I dont mind interracial marriage but im against gay marriage
‘My views on gay marriage shouldn’t stop me from being a social worker’
Felix Ngole is appealing a university’s decision to expel him from his social work degree after he posted anti-gay marriage views on Facebook.
A university conduct panel found Ngole’s actions would affect his ability to carry out his role as a social worker. The case has sparked fierce debate over whether the university’s judgment was draconian or adjust. Here, Ngole sets out his side of the story.
by Felix Ngole
I came to this country because of the opportunities I thought it offered. Britain once led the earth in freedom and justice and is iconic in my homeland of Cameroon. So many of us in Cameroon aspire to the kind of possibilities that we believe only Britain can give us. We think of it as a nation that protects freedom of speech, religion and our ability to be who we want to be.
It therefore came as quite a shock to find myself expelled from a social work course at a prestigious Russell Group University just because I stood up for someone’s right to exercise freedom of conscience at work.
The case of Kim Davis, the Kentucky Clerk who felt herself unable to i
Same-Sex Marriage Does Threaten “Traditional” Marriage
Recently on Facebook some friends were passing around a quote by comedian Ellen DeGeneres who was responding to the impose that same-sex marriage will “threaten” heterosexual marriages. Ellen quipped:
[gblockquote]Portia and I possess been married for 4 years and they own been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don’t think we damage anyone else’s marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they tell they’re fine….[/gblockquote]
I get you, Ellen, but you’re missing the larger point. Gay marriage does threaten “traditional” marriage.
Marriage equality is a threat to those who do not believe in equality between the sexes in general. Some who oppose marriage between two women or between two men believe that homosexuality is a sin, or that same-sex marriage harms children, or that it will lead to more divorces. But as I listened to the “protect traditional marriage” ralliers outside the U.S. Supreme Court hearings last week one unified message came through loud and clear: gay marriage threatens traditional marriage because it challenges ideas about proper gender roles.
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Pro-traditional Family
So we include Rick pushing the
So we have Rick pushing the fundamental nonsense about the Body of Christ being into a “culture” of “HATE” just for reproving sin while ministering grace; Wyatt using the old “morality equals time plus culture plus confidential subjective preferences and pandering to lust” trick while mocking God and more than half of His Word at least, and Cliff with the “Jesus doesn’t CARE if you follow Him or not” one world religion note.
Great… Really prophetic stuff…[ahem.]
Sure I can understand Christians eager to live out their duty to love all and work toward justice, who have taken things a minute too far by going beyond sustain for secular civil rights, which can be seen as meeting the Bible mandate for excellent citizenship, and actually espousing in-church lgbtq+ “marriages” which are sacrilegious ceremonies even if done with the loftiest of intentions.
But the comments and the article itself are way off base. We’ve heard the whole “Gay is the new Black” line before… not buying it! A male and woman of any color (given functioning
Gay Marriage and the Right to Marry
Hidden Spring Lane. The topic of same-sex attracted marriage is complex to avoid these days, even for those who would try. Defending “traditional marriage” is seen by many as either a hopelessly outdated enterprise pursued only by the naïve or a malicious attempt by one group to restrict the freedoms of another. Who wants to manifest naïve or malicious?
As in all controversial issues, some arguments are better than others, and at the very least, understanding both sides of the debate should include distinguishing the good arguments from the bad.
I was recently committed in a discussion that included a person insisting on two claims: 1) moral “values” are subjective and therefore what one person believes to be morally right can in no way bind those who disagree with those particular values, and 2) that lgbtq+ marriage should be legalized, for to restrict marriage between any two consenting adults would be a grave violation of their rights.
While the earnestness of this person is not to be doubted, his philosophical acumen was less than stellar, for it seems that to hold both of the above claims is needy philosophy at top and perhaps even self-defeating. Her
They say that when you marry your spouse, you also marry their family. These words couldn’t be truer. Sadly enough, these outside forces are what led to the demise of my first marriage — which happened to be an interracial relationship.
I’m an American woman of color, and my ex-husband is Italian American. We met at church, initially bonding over our joint spiritual beliefs and esthetic interests. After 10 years of being together and a six-year marriage, I filed for divorce because I loved myself too much to lose myself — my true self, who proudly represented my culture and heritage.
My family didn’t give me any pushback when they learned about my engagement. In fact, they supported our union and treated my ex-husband with the utmost respect. We did, however, face opposition from certain members of his family.
I initially didn’t know what I was signing up for before meeting his family, but soon start out that I was in for a unrestrained ride. It seemed appreciate the family had developed false assumptions about me from the moment they met me. My first-ever encounter with them felt like an FBI interrogation, where they asked me inappropriate questions about some of the most intimate