And I hate that about myself. I used to love and accept the LGBT community even if I didn't agree with their lifestyle, but I got pushed SO much by the woke agenda that I snapped and started despising them and posted a thread about it in the Badlands last night. The worst part is that I actually do have hatred towards them right now and I honestly don't want to.
I don't think you are in the Religion Forum enough to have read why the Bible verse of the Lion lying down with the lamb means so much to me.
I see the Lion as the strong, usually seen as the negative, emotion. In your example, that would be hate.
I see the Lamb as the peaceful/loving emotion, in your case that you don't want that Lion emotion of hate. Now, how do you get the two to lie down together?
The first is accepting that the Lion emotion is roaring, trying desperately to get your attention. There is something about your acceptance of LGBT that alarms (or threatens) the essential you.
It is too long a story, but before people were advocating gay marriage, we were advocating for civil unions. I was not a proponent or accepting of gay sex, and I did not assure anyone it was alright. So why was I accepted? Because I truly saw them as something other than their sexual activity. The people I hung with were no more interested to be a gay this or that than I was interested in being a heterosexual this or that. We were all something more than a sex life. I did not tell them it was alright or good to be gay, and they appreciated that, because they told me others who told them this simply came off as condescending. They certainly had no need to tell me it was alright or good to be heterosexual. Where we agreed is that same sex couples should should have every right/benefit that was bestowed upon married couples. We actually talked about perhaps it would be better to advocate removing rights/benefits of married couples. I think I still favor that.
There are real physical and mental health risks related to homosexuality. It was not my place then, nor is it now, to promote/approve any kind of behavior that may harm (which includes piercings, tattoos, alcohol, drugs, or any kind of sex). Given the research, I believe sex is best between a married man and woman, but if someone wants to risk something different, it is truly none of my business, nor is it a decision I should make for them. They have the information, their decision. Either way, my own stance remains the same. Sex is best between a married man and woman. Everyone knows this about me, and everyone is comfortable about it, just as they know I am comfortable with their informed choice. There is so much more to all of us than sex.
I have no difficulty at all being against biological males competing with biological females. The XY chromosome body differs from the XX chromosome body. I am completely adamant that no child be "transgendered". I am completely in favor of children learning about the differences of XY bodies and XX bodies, and why this should not be messed with until/unless that body is fully developed. Some who have gone through the process are now available to explain
why. We don't experiment on children. Ever. Period.
Too long a post, I know, and I apologize. What may have you reacting as you do, is not what people quietly go about including in their way of life, but those who
insist on being known
primarily by their sexual identity. Your Lion may be protesting that everyone is more than a sexual identity, and that you want more for everyone than a sexual identity. Can your Lion and Lamb within come together and agree on something like that? Better phrased, What can your inner Lion and Lamb come to an agreement on without ignoring the wisdom of the other?