Ashamed of "Christians"

I see this photo* and I shudder. It is an anti-gay sign saying that Jesus’ plan for the lives of gays is hell. I see this and I’m disgusted with how we have perverted Christianity and how we misrepresent Christ. Hell is not the plan Jesus has for anyone – and don’t go add “love” as sarcasm.

These Christians are doing unthinkable damage to the Christian-faith. Their distorted representation of Jesus and God makes me cringe. May God forgive us for such atrocities we do in His name. I look at this and I feel ashamed to be a Christian.

Please do not judge Christianity by such distortions of the gospel. The example for Christianity is always Christ, and not “Christians” that hi-jack the faith for their own agendas.

* The photo is by Tami Barnes and relates to the whole polemic in California regarding gay marriages on which I posted before.

What government unites, let no man seperate...

I’m reading about the whole controversy regarding same sex marriages in California, at present.

I'm thinking out loud...

Should a country’s law govern marriages, in the sanctimonious sense, at all? Shouldn’t Church and State be separate?

Let people partner up contractually if they want to, in the form of civil unions and domestic partnerships (which are already possibilities in California). This then becomes a legal contract between two entities about sharing money, responsibilities, etc.

And then, if religious people want to make another contract with God – a sanctimonious covenant – let them do so within the confines of their religious persuasion. This shouldn’t be a matter of State, but a personal (religious) matter; a matter between a couple and their God.

Marriage in a legal sense and marriage in a sanctimonious sense are not the same, why should we try to get government to merge the two? America is a country rooted on the principle of separation between State and Religion. Keep it separate.