What a colossal waste
I am so ashamed I am near tears.
Members of my own church mostly supported Prop 8 in California, which passed by a five percent margin. I fought against it as much as I could from Washington, mostly by arguing with my friends. We're all still friends, and I feel confident that human decency will win in the end and we will realize that a gay marriage is just another commitment between two people who love each other, hardware irrelevant.
At least, I thought human decency would win.
Then I read this article about how much money members of my Church of modest means were donating to the Yes on 8 campaign. These are not people who can spare the money. They contributed it because they believed it was the honest, best use of their money. How could they be so misled? Forget Prop 8 for a moment.
How much could 50,000 or 35,000 dollars do for a poor high school? For a homeless shelter? For the Lower Ninth Ward? For Amnesty International? How many immunizations and blankets is that in Darfur? What if they donated that to the Church's own Perpetual Education Fund, which provides tuition for people in poor countries? That is a full college education in Washington--never mind Mexico.
I am so ashamed of these people who call themselves Christians. They are Pharisees; unable to love their neighbor because their gaze is drawn inward at their own pet causes.
Members of my own church mostly supported Prop 8 in California, which passed by a five percent margin. I fought against it as much as I could from Washington, mostly by arguing with my friends. We're all still friends, and I feel confident that human decency will win in the end and we will realize that a gay marriage is just another commitment between two people who love each other, hardware irrelevant.
At least, I thought human decency would win.
Then I read this article about how much money members of my Church of modest means were donating to the Yes on 8 campaign. These are not people who can spare the money. They contributed it because they believed it was the honest, best use of their money. How could they be so misled? Forget Prop 8 for a moment.
How much could 50,000 or 35,000 dollars do for a poor high school? For a homeless shelter? For the Lower Ninth Ward? For Amnesty International? How many immunizations and blankets is that in Darfur? What if they donated that to the Church's own Perpetual Education Fund, which provides tuition for people in poor countries? That is a full college education in Washington--never mind Mexico.
I am so ashamed of these people who call themselves Christians. They are Pharisees; unable to love their neighbor because their gaze is drawn inward at their own pet causes.
posted by Spencer at 8:34 PM
1 Comments:
As completely with you as I am on this issue, I do have a problem with you calling this a "pet cause." I don't care what my money could have done in the lower ninth - the fact is that I choose to spend it defending civil rights. And that is a good cause, too.
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