Gay christian republican?

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So, I'm a 23 year old gay Christian Republican man. My boyfriend is center-left politically and an atheist (I'd label him more accurately as an agnostic, but he chooses the atheist label so I let him have it). I've met a few other gay Christians, but still it's normally seen as an oddity. I was born gay, so that is my constant. My Christianity and my conservatism (small government conservatism and/or libertarianism), however, are thought out positions that I adopted later in life. Technically I'm "Republican leaning" at the moment since I changed my party affiliation to Libertarian Party about a year ago for various reasons in protest of the RNC and my state's GOP organization.

As I said, my Christianity and politics are thought out positions, especially my politics. I'm a senior government major who, quite honestly, could debate circles around any non-politically inclined/educated individuals and many so inclined/educated people. I know government, I know the process, I know political philosophy, I know the arguments of both sides, and I side with the Republicans on the vast majority of issues (the main exception being gay issues and somewhat on religious liberty issues; I also disagree with the Democratic Party on both the gay issues and the religious liberty issues, neither gets it right in my opinion). With Christianity I have taken numerous Christian theology classes in my time at college (I could have a theology minor if I cared to take one more theology class), so I am personally well founded in my beliefs, though I generally won't debate theology as it's not an academic interest of mine (and why I have no desire to add it as a minor).

The question of "normalcy" comes into play because Christian and Republican values tend to be seen as antithetical to being gay. While, certainly, there are parts of both that are (though there is not 100%% uniformity on those beliefs either in Christianity or Republican ideology), as a whole I do not find them to be in total opposition to my nature. Further, because of my strong foundation in both, I see the issue being superficial in both Christianity and Republican ideology, having nothing to do with the core of those beliefs and often times in contradiction to those core beliefs. Regardless (my nature is to debate, so I have to stop myself before I start making an argument rather than just asking a question), is it normal to be a gay Christian Republican?

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  • d0_0b
    14 years ago

    Being gay and in a religion that scorns any form of gay relations is enough to call you a hypocrite. Sorry to sound harsh and reduce this to a simplistic paragraph.

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    • kenkun
      14 years ago

      This do_ob dude is an asshole, and he's the hypocrite.

      You're allowed to have any religion you want, free to disagree with some aspects of it, free to want to change it, free to make up your own religion - etcetera. I just don't if you can do it.

      You probably live in America, where you're free to do anything except disagreeing with your party of choice, or religion of choice. In America things are ALWAYS so black and white like there's no place for a "grey".

      Democracy in America is a bit of a lie, because it is about choosing between two opinions, not about having your own opinion and making specific choices about specific things in the country.

      In other places of the world you'd be completely normal, in others you'd be an alien. But that's like that for anyone, anyways =P

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    Its called the log cabin republicans.

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  • mister_thinker
    13 years ago

    The term 'Christian' is so generalised that it's become more or less meaningless. I don't know any two Christians who believe the same things. But, if you actually look at the teachings of Jesus (and, to be clear about this, I'm an atheist, but I know my way around the Bible), he lectured as much about politics as he did about religion. Probably more. And his political ideas are broadly socialist in nature. Some of his statements (assuming he existed, and assuming he actually said them) are borderline communist.
    So from that point of view alone. Yes, I think it's strange that a christian could also be a republican. Unless, of course, you don't actually pay any attention to anything that Christ said.

    And, let's face it, most Christians don't actually read the Bible. The only part of the Bible that actually claims to quote Jesus directly is the Sermon on the Mount. In which Jesus tells people, quite specifically, NOT to go to church. He tells people to to worship publicly, and to abandon the churches and the synogoues, and to keep their faith secret.

    So, fundamentally anyone who calls themself a christian probably isn't.

    The gay christian thing also confuses me. The Bible states pretty clearly that homosexuality is wrong. It's in Leviticus. The same book of the Bible that says its wrong to eat prawns. The same book of the Bible that says women on their period who go out in public are an abomonation, and that new mothers should make a burnt offering of a small dead bird to their local preist.

    So as a 'Christian', you're avoiding some of Christ's central philosophies, and you're also ignoring some of the more problematic parts of the Bible.

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  • SaltySaltster
    7 years ago

    Cuck Hail Trump

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    Republican is more idea of money and government, Christianity is a religion and set of morals and gay is your sexuality. Simply being raised christian does not mean you wont some how turn out gay. Especially when currently there is still a argument on where gay comes from. Be is the mind, genetics, circumstance ecs. While generally the people part of the Republican party tend to be Christian it does not mean you need to be in order to agree with the idea of government.

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  • Allistalla
    11 years ago

    How are you Christian and and Gay ? I thought that that was a sin in most Christian religions wouldthat make you a bad Christian ? Im not insulting but this is the rule for most Christians religions .

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    OK - you are amusingly a bit windy & a smarty pants on this - but I think you are right.

    I don't know why one's sexual orientation should matter in terms of faith or politics. It doesn't. There are lots of gays who are politically right-wing & practice religion. Just like there are lot's of heteros or whatevers.

    Conservatism & organized religion are not exactly hot-beds of gay-friendliness. But they are more likely to get over themselves with the involvement of people who share the same views, though not the mere sexual orientation.

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  • chi_z
    14 years ago

    I would say most christians are repubs, most repubs are secretly gay, the only difference between them and you is your balls are bigger

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  • Mel
    13 years ago

    Yes you can have any religion you choose, you can believe in whatever you want....but WHY would someone whos gay believe in a religion who 100% looks down on homosexuality, & says if you ARE gay, your going to hell...unless you somehow miraculously change the way you feel/attraction towards the same sex. Even if you dont act on it, but have homosexual thoughts, you STILL go to hell! There is no way for you to practice your faith & believe completely in Christianity without going against who YOU are.

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    • [email protected]
      13 years ago

      Ok Mel42052- I've got to reply to your comment. I am a gay Christian, and a Republican. I am 51 years old, and I have been a conservative for my entire life.

      To make a comment like " if you ARE gay, your going to hell...unless you somehow miraculously change the way you feel/attraction towards the same sex. Even if you dont act on it, but have homosexual thoughts, you STILL go to hell!"

      That is an astronomical misquote of the Bible, and such a comment tells us that you have never read, nor have the slightest notion of what the Holy Bible really tells us. The Bible states that you must be spiritually "born again" to see the Kingdom of God. That is the only prerequisite to be given salvation. Homosexuality is mentioned in the Holy Bible only six times, but heterosexual fornication is denounced over 600 times, along with gambling, drunkenness, and all other sins. If we were to go to hell on the number of times our sins are mentioned in the Bible, homosexuals have the least to worry about.

      My suggestion Mel, get into a good faith-based Bible study and learn something so that you may quote your source when you're chastising a large group of people.

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