The Disappearance of the LGBT 'Middle Line'

The main idea of the disappearing 'middle line' of the LGBT movement is the whether they should be treated as fully equals; and if we should continue to allow religious institutions to discriminate because of their beliefs. 

In the article, it states that we are either fully in support of LGBT or not at all. We cannot be 'on the fence' about the subject at hand. Many institutions are required to have full LGBT equality and that includes schools, military, medical professions, the media, and other non-profit organizations. I remember from a few years ago when my brother was in Boy Scouts, the organization was wanting to allow boys who were gay into the program. Some parents had problems with this and took their kid out of Boy Scouts. Now, they allow gay and lesbian leaders to be in charge of their club. Then, LGBT was a little less accepted than it is now. In some cases it would almost seem like those pushing for those rights are not at all concerned with running over those who avoid or do not agree with them.

Christians are the most likely to be ridiculed for standing up for their belief. 

I have been a participant in the effort to encourage Protestant religious conservatives, generally known as fundamentalists and evangelicals, to reconsider their position voluntarily. The same conversation is happening in almost every US religious community.

This quote was said by David Gushee, who has written about the disappearing LGBT 'middle line'. The irony is that he is not even giving them a choice in the say. He is "forcing" the act of changing their minds about their belief. Christians in this position either stand strong in their faith or turn away when struggle comes to their door. The article's verse for this was, “They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us.” 1 John 2:19 

Hillary Clinton created a video for her campaign that stated, "We need to stand up for all rights for LGBT Americans." Many people also in support of that listen to her campaign; when an article revealed that not but three years ago she was against LGBT. She watched the public opinion and sought after it. More and more support her every day. Soon enough with growing acceptance towards this, there might even be an LGBT president.


Tolerance of this is obviously not invited among the people who support full gay equality. Whether it be in workplaces or institutions, eventually you will have to pick a side, one of which you will be arguing against the other. This is the slow extinction of the safety net we call 'the middle line'. You can hide from the changing world, but you can choose where you stand and you don't need someone telling you where to go.

 http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-06-21/why-gay-men-are-gaga-for-hillary-and-how-trump-is-making-a-play-to-poach-them

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/lgbt-equality/

Abortion as a positive good: How the Abortion Movement Echos Radical Slavery Rhetoric

We have taken for granted the life God has given us. The millions of babies aborted each year don't have a chance at that life. Much like abortion, slavery created the atmosphere of a "positive good". Now people celebrate the fact that women have the right to kill babies without consequence.

Back during the times of the civil war, it was illegal for a woman to have an abortion; she would be punished if caught. Still it did not stop them from finding ways to abort their unwanted baby. Today, it is almost as if having an abortion is encouraged. One woman from the abortion article stated that, "To succeed in life all we need are the tools, the trust, and the chance to part our own path... That is why I decided to do what was best for me- to have an abortion." And that's the thing. Since you got pregnant it is now not all about you. You will have someone to look after and care for, wouldn't that be the best thing for them? Why don't they have the right to live? This dehumanization is similar to that of slavery. Slavery extremists spouted their belief that African Americans are a different species, a result of a separate creation act. They also stated that eventually the superior races must come together and eliminate all inferior races. Abortion activists and crowds cheer the same way for pro-abortion the same way white people cheered for the bondage of other human beings.

To make it seem like getting an abortion is ok, it was said they were making: "Safe, legal and rare." Abortion is neither safe nor rare, and it should not be legal. The 50 million aborted babies worldwide do not indicate that this is a rare problem. And there are many health issues and complications with having an abortion. About 68,000 women die annually from an unsafe abortion, which is about 13%. Yet desperate women continue to risk their lives by going through with it. 

Women as individuals are praised for being set as an individual. Nobody can tell her what to do with her body, it's her will over anyone else even in the case of life or death of a human being. Women should not have to "submit" themselves to any authority, even to what the father of the unborn child has to say. Wouldn't it be the same thing for the life of the slave? Why should an authority be placed over the life of another person. As for the slave owners, they rejected all cultural, legal, and religious restrictions on slavery because it doesn't "apply to them." Their belief is that they alone should govern their own rights in the south.

The same people that think gun control is ok, think that abortion is just fine. Because in reality, they kill more people than guns do. A different interesting thing, I think, is the fact that if I were pregnant right now, I could go get an abortion. But if I wanted to go get my ears pierced or get a tattoo, I need parent permission until I turn 18. So this obviously shows how much society cares about our well being, as well as the unborn children. Our toleration for abortion now was close to that of slavery back then. Hopefully we can soon figure out that it is just as horrible an act.