You WILL have pride!

Even if we have to force it on you!

Pride goeth before destruction,and an haughty spirit before a fall. - Proverbs 16:18

Here comes June, and with its arrival we’ll be treated to thirty days of taunts, tropes, and tantrums termed “Pride Month”. Cities will be profused with prurient parades. Retailers will assault our senses with displays of deviancy intended to subvert our sensibilities. Media will be bedraggled with bromides like “love is love” and “trans rights are human rights.” All of this in effort to promote acceptance of that which most already accept (regardless whether they believe it natural, unnatural, or otherwise), and further, to force others to celebrate it along with them.

In short, we’re in for a(nother) month of LGBTQ+ tyranny. I say another month, because there just seems no end to their “visibility”: 

Does any other group command or demand this level of “visibility” and recognition?

There are varying calendars of this sort to be found, with varying numbers of days set aside, such as the one here or the one on the GLAAD website. Yes, this is tyranny. Many may not see it as such, but that is precisely what is happening. We are conspicuously compelled to celebrate that which most neither wish to celebrate nor even see. That is the definition of tyranny.

It used to be that most believed what you do in your bedroom is your business and no one else’s. For most people, this is still the case; most don’t care what people do (legally) in the privacy of their own homes. But this is no longer the case for the LGBTQ+ community. For them, it is now everyone’s business what they do in their bedroom. So much so that they flaunt it on floats, laud it in libraries, and crow about it in classrooms. Murals are painted on streets. Pride flags are flown at government buildings. Other edifices are illuminated in rainbow colors. Much of this at taxpayer expense. The subject of sexuality is strained into spaces where it does not belong. This is tyranny. 

The LGBTQ+ community is no longer happy simply being part of society. They clamor to be “visible,” and they’re going to make sure their visibility is in your face. Yes, there are some who simply wish to live their lives, but many (if not most) want to flaunt it, and they expect you to celebrate along with them. If you refuse, there will be consequences (like being labeled homophobic, transphobic, etc). This is tyranny.

Addressing the typical tropes we begin with “love is love.” This is true. But LGBTQ+, despite all arguments to the contrary, is not about love - it is about lust. Homosexuals like to exclaim, “you shouldn’t be judged (discriminated against, shunned, choose your term) for who you love.” No one is treated thusly. What is being judged (discriminated against, shunned, choose your term) is with whom you have sex. It’s right there in the name: homoSEXuality (the definition is also explicitly related to sex). The concept love is conflated with lust/sex with intent to remove stigma and to coerce others into acceptance. This is tyranny.

“Trans rights are human rights” is not just another nonsensical trope. It is more pernicious than that. Human rights are human rights and all humans are entitled to have those same rights protected. Claiming “trans rights are human rights” is implying that so-called trans people are somehow lacking rights, or, more accurately, that they should be granted special rights that trump the rights of others (for instance, the right of others to practice their religion in good conscience). This is tyranny.

Let me be clear, I hold no hatred for anyone in the LGBTQ+ community. On the contrary, I look on them with compassion, as we all should, especially Christians. Many in the LGBTQ+ community claim to believe in God, but it is clear from their behavior that this is untrue. They believe in a god, a god of their own making who approves of their behavior. The God of the Bible does no such thing.

Worse, the pride movement using the rainbow as their emblem is intentionally thumbing their nose(s) at God. Whether you believe the Bible or not, most have heard this story that God once destroyed all life on earth, with the exception of Noah and his family (and the animals they gathered into the ark), by flood because of the sinfulness of man (Genesis chapters 6-8). He then gave the rainbow as a sign and promise to mankind and the animals to never again destroy all life on earth by flood (Genesis 9:8-17). Co-opting the rainbow as a symbol of supporting what God calls sinful is abject defiance. It is akin to petulant children telling their parents, “You promised not to punish us, so look at what we’re going to do!”

So, while we do not in any way seek to exclude those of the LGBTQ+ persuasion from society itself, neither are we under any obligation to submit to their tyranny. No one should be forced to celebrate anyone else’s sexuality. Sexuality is a personal matter and should remain so. Therefore, let’s put sexuality back where it belongs - in the privacy of our homes - and not force any of it on anyone.