Ryan Sorba, CPAC, and my personal thoughts on Homosexuality

Ryan Sorba today condemned CPAC for allowing GOPride, a conservative gay organization, to be a sponsor. While Sorba is entitled to his own opinion, I think that as a country we have bigger fish to fry at this very moment than to have a purity test for all conservative groups. We have financial debt that may very well sink this country and politicians who continue to spend like monkeys eating bananas. That is where our current focus needs to be.

Besides, I’ve come to the conclusion in my own life that the government can’t legislate morality. Yes, I am a Christian who believes that homosexuality is a sin just like any other sin. Only God can change the human heart and it’s not the government’s place to lead you to God, nor could it. That said, if you make me cast a vote on whether or not I approve of gay marriage or the like, I’m going to have to vote my conscience. Sound hypocritical? It’s really not. I can’t say with my vote that I believe it’s ok for someone to do something that I believe is wrong, even though I know that the government can’t make a person agree with me. It’s just that simple.

But there’s another reason I am opposed to it as well: discrimination. The quick and dirty is that I have been in the wedding photography business before, and I know that in some states gay marriage is now legal. So if a gay couple approaches me about photographing their wedding and I turn them down because I only photograph traditional marriages, they can sue me for discrimination. It’s already happened. Sure, I could just say I’m booked already or that their day is not available, but if they try hard enough they will probably find out the truth. So I think it’s best to be honest up front. Then they sue. And I’m left asking why I should have to photograph something that, honestly, grosses me out, but more than that goes against what I believe to be right and wrong. What about my rights?

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