I saw a couple of interesting stories in the media this week that I thought I should blog about. The first one was a story from Britain’s Times Online and it had a very provocative title: “The Day I Decided to Stop Being Gay.” Seeing this in Google News the other day, I felt like I had to read it. I was half expecting a story about someone who had found God and had given up homosexuality. While that story would have been great, what I found was something that I feel was just as good: a story about a man named Patrick Muirhead, who lived the homosexual lifestyle for most of his life and decided that it was no longer for him. This all happened because he was in the barber shop one day and he was touched by an interaction between a son and his father. I’ll quote some of the story here:
“A handsome young dad entered with a small, fair-haired boy at his side. The man took a seat and hoisted the wide-eyed child proudly on to his knee. The first haircut, I speculated inwardly, as an unfamiliar fatherly glow and feeling of mild envy swept over me. I could not tear my attention away from the mirrored reflections. From time to time, the dad leant forward as they waited and whispered close to his son’s ear, tenderly kissing his fair head. Touching stuff. But then my eyes lowered and I became transfixed by the sight of the boy’s tiny pink fingers gripping his father’s huge, workman-like fist. And I almost wanted to burst into song. I think my life changed at that moment. That’s love, folks. Simple really. A proud dad, an adored little boy and a beautiful display of dependence and responsibility. It was the epiphany I had needed and I emerged with a dashing new haircut and a desire to procreate.”
“I was never convinced of my sexuality. True, I never liked football or fighting and I do make a beautifully light Victoria sponge when the need arises. But I shamble like a bloke, I burp and fart without shame and I’ve never really got Barbra Streisand. There was a little voice, lost long ago in the drowning din of my homosexuality, that still called quietly; the smothered, smaller voice of a boy who liked girls.”
I think that this is a great story because it totally disproves the notion that homosexual attractions are only the result of biological factors. This is a man who has lived the homosexual lifestyle for decades, yet he has a desire to have children and recognizes the fact that deep down inside he is attracted to women. I don’t know how you can argue that homosexual attractions are inherent in people after reading this story. If there are certain men and women who are designed to be in sexual relationships with people of the same sex, then why do they have a desire to have children, when procreation is not possible in the relationships they are supposedly made to be in?
The other story that I wanted to comment on was the story about Cindy McCain posing for pictures for the NOH8 Campaign, the California group that is calling for the legalization of gay marriage. I can’t tell you how much pictures like these infuriate me. I’m sure that Mrs. McCain and most other supporters of gay marriage mean well, and that they believe that allowing homosexuals to marry is the compassionate thing to do. I believe that they are seriously misguided, but I don’t believe that they are evil or bad people. Yet the pro-gay-marriage campaign seems to want to insist that those who are opposed to gay marriage are all motivated by hate, as if they could know the motivations of all of these people. I find that a little ironic, given the fact that these are the same people who tend to say that those who are opposed to same-sex marriage shouldn’t “judge” gays. And they’re right–no one should jump to the conclusion that someone is a bad person because they engage in homosexual behavior. But the pro-gay-marriage lobby seems to be guilty of judging those who are opposed to same-sex marriage by implying in these ads that they are motivated by hate. They couldn’t be more wrong. I believe, and many others agree with me, that not allowing homosexuals to marry is the compassionate thing to do, because human beings were not created to be in sexual relationships with people of the same sex. That is obvious. And when we live our lives in a way that is not part of God’s plan for us, we’re not happy. Instead of pushing gay marriage, it would be more compassionate if we spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to those who struggle with same-sex attractions and encourage them to live chaste lives. Doing this is the only way to help homosexuals to discover true happiness.
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