I look at these two pictures and I only
see one - the starving children. It is an agonizing stab at an
honest conscience to equate the two. Alas, there are people who
disagree. Some find these two images equally shocking or find the
depiction of a gay kiss so revolting, so shameful that the men almost kissing is the more
horrific of the two pictures.
This is an actual reply to the picture
by a devout Christian to a friend who posted the above picture on their
Facebook page. “Both are shocking sweetie ...but one is a sinful
choice the other is the result of many things gone wrong.”
The disdain for gay people is often
justified using the Bible. Let’s see what the messiah Jesus said
about both gay people and helping the poor. While we are at it,
let’s look at homosexuality in the Old Testament as it compares to
other crimes.
What Jesus said about the poor:
"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Matthew 25:40
What Jesus said about gay people:
".................................................................. "
Jesus cared about the poor. Gayness, well, that did not merit a conversation. On this I think we should follow Jesus's lead.
What the Old Testament said about gay people:
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." Leviticus 20:13
What the Old Testament said about mouthy children:
"He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death." Exodus 21:17
The Old Testament wants one to treat gayness with the same seriousness as one would treat a mouthy child.
Let's put a picture of bratty kid with a picture of a starving child. Would the people who find homosexuality as shocking as a starving child be equally shocked by a little kid having a temper tantrum as they are as a starving child?
I suspect not.
