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This is my latest letter to government officials. While one might think my letter if off topic here, as it arises by the government push to enact laws that legalize discrimination against the LGBT community, I decided to use my letter to address the boarder issues arising by our being so consumed to hate everyone. Of course, those in government will have blind eyes, deaf ears, and refuse to respond.
A letter to Mo. State Representative Elijah Haahr and his Committee members on religious liberty law to amend the Missouri Constitution
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/letter-mo-state-representative-elijah-haahr-his-law-christopher
Representative Elijah Haahr,
This morning, I read the article in the Springfield News Leader involving the proposed amendment to our State Constitution for so-called religious liberty rights whereby certain businesses would be permitted to discriminate against people of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community who want to become married. The article informs the public that your Committee is soliciting public comments about the proposed measure.
Proponents of this measure assert their right to discriminate on the basis of Leviticus 18:21-22, Leviticus 20:13, and Romans 1:27, which condemns homosexuality despite John 1:16-17, Romans 8:1-3, 1 Corinthians 9:20-21 making it clear that we are no longer under the rules of the Old Testament. After all, if we were, then we would be religiously compelled to abide by Leviticus 20:10 and stone to death all who commit adultery, just as we would have to comply with Deuteronomy 21:18-21 and stone to death all unruly children.
Some proponents point to Romans 1:25-27 and 1 Timothy 1:8-10 in the New Testament to support the so-called religious liberty right to legalize discrimination against a specific class of people. Interestingly enough, while Jesus never mentioned homosexuality, he did condemn all forms of sexual immorality and yet, legislators do not file Bills or try to amend the Constitution to legalize discrimination against anyone except the LGBT community members. It is one of the reasons why I wrote, Are government officials in America trustworthy or merely hypocrites with a title?
All American history teaches us that we are a species that strives very, very hard to justify and rationalize laws that promote, condone, and encourage conquering other classes among us. Thus, for me, it is astonishing how women and African Americans can condone any law that oppresses another class when these classes themselves cry foul over being oppressed by a long history of laws or a culture that has targeted them for hate. But then, logic has no place in hypocrisy.
I keep asking why do we have so many legislators who file one Bill after another that directly or indirectly requires, condones, or encourages hate and violence against others because we claim they do not conform to a politically popular belief system. Why are we, as a society, a political system, and religiously guided nation, so compelled to hate people when doing so is inherently against biblical teachings? We are not a nation of religious beliefs or practices because we are literally consumed with hating others and we have legislators who are all too willing to promote that hate by the Bills they file and enact into law.
By the laws enacted we are literally teaching people, and especially children, that it is okay and expected for us to hate others because they are different from us, they do not promote a politically popular agenda, they do not dress right, they do not use the right bathroom, they do not walk or talk right, they have a mental illness, they are Muslim, black, or Mexican, or because they are LGBT, a sex offender, obese, or have a disability. Where does this hate end?
It ends when we, as a society, political system, and religiously guided nation stop looking for the differences in others to hate. When we stop enacting laws that promote hate and violence against others, and when we start realizing that there are plenty of reasons why others should hate us just as we entitle ourselves to hate them. And it stops when we demonstrate the courage to stop being hypocrites so we can elevate ourselves on to a superior pedestal over others on this notion that the only one’s having value in life and the only ones entitled to have rights, are those whom we call “normal” because we force them to be mirror images of ourselves.
If you want clones then create robots. If you want humanity then embrace the differences among people because all have value and everyone can help us learn and grow as a species, a nation, and as an individual person.
A letter to Mo. State Representative Elijah Haahr and his Committee members on religious liberty law to amend the Missouri Constitution
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/letter-mo-state-representative-elijah-haahr-his-law-christopher
Representative Elijah Haahr,
This morning, I read the article in the Springfield News Leader involving the proposed amendment to our State Constitution for so-called religious liberty rights whereby certain businesses would be permitted to discriminate against people of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community who want to become married. The article informs the public that your Committee is soliciting public comments about the proposed measure.
Proponents of this measure assert their right to discriminate on the basis of Leviticus 18:21-22, Leviticus 20:13, and Romans 1:27, which condemns homosexuality despite John 1:16-17, Romans 8:1-3, 1 Corinthians 9:20-21 making it clear that we are no longer under the rules of the Old Testament. After all, if we were, then we would be religiously compelled to abide by Leviticus 20:10 and stone to death all who commit adultery, just as we would have to comply with Deuteronomy 21:18-21 and stone to death all unruly children.
Some proponents point to Romans 1:25-27 and 1 Timothy 1:8-10 in the New Testament to support the so-called religious liberty right to legalize discrimination against a specific class of people. Interestingly enough, while Jesus never mentioned homosexuality, he did condemn all forms of sexual immorality and yet, legislators do not file Bills or try to amend the Constitution to legalize discrimination against anyone except the LGBT community members. It is one of the reasons why I wrote, Are government officials in America trustworthy or merely hypocrites with a title?
All American history teaches us that we are a species that strives very, very hard to justify and rationalize laws that promote, condone, and encourage conquering other classes among us. Thus, for me, it is astonishing how women and African Americans can condone any law that oppresses another class when these classes themselves cry foul over being oppressed by a long history of laws or a culture that has targeted them for hate. But then, logic has no place in hypocrisy.
I keep asking why do we have so many legislators who file one Bill after another that directly or indirectly requires, condones, or encourages hate and violence against others because we claim they do not conform to a politically popular belief system. Why are we, as a society, a political system, and religiously guided nation, so compelled to hate people when doing so is inherently against biblical teachings? We are not a nation of religious beliefs or practices because we are literally consumed with hating others and we have legislators who are all too willing to promote that hate by the Bills they file and enact into law.
By the laws enacted we are literally teaching people, and especially children, that it is okay and expected for us to hate others because they are different from us, they do not promote a politically popular agenda, they do not dress right, they do not use the right bathroom, they do not walk or talk right, they have a mental illness, they are Muslim, black, or Mexican, or because they are LGBT, a sex offender, obese, or have a disability. Where does this hate end?
It ends when we, as a society, political system, and religiously guided nation stop looking for the differences in others to hate. When we stop enacting laws that promote hate and violence against others, and when we start realizing that there are plenty of reasons why others should hate us just as we entitle ourselves to hate them. And it stops when we demonstrate the courage to stop being hypocrites so we can elevate ourselves on to a superior pedestal over others on this notion that the only one’s having value in life and the only ones entitled to have rights, are those whom we call “normal” because we force them to be mirror images of ourselves.
If you want clones then create robots. If you want humanity then embrace the differences among people because all have value and everyone can help us learn and grow as a species, a nation, and as an individual person.
This 'letter of concern' was sent by a person who figures her letter (multiplied by hundreds of other letters) might 'educate' someone in power (especially if they get enough of them and begin to think that maybe with 880,000 on the Registry there are a lot of "our sort" out here, so even know-nothing retro politicians like Titus might decide we are be a voting block she might need in a close election?(or be voted out?)
I think Titus reply with all the rote mis-information is indicative of what most politician's think and why they actually need us (LOL) to point to with alarm (" heinous crime," dog-whistle words) to appeal to a certain sort of voters in order to get themselves elected. As long as politicians and prosecutors and the 'prison-business" reap power and $$$ from stoking prejudice and fear they will continue to 'respond' with letters like this. That's why I think in addition to writing letters and advocating and reaching out to each other, we all need to support challenging such prejudice in court...for example the Janice Bellucci /RSOL case against implementation of H.R.515... )even if personally I never expect to need my passport and I'm only hoping we can get 'permission' to drive out of state on vacation!)
Do Not forget to write a letter and then please VOTE.