The Onion’s new “op-ed” is funny. And, possibly inadvertently, draws attention to the hitch in the argument that “God made us gay, so it’s okay.”
I don’t question God. The Lord is my Shepherd and I shall put none above Him. Which is why I know that if it were part of God’s plan for me to stop viciously condemning others based solely on their sexual preference, He would have seen fit—in His infinite wisdom and all—to have given me the tiniest bit of human empathy necessary to do so.
It’s a simple matter of logic, really. God made me who I am, and who I am is a cold, anti-gay zealot. Thus, I abhor gay people because God made me that way. Why is that so hard to understand?
. . . Which isn’t to say that my faith hasn’t been tested. Believe me, there have been times when I’ve drifted from the bitter and terrified life God has chosen for me. When my younger brother told me he was gay, it shook my faith to its very core. But here I am, 27 years later, still refusing to take his calls. Just the way God intended.
For me, the argument that being gay is okay because God made us that way has always opened us up to a religious counter-response like the one above. And if our God argument is valid, then so is one like this.
I know that the piece is a parody, but it made me think. Being gay is great not (just?) because God made us that way but because what we do in bed with each other and how we share our lives hurts no one else and makes us happy.
14. October 2009 at 12:17 pm
I think the only reason gay people offer that ‘god made me this way’ is because the crazies are screaming from across the street that god hates fags. any counter-argument that ‘god made me hateful’ is… well, it’s consistent with the rest of the stupid shit they’re saying. so yeah, good point.