Tennessee senators approved an update to the state's abstinence-based sex education law that includes warnings against "gateway sexual activity."
In a new family life instructions bill, holding hands and kissing could be considered gateways to sex.Well, then holding a gun should be considered a gateway to murder. It is the same logic. By the way, the sponsor of the hand-holding hysteria also "opposes any and all efforts to limit our gun rights."
The problem with these "family values" clowns is that their actions demean the sacrifice and significance of Jesus. They are obsessed with sexual morality but are silent on the broader context of how we treat one another. It is acceptable if people starve and go without shelter. They do not raise their voices when people die of hyperthermia or hypothermia because they cannot afford their utility bills or suffer because they lack access to medical care because they cannot afford health insurance. It is also not a problem for greed-driven corporations to pay people next to nothing so both parents end up working multiple jobs with no time or energy to raise their children. It is fine and dandy to execute people, particularly those without access to adequate legal representation. A majority of Christians even support the use of torture.
Jesus boiled morality down to two commandments (Matthew 22:36-40) - love God and love each other. All other commandments followed from these two basic principles. Would you be willing to seriously consider the teachings of Jesus when people making a display of their piety by pontificating about sexual morality turn a blind eye to suffering, violence, greed, exploitation, and neglect?
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