Post 76-A

Post 76-A

Hello again. I have been out of the country recently and unable to post.

I wish today to briefly consider the concept of truth. Most people subscribe to the idea that ignorance is not good. Likewise, most believe that failure to honor and obey truths has negative consequences. One truth is that when pursuing important objectives in life, it is helpful to see the end from its beginning. The question can be asked: “What will likely result from my desires and actions?”

From scripture we learn that in the beginning of the earth’s creation, God clarified that it was not good for man to be alone. He made Adam and Eve to be helpmeets for one another. His first commandment to this couple was that they be one, and that they multiply and replenish the earth. This is a task that cannot be accomplished through sexuality between two of the same sex. Neither males nor females are fitted to fully become one. Nor can they enduringly satisfy either the physical or psychological needs of another of their own sex.

In 1990, gay authors Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen published their book, After the Ball. It was a blueprint of tactics that would help gays be seen in a more favorable light. The book was so influential it became known as the Bible of the American gay revolution. In one chapter, the authors took gays to task for various forms of misbehavior including being dishonest, deceptive, self-centered, and inconsiderate of others. Following is their important generalization:

The explicit, root-and-branch rejection of morality by gays has been real, pervasive, and baleful in its effect on the quality of life that we create for ourselves within the community, and our p.r. with straights.

Although promiscuity among gays is well documented, many are initially hopeful and search extensively for a lover. Despite their efforts, Kirk and Madsen were not optimistic regarding the chances for stability in gay unions. They straightforwardly explained:

…the majority of gays [have] great difficulty in forging lasting friendships with their own narcissistic, bitchy, rejecting kind. And for very few are the last words of the tale ‘and they lived happily ever after.’ The result is widespread disillusionment and unhappiness.

In same-sex marriages, sex-on-the-side is commonly allowed. This speaks to couple’s shared understanding of the compulsiveness of each partner’s erotic inclinations. The satisfaction and fulfillment that is anticipated with each new sexual encounter quickly wanes and is replaced by new desire. Clearly, some other pressing concern, not eros, underlies their necessity to ignore societal norms and repeatedly experience this particular mode of physical engagement. Truths regarding what underlies the pursuit of compulsive same-sexuality needs to be  articulated and upheld.