Quirky Corner of Common Sense

I was brought up Brethren (a modest, pacifist denomination of Christianity). When I was 12 years old, I felt 'moved' during a church service one Sunday to accept Jesus Christ into my heart. I served my home church in different capacities until moving away for college. After college, I joined a different church, where I taught Sunday School, led youth activities, provided special music, served as Deacon, then as Elder. Now, I am not active in church at all. I still enjoy going on occasion, but I am truly not involved in any sense of the word. Why? I still pray. I still consider myself a Christian. But, in reality, when I look more closely at what constitutes a 'true Christian', I most certainly do NOT fit the bill. For example, I believe good people - regardless of their beliefs - will go to Heaven. I don't think they have to have accepted Jesus into their hearts in order to go there. I believe people of all kinds can get into Heaven (heterosexual, homose...

Ok, so the title of this post might be slightly misleading after you start to read it... but I've been seeing things on the news and hearing people talk about this lately. So, I'm adding my two cents. I believe homosexual couples who are loving, respectful, positive role models should be allowed to adopt children without all the red tape and need to defend themselves. Take religion out of the discussion for just one minute! Regardless of your beliefs about homosexuality and its place in American society, please think about something... Millions of children are born each year to parents who - for whatever reason - do not want to raise them. These children have not asked to be born, yet alone be abandoned into the arms of others. Similarly, millions of men and women want to have a family but cannot - for whatever reason. Ah hah! There is a way to solve this dilemma. It's called adoption . Who is to say that a gay couple could not raise a healthy, loving, focused, dete...