Must Get It Out

I've always thought one could sin by doing certain things that are against God’s teachings. I also think one can sin by failing to do, or act, in certain situations.I think I’ve been quiet long enough!Gays and lesbians as they’re called are back in the news protesting the passage of some law in Indiana.Now look, I don't care if you want to sleep with your dog or mule. I just don't care; it is none of my business. The trouble is you keep making it my business. You continue to bring it into my living room. Why, Sports Illustrated had a picture of a man on the cover just because he is a gay football player, another because he was a gay basketball player. They were not great athletes, just sleep with another man. Our lily-livered president, Barak Obama, said he was proud of them. Proud of what?They keep wanting to get married. You can't. God ordained marriage, and He said it was between a man and a woman. You can't, after thousands of years, just change that. Oh yeah, I know, I looked in Webster's dictionary and I see what they have done. Just wonder if they cleared it with God. If you want to live with someone of the same sex and call yourself in love, fine, just don't call it marriage. Why do you insist that you are married? Does a Christian institution make you feel better or what? Get Barack to meet with Al and come up with a new term. Just get out of my face!Please understand I have not said one thing about judging anyone. I try to love everyone, be a good neighbor to all and just be a friend to my fellow man. But when my 7-year-old grandson asked me why those two men were kissing, just get out of my face! I can't judge,because Jesus said, Elliott, if you haven't sinned, throw a stone. I'm just an old sinner saved by grace. I don't qualify to throw stones.Any gays and lesbians who may be reading this, I love you. We're all sinners in need of God’s saving grace.I know this will offend some and make some of my friends mad. That is not my intention. I happen to believe my silence on this topic is a sin on my part. I believe this strong enough to be willing to risk losing friendships. The Bible has not changed over the centuries, and it does say this lifestyle is a sinful one. I've already told you, I'm a sinner, so I guess we're all in the same boat.One more thing: hate crimes.Is that one of those oxy somethings? If you hanged a man,no matter the color, you probably hated him. If you tied a man to a truck and dragged him a mile down the gravel road, you probably hated him. Only in America do we have to pass special laws and make it more of a crime to hate a black man than a white man. I don't hate anybody, thank God. I did hate one man from Latch and it only served to eat away at my heart. I found him and told him I was sorry. Worked wonders in my life. But if I want to hate someone I should have the right to do so, no matter his color.Well, this is really the last thing. When are black folks and white folks going to get over what someone calls someone else? Didn't you hear "sticks and stone can break my bones but words can never hurt me?" Did you see the scene last week of the white Oklahoma student who had sung the little racist chant. He was before the news media, at the church house, surrounded by about a dozen black folks.Everybody gets so excited about the “N” word. Do you mean to tell me that none of the dozen black folks in that scene have never called a white man a " white honky," a cracker or any other derogatory term? Not one time on the news have I heard a report about some dirty word a black man called a white man. Guess it's never happened, as they would surely report on it. This is not a one-way street. I agree the name calling should stop, and it will when Jesus returns.