One "life subject" that is always alive and feisty is that of human sexuality. A newly posted news article dealing with the "don't ask, don't tell" policy of the Armed Forces begins with the following:
"More than 40 retired military chaplains warned President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates that allowing gays to serve openly in the military will force current chaplains to choose between obeying God or men."
That is a correct observation, but one which sadly does not excite many Americans, as it's not "cool" to be a champion of Christian morality and beliefs, and if you do stand up regarding this subject, you'll be labeled old fashioned, intolerant, or homophobic. Indeed?
To read the full article, click HERE.
There's another good work which examines the homosexual movement as a whole, and wrestles with the question, "how have the homosexuals been able to accomplish so many of their goals in the public life?"
It's called "The Homosexual Movement - A Response by the Ramsey Colloquium," and is found HERE. The Ramsey Colloquium is a group of Jewish and Christian theologians, ethicists, philosophers, and scholars that meets periodically to consider questions of morality, religion, and public life.
This particular article is both thought-provoking and insightful, and was first published in the March 1994 issue of First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life. Here's a quote from the work:
Our society is, we fear, progressing precisely in the manner given poetic expression by Alexander Pope.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated needs but to be seen
Yet seen too often, familiar with her face,
we first endure, then pity, then embrace.To endure (tolerance), to pity (compassion), to embrace (affirmation): that is the sequence of change in attitude and judgment that has been advanced by the gay and lesbian movement with notable success.
