Since I know no one reads this blog and because I know that if I posted this on the Boundless post it would just be ignored by liberals who, in general, don't listen (personal, repeated experience), I'm just going to post this here:

http://www.boundlessline.org/2008/05/balancing-truth.html

In some countries, you're killed for believing anything contrary to the state government. In the United States, we act like religion is something we go to Wal-Mart to get (picking and choosing our accessories along the way).

The rude awakening for many of us, is that Jesus wasn't this way. Christ is who He is and the Bible is what it is. Truthfully, among Christians, this argument shouldn't be happening. I came from a liberal college, I was liberal. The Bible, when I actually sat down with it, changed my mind. I either accept the Bible for what it says at face value, or I walk away and pick a (false) religion that will let me do whatever I want, however I want.

But I don't think most people will listen when I say this. I was generally ignored by my classmates despite their inability to answer basic moral questions. I was mocked by the atheist in the back of the room who actually got what I said in the previous paragraph and generally agreed with me (proving his point, usually by making jabs at me).

There is no such thing as an objective law. All law is based on some type of belief. Right now, the fight in the liberal camp is to remove "religion" from the conversation leaving only secular humanism as the core and reigning thought. "Man is the measure of all things." I don't agree with that. Therefore, I have a duty and a responsibility to fight for the core of what I do believe - that God is the measure of all things. Do I deny that other people have the right to fight just as hard for their secular humanist world view? If homosexuals want to fight for the "right" (it is not a right, btw, that is an American misunderstanding), then they can do so. But, as a Christian and then (secondary) as an American, I will continue to assert that marriage is not a right, but an institution designed and blessed by God. They may succeed in getting "marriage" for themselves, but it will never be recognized by God (and as Christians we are Christ followers first, putting aside all earthly allegiances and prejudices for our God).

I have a good number of friends in the homosexual community. I show compassion by being kind to them. By being friends and eating with them. By talking with them intelligently. By believing that they are intelligent enough to hear my case and to understand it. I have been received well by them and they respect me and I them. I have shared the truth, I don't harp on it, but I show them, through my life and through my interactions, that Christ is supreme above all earthly desires - straight or otherwise. Compassion is not denying truth. Compassion is telling the truth in love - a difficult task.

So, whatever anyone argues here, the truth remains unchanged and unwavering.