ECM sent me this post, and it is a must-read.
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Hi guys.
Lolly and I are sitting by a pool in the blazing sun, tanning our Seattle-white skin. We are having the time of our lives. Our kids are being watched by their Aunt Kati and Uncle Blake while we relax, celebrating ten incredible years of marriage.
And, side by side, we are finishing the final details of this post which we have written together over the course of the last month.
This is a different post than what you’re used to seeing here on The Weed. If you are here to laugh and read something light-hearted and fun, you probably want to skip this one. It’s long. And it’s serious. And I won’t be offended by anyone who decides to wait until things get light-hearted again.
This is the post where I tell you that I, Josh Weed, am homosexual.
[…]When we do tell people about this—and we’ve been telling a lot of people lately, so we’ve gotten really practiced at it—they usually have a lot of really good, genuine questions. Here are some of the questions we’re most frequently asked (there really should be an acronym for that—I know! I’ll call it a FAQ!). We hope answering these questions will help you understand how we make sense of this delicate and complicated issue in our lives.
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Here is the basic reality that I actually think many people could use a lesson in: sex is about more than just visual attraction and lust and it is about more than just passion and infatuation. I won’t get into the boring details of the research here, but basically when sex is done right, at its deepest level it is about intimacy. It is about one human being connecting with another human being they love. It is a beautiful physical manifestation of two people being connected in a truly vulnerable, intimate manner because they love each other profoundly. It is bodies connecting and souls connecting. It is beautiful and rich and fulfilling and spiritual and amazing. Many people never get to this point in their sex lives because it requires incredible communication, trust, vulnerability, and connection. And Lolly and I have had that from day one, mostly because we weren’t distracted by the powerful chemicals of infatuation and obsession that usually bring a couple together (which dwindle dramatically after the first few years of marriage anyway). So, in a weird way, the circumstances of our marriage allowed us to build a sexual relationship that is based on everything partners should want in their sex-life: intimacy, communication, genuine love and affection. This has resulted in us having a better sex life than most people I personally know. Most of whom are straight. Go fig.
Click through and read it. This reminds me of Ari’s book “Bias Incident“, where the protagonist argues that gay people can and should marry someone of the opposite sex and have children. And then the sky falls on him! I hope you all consider buying that book. It’s only $0.99!
Disclaimer: I am not endorsing homosexuality, Mormonism or anything!
Fascinating! I’ll have to give this some thought, but it really does seem to make a lot of sense.
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A friend of mine who is Christian, gay, and celibate showed me this article and he really liked it. I think it’s pretty powerful myself. It’s appearing all over the blogosphere.
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I think this together with the two new studies should be WIDELY read. We already made this mistake twice with legalizing no-fault divorce and normalizing single mother with taxpayer subsidies. We can’t screw up again. Chrildren need a mother and a father, and that’s the bottom line.
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Thanks for posting this, WK.
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I wonder how many people will question his character by calling him a liar?
Homosexuals are the same as us (actually they ARE us; human beings/ sinners) and have the same burden we all have with the different sins that are out there in this fallen world. One’s sin may be lust for the opposite sex, or another with anger. They have to learn to deal with it the same way everyone else learns to deal with their sin. Kudos to him, it is a very brave thing he did here. Love is more than just sex, sex is what we do when we are in love (and also when we are in lust).
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