Well, I tell you what, this whole thing about bein’ gay, folks are always askin’ if it’s a sin. I ain’t no preacher or nothin’, just an old woman who’s seen a thing or two in her life.
Is it a sin, you ask? Hmm, that’s a tough one, ain’t it? The Good Book, they say it talks about men layin’ with men and women layin’ with women, and some folks say that’s a no-no. They point to that book, Leviticus, I think it is, and say it’s plain as day.
- But then you got other folks, good folks too, who say it ain’t that simple.
- They say love is love, and who are we to judge?
Now, I ain’t gonna lie, back in my day, we didn’t talk about such things. If a man was a little, you know, different, folks just whispered about it behind their hands. But times are changin’, that’s for sure.
I’ve known some gay folks in my time, and I gotta say, some of them were the kindest, most decent people you’d ever meet. They loved each other, they raised families, they went to church just like everyone else. So, it makes you think, don’t it?
What does the Bible really say? Well, I ain’t no scholar, but I hear tell that some folks interpret them old verses differently. They say it ain’t about who you love, but how you love. They say it’s about treatin’ each other with kindness and respect, and that’s somethin’ I can get behind.
And let’s be honest, ain’t we all got our own sins? Who’s perfect, I ask ya? Seems to me, judgin’ others ain’t gonna get us anywhere. We should be focusin’ on bein’ good people ourselves, instead of worryin’ about what other folks are doin’ in their bedrooms.
Now, I heard tell that some folks say that messin’ around with each other, gettin’ all, you know, excited, outside of bein’ married, that’s where the sinnin’ starts. But even then, they say it ain’t always a big, bad sin, just maybe somethin’ you shouldn’t be doin’. It’s like eatin’ too much cake, I guess. Might not be good for ya, but it ain’t gonna send ya straight to hell.
And this thing about “spillin’ your seed,” as they call it, outside of a man and a woman bein’ together…well, that sounds mighty strange to me. But folks back then had different ways of talkin’, I reckon. The important thing, it seems to me, is treatin’ each other right and not hurtin’ nobody.
So, is bein’ gay a sin? I don’t know, and frankly, I don’t think it’s my place to say. What I do know is that we’re all God’s children, and we should love one another. And if two people love each other, whether they’re a man and a woman or two men or two women, well, who am I to say that’s wrong?
Seems to me, the biggest sin is hatin’ and judgin’. We should be spreadin’ love and kindness, not tearin’ each other down. That’s what I believe, anyway. And I think that’s what the Good Book teaches us, if you really get down to it.
We all fall short. That’s what they say, ain’t it? None of us are perfect. So instead of pointin’ fingers at others, maybe we should be lookin’ at ourselves and tryin’ to be better people. That’s what I tell my grandkids, anyway.
And this whole idea that gay folks are somehow worse sinners than the rest of us, well, that just don’t sit right with me. We all make mistakes, we all do things we shouldn’t. It’s part of bein’ human. And last I checked, Jesus loved everybody, sinners and all.
So, if you ask me, we should be treatin’ gay folks the same way we treat everybody else: with love, respect, and understandin’. That’s what Jesus would do, I reckon. And that’s what I’m gonna keep on doin’, no matter what anybody else says.
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