Recently on campus, there has been a movement to start an organization dealing with the Gay-Straight Alliance. People had expressed their concerns for this organization via an input forum online, and then an open discussion was held on campus to discuss the pros and cons about having an organization like this on a Christian campus.
What many of the people that were writing the negative comments on this page online didn't seem to grasp is the idea that the organization was meant soul-ly for the benefit of unity between homosexuals and heterosexuals. Many of the opposing thoughts and comments kept quoting the Bible and not giving actual consideration to the organization to begin with. If you are going to quote the Bible and start discussing God and what He wants, shouldn't you also think about the ability he gave us a humans? The ability to think for ourselves, but at the same time, honor Him? I don't want to get into a religious discussion, only due to the fact that religion is a touchy subject for anyone.
The thing I don't understand is this: a Gay-Straight Alliance is that, an ALLIANCE. This whole not allowing the organization to come to be was mostly done on one person's belief of not needing it. Excuse me, but when I signed the petition for the club to start, there were signatures present on it before I even made it to the office. What about our voice for wanting the club to start? Are you telling me that one student has more of a voice than all of us that signed it? I chose this college to attend not because of their religious affiliation, but because of their Business Program. I was told that if I didn't feel welcome enough on campus, I could attend their Chapter of BCM. I'm sorry, I am a Methodist by faith and feel threatened by a Christian group that feels the need to discourage anyone from meeting.
I thought that by our Constitution, we have the right to gather as a peaceful group. Isn't this institution stopping us to gather? I don't want to bring politics into this either, even though I just brought it up. I feel that if they are threatened by us, then join us. There is a saying: Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
If students don't want this organization on campus, then I want to start a petition to ban all the organizations off this institution that I feel isn't needed. Let's start with the Fraternities and Sororities. Then from there, we'll move onto the sports teams. Just because a few people are threatened by what a select group wants to do, does not mean they have the right to keep us from doing what God intended us to do: Be unique, Be ourselves, and Be what WE want to be!
the bible is made up by a group of guys who interpreted what they thought had happened...its a bunch of opinions...also those who believe that homosexuality is a sin then they should also follow everything else the bible says to a "t". many people pick and chose what they want to enforce from the bible which is ludicrous..u either believe in everything in the bible or you believe in nothing...i simply believe in god and i think that is all i need in life :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andrew, people always pick and choose what to follow from the bible. If they are going to be like that maybe they should start making sacrifices too... got chickens? Plus did they forget thou shall not judge?
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