Last night I watched the 30 Days "Same Sex Parenting" episode. They took a Mormon woman and put her in a home with a gay couple and their adopted children for a month. She is opposed to allowing gays to adopt. They (obviously) are not.
This was yet another exercise demonstrating that most people move through life on instinct and don't really think about their views. This woman was clearly repelled by homosexuality since it (1) was against her religion and (2) since it's "icky" (her words, not mine).
I've detailed the hypocrisy in these positions many times before, but I'd like to throw another spin on it this time. The anti-homosexuality nods in the Bible are in the Old Testament. Christ, if the story is to be taken at face value, came back to change the covenant with God. Christ said many things, some of them downright awful, but none to my knowledge prohibit homosexuality. This is purely an Old Testament teaching. This woman is a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, so one would presume she'd follow the ways of Christ and not put so much stock in the Old Testament which Christ died to nullify.
But then, I'd be doing something she hasn't done - I'd be putting some thought into her beliefs. Just watching her squirm and cry when asked to defend her position was sad. She's a scared little woman afraid to step outside the bounds of what she's been indoctrinated into.
As her host told her in the clip linked above, disagreement would be fine if she wouldn't vote to take others' rights away based on those disagreements. This is the disconnect. She can be opposed to it for whatever childish fairy tale make-believe pseudo-reasons she wants, but once she starts taking away others' rights to adopt because it's "icky," this is a problem. This is why religion is a bad thing in the hands of people who vote. They think that just allowing different lifestyles to exist is trampling on their rights somehow, but it's perfectly OK for them to actively change the way others want to live.
Even sessions with adults who were in the adoption system didn't help. They explained to her that they were never adopted because there are too many kids awaiting homes. They said they would've loved to be in a good home with parents, whether they were gay or straight or whatever. Appealing to her intellect was pointless since her views were not intellectual in nature. Appealing to her emotions only brushed against the surface. She had to cling to those beliefs, or else her worldview would come crashing down. It's pointless.
In the end, I just wanted to kick her in the cunt for half an hour.
Labels: 30 days, gay adoption
