Rant of the Day

"Thou shalt use nice words to pervert the Truth!"


Well, first of all, I want to make it clear I am not into gay bashing or hating them as people. They just mystify me somewhat. Not too long ago, I had two female friends who were a couple, we lost contact through changing circumstances etc. But when I last heard from them, they had had two children. And when they said "we are going up the sperm bank" it sounded like other people saying they were popping to the local supermarket. The two children tho different ages, had one father, (the donor for each was the same man) and two mothers. It was a real "odd set-up" and they weren't the kind of women who you couldn't tell were women to look at them. In fact at the club where I met them, most of the men till they knew she batted for the other side were chatting her up.

But we know what God says regarding homosexuality.



Genesis 13
13Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.

Romans 1

24Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.



And have often wondered how the term "gay" came about to be used as a colloquial regarding homosexuals. I had no idea till very late in life that "gay" meant anything other than happy, glad etc. And so today did a bit of digging on this word: And it seems that even using the word gay inappropriately to refer to homosexuals can be seen as inappropriate and bigotted. This world is P.C. (not computers) gone mad! Tis a bit like when me and my brother were kids... both of ethnic origin. And they had the gollywogs on jars of jam. I also had a huge stuffed golly wog (negro doll) exactly the same as the one above, and didn't think a thing about the racial connotations. And then years and years down the line, they are now teaching our children too, that to sing ba ba black sheep is also racially offensive. Is it any wonder that people get touched by insanity in one way or another, with such obvious extremes of DO NOT OFFEND ANYONE! God siad to Love our neighbours as ourselves, and quite rightly. But he didn't say to mollycoddle anyone into feeling offended at the slightest casual remark that has no offense in it. No wonder the world is going to hell in a hand-basket, when everyone is so worried about upsetting someone when there is no real cause. And no one is very worried at all about bringing judgment down upon us. Now that's something to worry about.

And we worry about being offensive by using incorrect terms, yet allow the legal murder of millions of unborn children, and hardly bat an eye... something don't computerize methinks!

Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary.

gay (gā)
adj. gay·er, gay·est


1. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
2. Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry.
3. Bright or lively, especially in color: a gay, sunny room.
4. Given to social pleasures.
5. Dissolute; licentious.

n.


1. A person whose sexual orientation is to persons of the same sex.
2. A man whose sexual orientation is to men: an alliance of gays and lesbians.

Usage Note: The word gay is now standard in its use to refer to homosexuals, in large part because it is the term that most gay people prefer in referring to themselves. Gay is distinguished from homosexual primarily by the emphasis it places on the cultural and social aspects of homosexuality as opposed to sexual practice. Many writers reserve gay for males, but the word is also used to refer to both sexes; when the intended meaning is not clear in the context, the phrase gay and lesbian may be used. Like the other names of social groups derived from adjectives (for example, Black), gay may be regarded as offensive when used as a noun to refer to particular individuals, as in There were two gays on the panel; here phrasing such as gay members should be used instead. But there is no objection to the use of the noun in the plural to refer collectively either to gay men or to gay men and lesbians, so long as it is clear whether men alone or both men and women are being discussed. See Usage Note at homosexual.

to persons of the same sex.

n. Usage Problem



A homosexual person; a gay man or a lesbian.

Usage Note: Many people now avoid using homosexual because of the emphasis this term places on sexuality. Indeed, the words gay and lesbian, which stress cultural and social matters over sex, are frequently better choices. Homosexual is most objectionable when used as a noun; here gay man and gay woman or lesbian and their plural forms are called for. It is generally unobjectionable when used adjectivally, as in a homosexual relationship, although gay, lesbian, or same-sex are also available for adjectival use. See Usage Note at gay.

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