The Ugliness of the Homosexual Agenda

“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” (John 7:24).

In case you missed it, in Friday’s newspaper (4-5-14) the announcement was only one paragraph long (and then on page 14): The CEO of Mozilla Foxfire, Brendan Eich was forced to step down after holding the position for only two weeks. And the advocates of homosexuality have begun to encroach upon free speech. One wonders how far behind can be Orwell’s Thought Police. What great crime had the CEO committed to warrant such swift and drastic action?

Was a cache of child pornography found on his office computer? Had he been embezzling money from the company? Did several female employees come forward to allege sexual harassment? No, it was none of these striking offenses. Here’s what he had done. Back in 2008, in California, there was an initiative on the ballot regarding the nature of marriage. As in many states at that time, the issue was, “Should homosexuals be allowed to marry?” or “Should marriage be between a man and a woman?” Well, here is what Eich had the nerve to do. He donated $1,000 (wait for it) to uphold the traditional, Biblical definition of marriage.

And that’s why he lost his job? Yes, it’s called revenge, and the homosexual community will go after anyone who disagrees with their viewpoint. What is sad is that in America people are no longer free to have a viewpoint that differs from those who practice what the Bible calls perversion. If you do, a loud chorus will chant your name to the elite media, who will brand you a hater. If you do not agree with homosexual marriage, you are not fit to run a company (which you helped found). You must be punished for not being politically correct—for daring to stand in the way of those who just want happiness. Right—and nothing but contempt and hatred for anyone who does not think the way they do. Probably you are not fit to hold any job, let alone be a CEO. In fact, maybe you should be sentenced to sensitivity training or imprisoned until you can think properly.

The jackals are leaping high in a victory dance while also keeping an eye out for their next victim. Who will it be? Never mind what technological advancements Eich made; never mind his genius, never mind how he might have improved life for the high-tech wolves themselves. One must conform. Big Media is Watching You. Orwell feared the government would take over and determine what we thought. But even government is subservient to the news and entertainment media these days.

In 1966, Stephen Stills wrote, “For What It’s Worth,” and it was released in January of 1967. It was performed by Buffalo Springfield at the time; Stills would go on to become part of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. The song was not actually a war protest song, although it is easy to see why most people would think it was; it was actually the first of the Los Angeles Sunset Strip Riots that inspired the song. A curfew of 10:00 P.M. had been imposed, and the young people protested it. The words in the final verse, however, could not be more appropriate for what is now occurring in America.

Paranoia strikes deep.
Into your life it will creep.
It starts when you're always afraid.
Step out of line, the men come and take you away.

We better stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?

Yes, citizens better begin to look at what’s goin’ down. Events such as Eich’s resignation will contribute to everyone’s paranoia. Be careful what you do, say, text, or think. You could be the next target. And if you’re in no danger tomorrow or the next day, how long have you got? Two years? Five? You can have a #1 hit with, “I Kissed a Girl,” but how long will it take before, “When a Man Loves a Woman” is banned?

Why This Is Not a Surprise

How did all of this begin? Back in the ‘70s, the American Psychiatric Association declared that homosexual behavior was no longer deviant. For the next few decades, the media began to repeat ad infinitum that homosexuality was just an alternative lifestyle. Oh, it was so unfair. The right of homosexuals were being violated, and they needed to have equality, although they were, of course, already equal. No, what they really wanted was to openly declare their homosexuality and have the approval of the general public as well. Eventually, that was not enough, either. No, they now wanted to be “married,” although such an idea is totally farcical. Even though voters in several states turned down redefining marriage, the camel got its nose under the tent with some court decisions and a state legislature or two—all of which went contrary to the voters’ wishes.

But what do voters know? Why should anybody listen to them? Many are not politically correct and are not in bed with (so to speak) the eastern establishment of New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. So now, state after state is adopting (through one means or another) homosexual “marriage.” The only battleground left is to go after those who disagree and try to humiliate them, get them fired, or (at the least) vilified. Oh, yes—and to wage war on the few religious groups who still reject the sin of homosexuality. Watch for it.

So, why is it not a surprise that this kind of viciousness is occurring? The Bible was written for a reason. It’s main purpose, of course, is to help as many people as desire it to get to heaven. For that reason, Jesus and redemption are the main themes of the Bible. But in preparing everyone for that goal, there must also be an emphasis on truth and what constitutes sin. Both of those concepts meet together in Genesis 18-19, which is considered a sacred text by Jews, Muslims, and Christians. The reader learns that there is a very grievous sin being committed in Sodom and Gomorrah. (Gen. 18:20). In fact, there was an outcry against the city. So what was its sin?

Anyone who has ever read Genesis knows that the men there were homosexuals—all the men, “both old and young, all the people from every quarter” (Gen. 19:4). Practicing the sin would have been bad enough, but it was worse than that. Homosexuals were obviously in the majority, and the freedom to choose to participate no longer existed. Do we not think it is strange that an entire city was given over to the practice? The men were taught at a young age that this is what this community does. Our respected leaders, the most intelligent among us—not to mention the wealthiest—we all believe we should engage in this practice. You will join us. With the peer pressure that existed in the city, few (if any) men seem to have been exempted from the practice. Even being captured by a foreign enemy had not caused them to repent of their sins. Now things were so bad that they were forcing travelers and strangers to partake of their immorality.

For that reason there was an outcry against Sodom. No one was free to refuse to participate. This is the ugliness of the homosexual agenda. It is no longer enough to avoid persecution for their perversion; they have become the persecutors of anyone who objects to their behavior. For that reason, we now see coercion for everyone to agree with what they are doing and vengeance for anyone who steps out of line with the program. How much longer will voluntary participation give way to it being a requirement?

When the depravity became so great in Sodom that even visitors were forced to comply, God destroyed it. America has already entered the phase in which even a mild expression of support for the only kind of marriage that God ever authorized (one man and one woman for life) must be punished. Six years ago Brendan Eich gave $1,000 to support traditional marriage, and that cannot be allowed to stand. He must be protested against and removed from being CEO of a corporation he helped found. This type of ugliness cannot allow freedom of speech or an opposing point of view. Opponents must be crushed! Annihilated! And let this be a lesson to anyone else that those who for decades have pleaded for tolerance are themselves perhaps the most intolerant of all!