makeshift pulpit

I look at the headlines and see things about Cancer Genes being discovered and other technological breakthroughs, then I see a headline saying that Banning Gay marriage is a step backward. So, with technological advancements we regress in moral issues. This is such a funny concept to me because I have always believed there was Truth (with a capital t) meaning an absolute reality, unwavering for popular belief truth. During Pagan times it was the gods that controlled the weather, the crops, love, etc. Then we were enlightened and science explained it all, well maybe not the love thing so much. Why can’t others see the blend of the two, that God does exist, that He is an active player in this life and that he uses natural laws to govern the earth? There are laws of gravity, and other physical and chemical laws that hold our world/universe together. There ARE also laws, just as real, that God put in place to govern our societies. Why is that so hard to believe? Prop 8 just passed, and I am reading comments on articles and I am seeing ugliness on both sides. People for it saying “Go to Massachusetts, we don’t want you” and people against it saying, “you are ALL bigots, just you wait.” Such hate, such misunderstanding and refusal to look at issues from the other perspective. In a genuine, sincere love for others I understand why those who are gay would want to marry. I do. But I believe that the natural order of society, i.e. children being raised by a mother and father, would be horribly altered and that many of the minorities’ values would be enforced on me, even by law. That is why we live in a democracy. That is what makes us great. This is a difficult issue, that I don’t think any one person, or even a handful should decide. That is why we let the majority decide. And we did. It wasn’t to hurt anyone. It was to prevent future hurt of the majority. To me, God set up families to work with a male and a female (the whole making babies thing) and even though many heterosexuals aren’t honoring that either, I don’t see how it would help to further dishonor it. I am disgusted that Marriage isn’t as big of a deal for heterosexuals. It should mean more. If homosexuals are fighting this hard to get it, shouldn’t that tell you it’s not something taken lightly? I don’t believe in sex before marriage, I don’t believe in divorce (at least not taken so lightly, I don’t believe in staying in an abusive marriage either.)  I also believe that we should all have the freedom to believe and say what we want in as much as it does not take away those rights from others.  What can we do in a moralless society where everything is relative?  There has to be some foundation of right and wrong.  There has to be some Truth.  Doesn’t that just make sense?  How can we know so much and yet believe so little.