“Love Letter to a Lesbian” by Jackie Hill

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christianity, faith, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, god, homosexuality, Jackie Hill, jesus, pray the gay away, Religion and Spirituality, salvation, Sexuality, sin, testimony

The debate continues over nature vs. nurture, environment or genetics, choice or none in the discussion about homosexual feelings and lifestyles.  It’s possible/ probable that what’s going on is often a mixture of the two factors.

In the debate over homosexuality, there are some who have been derisively charged with a scam, “praying the gay away”.  Both sides of the argument say they can prove it does or doesn’t work.  Likely it’s a mixed bag because as with most things, it’s about what you put into it, where you’re coming from and how you’re looking at the world.

Homosexuality is a sin just as much as murder or envy is, just as much as lying, sloth or gluttony are.  Sin is sin, period.  Both sides of the argument have a hard time wrapping their minds around that, much less accepting it, for different reasons.

Hiding In Plain Site

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Activism, christian, homosexuality, Marriage, Masha Gessen, Same-sex marriage

This is one person, and to be sure, there will be many who will discount the comment for that reason.  None-the-less, the individual states that which conservatives, most Christians and many others have been saying all along; that the debate/struggle to legalize homosexual marriage was never about equality.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/homosexual-activist-says-gay-marriage-isnt-about-equality-its-about-destroy?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.com+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=010e24dc3a-LifeSiteNews_com_US_Headlines_04_30_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0caba610ac-010e24dc3a-326220862

It’s a no-brainer that (homosexual activists) should have the right to marry, but I also think equally that it’s a no-brainer that the institution of marriage should not exist. …(F)ighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there — because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie.

The institution of marriage is going to change, and it should change. And again, I don’t think it should exist. And I don’t like taking part in creating fictions about my life. That’s sort of not what I had in mind when I came out thirty years ago.

From Masha Gessen

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An Unprofessional Tax

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government, license, politics, professional, professional privilege tax, revenue, tax, Taxation, taxation without representation, Tennessee, United States

So today I found out that we’re getting another tax bill… from the state of Tennessee!  Income taxes are one thing, but this one just smacks of politicians with their heads in the sand and makes no real sense to me.  The only explanation I’ve come across is that as Tennessee has no state income tax, they have to find revenue wherever they can… so they’re taxing professionals.  It doesn’t matter if you live in or out of the state, if you’ve got/hold a professional license or job for Tennessee, you get a nice tax, the Tennessee “Professional Privilege Tax”.

 

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$400, whether you can earn $50k a year or millions like a professional athlete can…  I’d love for someone to give me a sound reason as to not only why this exists, but why it’s “right”.  Apparently too, this tax has been on the books for around ten years or so, yet I’ve found little to nothing negative about it online… which I find unusual.