Eye Recommend -- Supreme Court Ruling and Christian Outrage

SUPREME COURT RULING AND CHRISTIAN OUTRAGE, by Michael Cheshire --
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-cheshire/supreme-court-ruling-and-_b_7673010.html

what eye thynk:   Simply and kindly voiced:

For all my Christian friends blowing up the internet angry about the Supreme Court's decision to legalize gay marriage for our country.  Please remember a few things before you vent...

First and foremost...calm down.  Some of us are already acting like buffoons.

GOP presidential contenders, state officials in places like Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, I believe Mr. Cheshire is talking to you.  Fomenting more hatred or advocating anarchy is not a way forward.  

Your religion is not being attacked.  In fact, this ruling actually reinforces our countries (sic) commitment to let people live, grow, and even worship as they believe.

This doesn't ask you to change any of Jesus' message.

We can still love.

We can still show kindness and understanding.

We can stil show everyone they really do matter to God. 

We can still marry the opposite sex as well.

We can still feed the hungry and clothe the poor.

We can still worship God the way we believe we should.  Even this Sunday, you can attend a church.  Nothing has changed.

Maybe now that we are not trying to stop others from getting married, we can finally take the time to figure out why our own marriages are failing; because, the argument that a gay-marriage is somehow soiling the sanctify of our third marriage is as ridiculous as it sounds.

We can now focus on bigger issues that actually matter and impact humanity for the good.

We can still (and should) be accepting to the entire LGBT community no matter what differences we may or may not have with them, (FYI - we should have been doing this all along guys).

You know, I have always found it interesting how our religion, based so deeply in love, acceptance, and kindness, gets easily hijacked into political hatred and social judgments.  We need to stop trying to legislate our own morality and ethics onto those who don't believe the same way.  Jesus never did this.  And in truth, most of us "Christians" disagree greatly on the tenants of what are "moral issues" within our own faith.  In many ways, we are a herd of cats trying to steer the world.  And it's not working people.

And to my many friends in the LGBT community...Congratulations, my friends!  I am happy for you all.  As a proud member of the American community, I believe that you should have the same rights as everyone else.  It's one of the things that makes our country such a great place to live.

Now my Christian brothers and sisters, you are free to carry on with your outrage, anger, and venting...

But, when you're done could you give the rest of us a hand?!  Jesus' love is a pretty heavy thing to carry all the way to the rest (of the) world and we could use the help.

If all members of the far-right could approach our new American reality as calmly, as openly, and with Mr. Cheshire's loving attitude--the type of Christian love I learned about in my childhood of Sunday school lessons--think of the problems we could solve together.