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UI 051: Discriminate - Tolerate - Celebrate - Unity
05/16/2014
UI 051: Discriminate - Tolerate - Celebrate - Unity
Is it wrong to discriminate? Is it good to tolerate? Why should we celebrate? I don't want to say I told ya so, but I did. I've mention several times on this podcast, and in my class that is featured in Torah Means Teacher (my other podcast) that the greatest issue I have with same-sex marriage is the blurring of distinctions between the sexes. While males and females are of equal human value they are still not the same. Males and females have inherent differences. One is not better or worse than the other, just different. To negate that is to argue against logic, common sense, science, facts, and fundamental truths. Yet there are those who do argue against the facts, and they use their beliefs and feeling to argue the facts. So while, there is nothing immoral about redefining the term marriage from only meaning male - female marriage to also meaning same-sex marriage, there is the fundamental problem of uprooting truth to justify an agenda. This basic untruth (that male and female are the same and interchangeable) will undoubtedly have damaging ramifications for individuals and society. Now, I am sure some people listening may be saying "Oh come on, what difference does it make whether or not the sexes are kept distinct from each other?" Well one problem that is already happening is in regards to tolerance and discrimination. If a person does not agree with notion that male and female are the same, they are considered bigoted or sexist. So it also goes with virtually every major world religion or civilization - ever. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Catholics, Baptists, and Jews who take there religion seriously will be considered sexists, bigots, or homophobes because none of these major religions (at least in their relative Orthodox streams) deny that male and female are distinct and different. So if an Orthodox Synagogue does not want to host a wedding that is fundamentally oppositional to their marriage doctrine, they will likely be sued for discrimination. If a Catholic adoption agency is bias to male-female married couples who are looking to adopt compared to same-sex married couples - they are guilty of discrimination. On and on this goes. And has already happened: Quick Examples From: The Huffington Posts LGBT section: The Catholic Charities' site: The feminist movements greatest achievements were in demonizing men, masculinizing women, and confusing everyone about gender roles and identity. Ironically what the feminist movement did not do was celebrate women's femininity. I remember being taught as a kid to open doors for women, then by the mid eighties I was routinely scorned for doing what before helped me feel like a man, and show respect for women. Many girls and women were very forthright about their ability to open a door for themselves. Somehow my subtle polite gestures and offerings were found to be offensive and disrespectful. Way to go Now to be clear I am all for the 19th amendment, and like I said earlier male life and female life are of equal value. But where the neo-feminist rhetoric or current gender equality arguments and I disagree is in regards to simply acknowledging that the sexes are different from one another and should be kept distinct. Why? As Dennis Prager puts it:
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