Live and let live

I've come to a recent conclusion that it is hypocritical for us to
condemn churches for taking their stance on homosexuality within their
jurisdiction, whilst at the same time telling them to bugger off out
of our own private lives.

If a church honestly believes (and can convince its parishioners as
much) that homosexuality is an abomination, that priests should only
be male, that the end of the world is nigh, that tithing is good, that
pork is bad, that we should all be vegetarian, or that the Vatican is
not the whore of Babylon, then by all means let them do it.

Anyone willing to be part of that culture also willingly assents to
being discriminated. If individuals want change they have to change it
from within. It is none of our business. It has nothing to do with
wider society. They are free to teach and preach that the earth is
flat for all we should care.

On the flipside of the coin, the relevant religions should leave the
gentiles, heathens, pagans, infidels, atheists, agnostics, witches,
and liberal believers well enough alone. Let us live the life we
choose.

Interfering in religion is as much a form of vilification as religion
enforcing its moral standards on the rest of the community.

Who cares what the Anglican, or any other, church thinks? It is only
our own insecurities that they attempt to weaken by preaching our
wicked damnation. Why should we preach to them in the same tone? It
achieves nothing but makes them stronger, just as their vitriole makes
us stronger and more determined.

It is as pointless an exercise as debating the 'cause' of
homosexuality. While we waste resources on things we can't change it
leaves us with fewer resources for the things that we can change.