Boycott dropped?

The word of the day is that the American Family Association has dropped their boycott of Wal-Mart. Apparently Wal-Mart has made some sort of promise to the AFA.

However, it is obvious that Wal-mart's promise to AFA to "avoid unrestricted donations that might be used for causes Wal-Mart did not endorse" is just a ridiculous conglomeration of words that really doesn't change the store's position. (http://www.localnewswatch.com/benton/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=28303)

That lovingly radical group, Operation Save America is obviously still not happy. (http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/384701564.html)

Take a tip, Operation Save America. Obviously AFA realized that it was biting off more than it could chew and is trying to exit this situation gracefully.

It's not working but still, it's nice to watch.

God and Us

I wish all of my readers all of the joy and happiness this Thanksgiving season.

I also want to give you all food for thought.

One of the most dangerous lies that is spread by the anti-gay industry is the idea that God disapproves of our community.

Supposedly we are an abomination and a stench in His nostrils.

What nonsense.

It took me years to reach my point of clarity regarding my God and my sexual orientation. I know the Biblical verses by heart that supposedly condemns homosexuality and I know what has been said publicly.

I, like so many of us, have gone through the wringer wondering whether or not God hates me. I have wondered many times that if God hates homosexuals, then why did he make me one.

It all stopped one day when I did something I should have done from the start.

I simply asked him.

Part of the problem with religion, particularly Christianity in the United States, is that it is conducted like a typing class.

In typing class, the location of the alphabet keys are drilled into your head until you could reach them without looking at them.

Like typing class, Christianity is done the same way.

We follow a set of rituals until they are drilled in our head. We are told not to question what we are being taught. But how can you have answers to questions without asking?

I think we lose perspective when it comes to who we are supposed to ask. The pastor of your church don’t have the answers. God does.

It is He who we should ask.

I think that when we let others, be it the pastor of a church, a family member, or a televangelist, tell us what God thinks, we are just setting ourselves up for a fall.

My homosexuality taught me to have a closer relationship with God. Dealing with my sexual orientation forced me to close out all other voices who was telling me what God felt about me because only He could give me the correct answer.

And he told me that I am His creation and delightful in His sight.

So when someone throws the Good Book at you, do what I did.

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