Yep, I go for months without saying much, if anything, then I come back with both barrels on a rant.

My rant is about “Christians.”  It’s not about Christianity or real Christians, it’s about pseudo-Christians or, as we like to call them, Cafeteria Christians.

What is a Cafeteria Christian you ask?  I suppose there’s no real definition and the term is loosely used by many people to mean many things but, in its simplest definition, it indicates someone who identifies as Christian, and who “preaches” Christian values, but doesn’t actually LIVE Christian values themselves.  As one would do in a buffet line, they pick and choose what Christian values they will live as opposed to what they expect OTHERS to live.

There’s nothing better to get the Cafeteria Christians to come out of the woodwork in force than the topic of Gay and Lesbian rights and, more specifically, same-sex marriage.  Any time an article on this topic appears in our local rag, the Cafeteria Christians (and non-Christian morons) are all over it with their condemnations, judgments, vitriole and hatred.

TN I love it when people take a stand for something and are completely and utterly wrong on the issue, but they keep appealing it and saying they won’t give up…Its really ashame when they could just say I…Oh wait…I guess I’m wrong and a big fat moron maybe I should actually reconsider my beliefs..

DM at 4:26pm June 4

Oh!! Like the time you believed with all your heart you were stronger than me and you could take me…. you were utterly wrong then…Seriously, look at my guns timmy…I am obviously stronger than you and we all know the last time we fought I threw you off our balcony. Just admit your wrong and a big fat moron…do it!!

Me at 4:36pm June 4

Ah, but grasshopper, appealing things is part of the American Justice and Civil Law systems. To condemn people for their beliefs? VERY un-Christian.

DM at 8:43pm June 4

Pat,ur a main contributor to why this country is headed down the crapper. Hate the christians, take God out of everything and follow obama towards marxism. Our great nation has flourished for over 200 yrs but then people like you come along and stand firm in beliefs and a lifestyle that is just plain wrong. Call me un-christian if you want but come judgement day don’t say I didn’t warn you. You can now officially say that someone has condemned you for your beliefs. Before now you were just looking for a fight and a reason to take a shot at a christian. Well here is your fight, come get some. I’m getting really sick of people like you who want everyone else to accept their lifestyle and call those who don’t close minded but you wont look at things our way so your just as “close minded”. But i know whats really going on here, instead of intelligently thinking about things realizing your wrong you just attack christians and hope no one realizes your the one that is the close minded fool.

TN at 10:31pm June 4

Thanks Darren…Its nice to know that I have a 6″2″ 79lb powerhouse like you watching my back…lol. I really see know point in arguing or name calling no one ever changes anybodys mind by arguing. Although I do see the point in what your saying and share in your frustrations sometimes. Personal attacks do nothing anyways.

TN at 10:49pm June 4

Anyways…..Pat….I never mentioned anything about condemnation. I don’t condemn people or would never try to. People condemn themselves through their actions. Also, You don’t even know the context for which I wrote the comment. appealing these laws through the courts is completely unconstitutional. It is Congress who makes the laws and the courts who interrpret them. It is ridiculous to have courts changing the laws. There are no checks and balances and basically the judicial branch is running the country. I’m off topic…I guess what I”m trying to say is, There are things that are right…and there are things that are wrong…People will do anything to justify their actions and even if they do get a law passed that supports their lifestyle or agenda it really doesn’t matter. Its ultimately pointless because the only laws that last are the laws of God and His laws are immutable and everlasting. You can believe or disbelieve…but in the end…the facts are the facts.

Me at 9:24am June 5

I would challenge both of you to read your Bible and either live by the word of God completely, or not at all. This picking and choosing what parts of the Bible you will live by is what tends to open you up for criticism. And Darren? If my marriage or my existence is causing this country to go down the crapper, I hate to break it to you, it was headed that way before 2004. Perhaps you can put forth some FACT about how homosexuality is putting the country into the crapper, rather than stridently spouting your opinion or belief as fact. TN? I still love you — and can’t WAIT to see the little one when he enters the world (that’s apparently going down the crapper).

First “TN” says that anyone who stands by their beliefs and dares to appeal any sort of judgment is a big fat moron. But that’s not being judgmental or condemning someone for their beliefs? THEN “TN” says that appealing to a higher court is unconstitutional. I’m thinking that he never bothered to take a basic civics class in college, or he’d know the basics of law and justice in this country. You know, the part where there are THREE branches of government — the Executive Branch (which is the President, VP and cabinet), Legislative Branch (which consists of Congress and the Senate) and the Judicial Branch (which interprets and applies the laws).

As is very common, “DM” goes into attack mode, and states as fact his own opinions.  These types are pretty much not worth the time trying to debate with because their thinly veiled hatred is what typically drives them and they don’t want to debate — only insult, slam, and feel superior.  I thanked him for proving my point nicely.

But it’s this very sort of ignorance that has thrived on a larger scale and has deprived citizens of this country of basic human rights — isn’t that unconstitutional?  What does “TN” have to say about the fact that Proposition 8, in California, LITERALLY revoked a RIGHT granted to a group of people?  I’m tempted to remind “TN” that just four short decades ago, his parents’ marriage would have been illegal and, as a product of a bi-racial union, his OWN marriage would be illegal were it not for people standing firm in their beliefs and appealing bad rulings to the highest court in the nation.

The three branches of government were formed by the founding fathers in order to prevent “tyranny of the majority” and “oppression of the minority.”  If this country is headed into the crapper, it’s because basic human rights are being suppressed by pseudo-religous zealots who are acting out of hate rather than true Christian values.

Who says that marriage is a basic human right?  The Supreme Court of the United States of America issued that statement 42 years ago in Loving v. Virginia.

And then there’s the whole declaration of “unconstitutional” by “TN.”  I would wonder what he has to say with regard to Article IV, Section I of the United States Constitution which says:

Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.

So, if same-sex marriage is legal in one state, then CONSTITUTIONALLY it must be recognized as valid in the other 49 states.  This makes “TN’s” own marriage “portable;” that is, it’s legal in other than the state in which he married.  Or, should Alabama be allowed to go back to dictating that because TN’s parents’ union violated Alabama state law, TN’s biracial status automatically invalidates his own union as long as he is in the state of Alabama?  If “TN’s” marriage were invalidated based solely on the fact that he is bi-racial, would he sit back and just accept that invalidation, feeling that to appeal it would make him a “big fat moron?”  I think not.

Biblical teachings aside, I can assure TN and DM that there’s nothing they can do about homosexuality.  They can call it a “lifestyle choice” if they want (because it’s a form of denial) but the reality is that, no matter how much they oppose it and no matter how much religion they spew at it, it’s going to be around as long as human beings are around.  It’s hard-wired (even though THEY prefer to believe it’s not) and they need only look at EVERY SINGLE SPECIES on this planet to find homosexuality as a natural part of life.  We are ALL God’s children and if they believe that man is made in God’s image, then don’t they rail against God Himself when the rail against homosexuals?