I'm so very serious when I say this. I understand that an unborn baby is a living human being, but so is the mother who carries it. We yell and protest against abortion, yet we judge that single mom (who chose not to get an abortion) working hard to make ends meet. I get that you don't encourage homosexuality, but a gay person is a person and a person is an absolute, irreplaceable treasure. Gay or not, people love and live and feel deeply. Don't you dare forget that. Someone with money is no better than someone without money. Just because their house is less than does not mean that they are less than.
This is the deal. There is a difference between acceptance and toleration. I'm not asking you to tolerate the act of abortion, but I am asking you to accept the mother who makes the choice. I'm not asking you to tolerate and say that you believe in homosexuality, but I am encouraging you to accept the homosexual. I'm not asking that you downsize and act as if you don't have any money because being rich is bad, or feel ashamed if you don't have as much because being poor is bad. Neither is bad.
Don't throw away your convictions. Don't tolerate everything that comes your way. But accept the PERSON, whatever their ideas, beliefs, or actions. Accept and love them. Feel free to say what you think, but say it out of love rather than out of judgement.
I'm tired of feeling judged for minor things. I'm also tired of judging others. Let's make a joint effort, whatever your religion or political party or moral beliefs, to stop judging the others who believe something different than you. If you love instead of judge, a bigger difference will be made FASTER. If you judge instead of love, you'll find yourself disliked and you'll find your opinion discarded. Think before you speak, love before you judge. Thanks.
-christie
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