Michael Brown.
Consider this scenario. A married man and father announces that he is
leaving his wife and children in order to be "true to himself." He has found
another love, the most genuine love he has ever known, and he has already moved
in with his new lover.
How would society react to him?
"You, sir, are an unfaithful, disloyal adulterer. You should be ashamed
of yourself, leaving your wife and kids for another woman."
He replies, "But it's not for another woman. It's for another man. I'm
gay and I've come to terms with my identity. I won't go on with the charade any
longer, and I'm proud of my decision."
How does society react now?
"You, sir, are a courageous hero. You have set an example for others to
follow, and you should be commended for your boldness and
integrity."
So, if you commit adultery and abandon your family out of heterosexual
desires, you are a despicable human being. But if you do it out of homosexual
desires, you are a hero and champion. You even become an international
celebrity, albeit not without some controversy.
Just ask Jim McGreevey, the former governor of New Jersey. Newsweek called
his book The Confession, in which he
recounts his own story, "An astonishingly candid memoir ... brave and
powerful."
If Bill Clinton had left Hillary Clinton, finding his true love in Monica
Lewinsky and writing a book about it, do you think his story would have been
praised with similar words?
I'm quite aware that, in some cases, the wives were deeply sympathetic to
their husbands' struggles, recognizing that their spouses were fighting inner
demons and were embarrassed at their inability to satisfy their
wives.
LGBT activists would also tell us that, had society not forced gays into
the closet, these men would never have been under pressure to marry women in the
first place.
And I can only imagine the sense of emotional relief they experienced
when they finally "came out."
But none of this changes the fact that:
1. they broke the wedding vows they made
2. many of them had marriages that were functioning well before they
came out
3. they ultimately put their own needs above those of their spouses and
children
4. they did not (and could not) truly calculate the long-term effects of
their decision on their family
5. in many cases, they were unfaithful while married and it was their
relationship to another man that caused them to come out.
How is any of this commendable or praiseworthy? Where is the courage in
it, let alone the integrity? Why does homosexuality somehow turn immorality into
morality? And why, if you're a professing Christian, does it land you an
interview on The View?
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