Rant away

While I steel myself for a new round of religious persecution, I would like to let it be known that I do believe in God. And I believe in sin. I also believe that everyone sins and that all sins are equal no matter what they are, so I'm no better or worse than any other person. I also believe that each person is responsible to set there own sin right with God, no one else can do that.

Back to the religious persecution thing. When I say this, I am not referring to a religious group being persecuted. I am talking about religion persecuting someone or something else. Of course I'm talking about the inevitable protest and boycotts that will be instituted against the Disney Company because of the recent decision to allow homosexual couples participate in the Disney Wedding program.

Most people who know me, know that I'm not one to be dissuaded from something if I really want it. So any protest or call for boycott is not likely to change any of my travel plans. I still plan on going to Disneyworld this fall regardless. My personal mental health is more important to me at this point and Disneyworld makes me happy.

My problem is that I don't think that religious groups really think about the effect that this protest have on the not-religious people (the so-called lost people they are looking to save) or even some of there own, like me. It's kinda like the group from Kansas who is protesting at funerals of soldiers, ranting that this is the price of the U.S. inequity. This type of idiotic behavior simply turns people off and drives them away.

So when these groups announce their next boycott of all things Disney because a gay couple can have a committment ceremony (remember, gay marriage is still not legal like straight marriage) in a wedding pavilion instead of a conference room as before, I challenge them to think about what they are doing. Are they showing love and caring for all people who have sinned just as they have? Are they demostrating the forgiveness that God provided to all of us?

Finally. are they really, really boycotting Disney. Disney is a very large corporation. If you have time to track down everything that Disney is involved in to make sure you have no contact with them because of their position on homosexuals, you probably don't have time to read your Bible.

This is just my opinion... take it or leave it.