Denial of choice is evidently required by gay rights advocates?

The following article appeared on the WRAL.COM website today -

SAN FRANCISCO — Actress Cynthia Nixon is trying to clarify her earlier remarks that got her in hot water with some fellow gay rights activists.
The "Sex and the City" star's personal life became an exercise in the politics of sexual orientation last week when The New York Times Magazine quoted Nixon saying that for her, being gay was a conscious choice. Nixon has been in a relationship with a woman for eight years. Before that, she spent 15 years and had two children with a man.
After some gay rights activists complained that Nixon's remarks could be used to deny a biological basis for homosexuality, the actress on Monday released a statement to The Advocate magazine explaining she is technically bisexual, and not by choice.
Nixon told the magazine: "What I have 'chosen' is to be in a gay relationship."

First, I find it funny that these "we should all be free to live as we like", gay rights folks, found it necessary to censor the words of one of their own - not free to speak your mind evidently!

Beyond that irony, I think we may be on to something here. If the argument is that some people are born with deviant/sinful sexual desires, whether they be bisexuality, homosexuality or what have you, I am in full agreement. We are all born sinners and desire things that we should not! What is also true is that we should not "choose" to act on our sinful desires and are guilty before God and due His judgement for doing so. Further, it is true that we are bound and enslaved by our own sin nature to the point where we can never live up to God's standards or live righteous lives on our own strength.

However, there is hope!

Gal. 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. (NKJV)

There is forgiveness for our sin and the power to overcome sin, in a relationship with Jesus Christ! We need to implore those suffering the enslavement of homosexuality and other sins to believe what we all know as Christians, it isn't defending our sinful lifestyle that we need, but rather acknowledging it is sin, turning from it and following Jesus!

"Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.Used by permission. All rights reserved."

Some things need no further explanation!

2 Cor. 1:8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, (NKJV) 



"Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.Used by permission. All rights reserved." 

The relief and power that comes from ending a life?

While it would be nice to think people would choose life if they knew their baby had a heartbeat and are just as much a human life as they are. However, as I read Al Mohler's blog I was shocked by the comments of abortion advocate and practitioner, Merle Hoffman -

“They knew it, but my patients who made the choice to have an abortion also knew they were making the right one, a decision so vital it was worth stopping that heart. Sometimes they felt a great sense of loss of possibility. In the majority of cases, they felt a great sense of relief and the power that comes from taking responsibility for one’s own life.”

Relief, power and taking responsibility for one's own life, by ending someone else's life! This sounds like the words of a serial killer describing their motives for murder, not a doctor talking about the medical decisions of their patients.

Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. (NKJV)

We need you King Jesus - come quickly!

"Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.Used by permission. All rights reserved."

Abortion safer than giving birth, for who?

Dave, who sent me the last abortion related article, has again gotten me all riled up. I hate evil and sin, but I also must admit I have a special kind of loathing for the poor logic used by those who promote abortion rights. As I have stated previously, if you have had an abortion, there is forgiveness in Jesus Christ - seek Him!

Here is an incredible quote from the article on Reuters.com -

"Women who are having abortions are having a safe, common surgical procedure or taking medication for the same reason,"

And

"They should feel confident that the medical care they're having is safe, long-term and short-term.

Follow link for the full article - Abortion safer than giving birth study

I will acknowledge that the article anticipates one of my objections:

"Dr. Anne Davis, who studies obstetrics and gynecology at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York, and wasn't involved in the new study."

Says -

"We wouldn't tell people, 'Don't have a baby because it's safer to have an abortion' -- that's ridiculous," she told Reuters Health. "We're trying to help women who are having all reproductive experiences know what to expect."

Ok, so why is it ridiculous to tell folks not to have a baby because of the risk? If you can't say abortion is objectively wrong, what makes aborting any or all babies a "ridiculous" concept? Killing all the Jews in the world seemed "ridiculous" to many, but Hitler and countless numbers of his followers found it perfectly consistent with their beliefs. If I were a woman and I went to the doctor and said, "I am pregnant, what should I do?" Shouldn't a Doctor acting in the best interest of my health advise against me having a baby and suggest getting the statistically safer abortion? If safer is an issue, we should surely consider discomfort as well. Is it easier to get an abortion or carry a baby full term? Perhaps Doctors will be sued for malpractice in the future for failing to take enough steps to talk a woman out of suffering the pain and risk of giving birth?

Of course that is the lesser of my two objections to this study and the use of it in this article. The main issue I have is the reality that abortion is clearly not statistically safer for a baby! While we are debating how we can take away every possible hindrance to the happiness chasing of the pregnant woman, the father involved and society as a whole, the life and rights of the unborn are willingly trampled underfoot.

Do we really want to have the right to avoid all possible risks and enjoy optimum personal comfort - even at the cost of the lives of others?

Evidently many do!

Fulfill your dreams - even if you have to kill an innocent person to do it?

I was shocked when my friend Dave (he comments on this Blog regularly) sent me an article with the following quote from President Obama regarding abortion:

(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama says the 39^th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is the chance to recognize the “fundamental constitutional right” to abortion and to “continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.”

The full article can be seen at the link below - 

President on Roe vs. Wade

First, if you have had an abortion, there is forgiveness in Jesus Christ, seek Him and find peace, hope, purpose and most important eternal life!

Now, regarding this abominable article -

If he is saying what it sounds like he is saying, perhaps he needs to follow this concept to its logical end. If the "daughters" need to have abortions available so they can fulfill their dreams, doesn't it follow that the "sons" deserve the same rights? If a mother wanted to keep a child, but not the father, should he be able to insist the baby be aborted so his dream fulfilling won't be hampered. Should the father have to live his life bummed-out by child support payments, the chance of a child coming looking for him one day later or even just guilt from having an unwanted child running around somewhere? Why stop there, if a two year old is getting in the way, perhaps they should be terminated as well by either biological parent so they can fulfill their dreams.

Essentially, isn't this just survival of the fittest in action? The mother of an unborn child can insist on her rights and vote, so she gets the right to have her life and make it better, even if it requires taking the life of the voiceless/vote-less unborn child to do it? If you really want to be consistent, should we be allowed to end the life of politicians if their policies are keeping us from fulfilling our dreams?

Of course these extremes make the whole thing sound ridiculous. However, with the absence of an absolute moral standard, which survival of the fittest/evolution lack by definition, their is no end to the depths to which we will sink.

Rom. 1:28  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. (NKJV)

"Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved."

"I didn't abandon ship, I tripped and fell into a lifeboat"

How often do we here of people breaking commitments and giving "reasons" to excuse their behavior. This "I fell into a lifeboat" excuse, as given by the now infamous Captain of the cruise ship grounded off Italy, sounds more outrageous than most, but doesn't the last step, falling off the ship of commitment, start long before a relationship hits a reef?

If we are honest, we have all probably broken commitments for selfish reasons, we hit the reef, we got scared and we bailed out, I mean “tripped”! Whether a marriage, church or other commitments, we are usually either actively committed to the relationship and seeking to do our part according to God's word or if it is really all about us, when things get rough enough we will find some reason to go. Our reason may sound more plausible than the one the captain of the Costa Concordia gave, but as good as our excuse might sound, it is unlikely God is the one guiding us to break commitments. In fact, faithfulness is included in the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23), so when it gets too hard for us, the Holy Spirit is able to take us further than we ever could go on our own!

An active, wholehearted commitment to fulfill whatever promises we make, according to God’s word and in His power, is the best way to avoid one day having to claim - we just slipped and fell out of our marriage, church or other commitments!