to the beliefs we know are true and hold close to our hearts. Maybe we should be hanging on to what we know is morally right!

 

Carrie Hutchens is a former law enforcement officer and a freelance writer who is active in fighting against the death culture movement and the injustices within the judicial and law enforcement systems.

 

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