Campus Issue on Discrimination (PS)

There have been three articles over an interesting issue that has been addressed in The Chart recently. They have to do with protestations of the discrimination clause of MSSU not including sexual orientation. The first two stories I ran into while going to work. I saw a stack of the school newspapers in the hall and thought, “why not?” I flipped through until I found the articles over the organized protest that caught my eye. Mostly because I have an interest in what people with different world views have to say. The first protest was a sit-in of about twenty people at Hearnes Hall in which individuals put duct-tape over their mouths to make a point. In the articles it said that this was not a direct result of a comment made by a now former member of the Board of Governors who resigned shortly afterward. However, they did say that the comment was proof that the issue needed to be made more public. The third article addressed a second protest similar to the first, but this one had a growth in number to about sixty people. Here are the links to the first, second, and third articles.

Personally, I do not think these people should be discriminated against. However, it is hard to say that, when I come from a point-of-view that believes theirs’ to be wrong, and sound sincere at the same time. One might think my very state of mind discriminates against the entire way of life, and honestly I do not really know how to address someone who is homosexual about the subject.

I am not a homophobe I’ve worked and interacted in a friendly relationship with people of different orientations. Really, the situation is not all that different than working with anyone else who is not a Christian. So, I do not really see why people have a problem giving them equal footing with everyone else.

If the same type of mentality in the discrimination of homosexuals was applied to every other category of sin people might see things differently. Basically, Christians discriminate against same-sex orientation because it is called an abomination. However, believers sometimes forget that everyone is a sinner deserving of judgment including them. Thus, in the same respect of denying homosexuals their rights because it is a sin, everyone else deserves to be denied rights of life because of sin, including Christians. (Funny, I think it says that in the Bible.)

The main argument I have heard against this is that if homosexuals are given equal footing with everyone it would suggest that Christians condone homosexuality. I can see how this is true, but at the same time I don’t really think it is completely valid. My view comes from God giving us the will to choose between His will and our will. Basically, that means that we can do anything we want if we are willing to face the consequences. Obviously, many people do not even believe in the consequences, thus they do as they please. My argument is if God gave them the choice. So, who am I to deny their choice and/or rights. I can only make them aware of the consequences in the most loving way possible, and if that is considered discrimination there is nothing I can do about it.

Love is more powerful than discrimination my friends.