A religious post??

Why am I doing this?
I am a Christian. I have been a Christian for as long as I can remember.  I do not  lecture people about my faith. I often do not bring it up, not because I am ashamed. I don't bring it up because I hope my actions speak for themselves. I hope.

Now, as a mom there are certain topics that I need to talk to my girls about. These are coming of age speeches that I will carefully sit down and explain how "life" works.  I like to think these conversations will come about "organically". I did not want to sit down with 20 books and say, "Girls, have you ever had that not so fresh feeling?".  However I have ages in mind that if  certain subjects are not brought up, then we have to address them. NO way are my pixies getting their first lesson on sex from the school nurse.  Homosexuality is one of those topics. For some reason it just never came up until recently. My oldest (age 10) came home and said....." mom, something weird happened in music class today.  We were singing a song that  had the word gay in it.  the kids started laughing. My music teacher  told them to stop it, it meant happy and not what the kids were actually laughing at. Mom, what does gay really mean?"
 I said a quick prayer. I know my children are going to grow up and live their own life and have their own opinions about things. That is how the world works. I want them to know that my opinion on this topic is UNWAVERING.  I explained that "you know how your dad and I met, and fell in love and have spent our lives together? There are some women who fall in love with other women and some men who fall in love with other men. They love each other very much just like your daddy and I do.  When someone is in love with someone that is the same gender, that is what gay is. Do you have any questions??"

J-"Mom..why would that be funny??"  me=-" J, it isn't funny. Do you understand what I mean when I say majority, and minority? (she did) The majority of people aren't gay. There is a minority of people that are.  Sometimes when people see something that is not what they are used to they make fun of it or laugh. It is sometimes how people respond when something makes them uncomfortable."   J="that is not nice at all"   me="You are very right"  j= "are gay people allowed to get married like you and dad did?"  me="In some states, yes. Do you have any more questions about this??" j=nope.
I had to add more, I just had to. I had to warn her tiny little just and fair heart.  sigh. 
me- "J, you should probably know that there are people out there that do not like that people are gay, they think it is wrong and sometimes don't even like gay people and are mean to them."
  j=what?? Mom, how do you feel about it?   Here is where some of my Christian friends and family are going to disown me. They are going to stop and say a prayer for me and my children.  Feel free. My opinion is the same.
me= "God made them that way. God said love thy neighbor as yourself. He did not say, unless they are gay, or anything else you disagree with. We love everyone and support them. It does not mean that the people that do not feel this way are bad people either. everyone is allowed to have an opinion. This is my opinion. any more questions"  Now here is the kicker. I am crying just typing it. That pixie with the kind and just, heart said from the back seat."Mom, its kind of like when there was slavery.  I am sure there were really good people that also believed in slavery, but they figured out that everyone deserved to be who they were and do what they want"  uhhhh yeah. that!

I will back the train up. I did say "God made them that way". You read it right. For those that are in mid prayer for my family, hear me out.  Have you ever known or loved someone that was gay? Have you watched them struggle. DId you know that gay and lesbian teens are 2-3 times more  likely to commit suicide than teens that are heterosexual. TWO TO THREE TIMES!!!  I have been a teenager before and remember the pressure to be normal and "not be made fun of.  So your argument is that these children of God made this choice to be ostracized and sometimes have their families disown them? Why? So they can be different? So they can get attention?? When my children are nervous heading into any situation I always tell them "Just be yourself, and it will be fine" Imagine now that doesn't apply to you at ALL. You have to pretend to be something you are not for your family to love and accept you. Again, I do not think this is anything someone would "choose".

Lets say your opinion is different than mine and that you think being gay is a sin. that is fine. It is not that fact, that is the problem. It is how you act. Infidelity is a sin. People who cheat on their spouses are welcomed with open arms into churches everywhere every week.  Yes I know they are not walking in and screaming "I am cheating on her". Oddly enough  most gay people are not acting"gay" at church either. They are not making out with their partners and dressed head to toe in rainbows. Calm down people, chances are they will sit in the pew, praise God and go home and have a boring Sunday , just like you. They do not want to have relations with you, or infringe on your life or beliefs.
  Sometimes, just as a warning, if you are a Christian and say something negative about people who are gay to someone. ...that person knows someone who is gay. They may not say it outloud but the thought happens. If my "brother, friend, cousin or whomever" is not accepted at your church then I am not sure I want to go there either. There might be 200 people who will accept people just as they are that go to that church, but because of the one slanderous comment, now many think badly of your church, your faith and in turn my faith. I respect the differing opinions on the subject, what I do not respect is when the " love your neighbor as yourself" rule  is butchered to prove a point. 

Some of you have read this and said internally "THAT was a religious post!" "Some have said " That was a religious post??" Either way you think is fine with me, because its my blog! :)