tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791596984274782380.post2212207457257347299..comments2023-08-21T10:17:08.508-04:00Comments on Lorikate Land: Coming Out Of My ClosetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02276419481264847025noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791596984274782380.post-51538107418399967922014-04-06T17:55:01.466-04:002014-04-06T17:55:01.466-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12151725563880080084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791596984274782380.post-74282715931816004072014-01-04T12:53:07.651-05:002014-01-04T12:53:07.651-05:00Airing out what we're going through is sometim...Airing out what we're going through is sometimes important, and I'm glad you finally found the courage to stand up for yourself and to truly be honest with people. I will take the same route, but what I have to say will probably be sneered at and hated because of how unpopular these views are in this day and age.<br />First off, I have never hated you and I never will. I believe that love is the most important feeling we have today, and it can drive us to to do great and fearful things when it comes to our friends and loved one. I never, ever put you in the place where you couldn't disagree with me, and I never forced you to conform to my beliefs. We both made compromises and there were important lessons that I needed to learn from you, and you from me. We have been together since 2006, and you came into my life at a very hard and sad time. Back then, my "religion" and beliefs were something you embraced and even went so far as to tell me that these were the things you were missing in your life.<br />Fast forward to the present and you have done a total 180 on me, and now my "religion" and beliefs, which you've known I've had since the beginning, are a detriment and an oppressive thing to you. The person you were before the prozac, and the person you are now are two totally different people. Granted there are parts of you that I still recognize, and we still share some good moments and feelings, but I feel like something is suddenly missing.<br />I've always stated, and will always maintain, that I'm glad for your self confidence, and I'm glad you're speaking your mind, but the one thing that is most precious and dear to me is my Christian beliefs, and you - who held many of the same beliefs - have set them aside.<br />I know you're still figuring things out, and I'm still here while you do, but my beliefs and what I hold dear will not change, and I cannot ignore what I know to be truth - and the only real truth is what I find in the Bible.<br />As for the reason to this post: I do not hate homosexuals nor do I think they are to be despised and feared, I've even had coworkers and people in my life who were homosexual, and I treated them the same as anyone else.<br />If they were to ask if I believed there should be equal marriage rights for homosexuals, or if the homosexual lifestyle is right, I am constrained by my beliefs - constrained as much as they are in their beliefs - to say no. I don't believe a man should have two wives, nor should a man have a relationship with another man's wife, the list could go on. Everyone has their own belief system, and everyone has the freedom to say whether or not they accept homosexual lifestyles without fear of persecution or disdain from a minority.<br />If my belief established that homosexuality was right, then I would be on board wholeheartedly, but I know what the Bible says about it, and that is the final authority.JeremyHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407778291677147995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791596984274782380.post-16471784617544877862014-01-02T18:03:29.100-05:002014-01-02T18:03:29.100-05:00Rule #1: If you're not happy being you, you...Rule #1: If you're not happy being you, you're doing it wrong.Vorkennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791596984274782380.post-84282131869757470322014-01-01T22:32:32.621-05:002014-01-01T22:32:32.621-05:00Incredible. I am so happy that you have been able...Incredible. I am so happy that you have been able to come to terms with what you actually feel. It can be hard to be yourself, out loud, but you did it. I can only hope that your family can come to accept who you are. It can be hard to be where you are now, because the other side seems so far away, but remember; it wasn't long ago that you felt the same way they do now. You can still remember the way it felt to be that person. That means that you know exactly how your family feels. It can be hard, being on the side of morality, when those you love THINK they are. Time will tell. Love will find a way.chris eversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222046740241418488noreply@blogger.com