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Why Then Do Gays Seek to Adopt
Children?
11 Sept 2007- Kampala, Ugamda-When a
mother looks into her baby's innocent eyes, she envisions a responsible adult-
the next David Beckham or perhaps Priscilla Winans. Never does the possibility
of a gay relationship cross her mind. If anything she dreams of the day when she
will have grandchildren. Years later if the same child announces that she/he is
leading a gay lifestyle, any parent's heart would be broken.
The truth is, the gay lifestyle has crept
into our society and the latest development is the demand by the gay community
to be legally recognised.
The genesis of this social vice is elusive
but is variously talked about in the Bible. Remember the story of the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible? Still the cause wasn't mentioned.
Victor Mukasa, a self confessed gay
activist and many others, claim that their attraction to the same sex is God
instilled. "This is the way God created us," they claim. Fortunately they
acknowledge God. But did He really create them like that?
What about the inability to have children
in these unions? If God made them the way they claim He did, why didn't He make
it possible for them to have children?
You may say that children aren't a
prerequisite for a fulfilling relationship. But why is the gay community the
world over pushing for laws to allow them adopt children? Is this a little
detail that God supposedly forgot to take into consideration? The womb that God
gave women is to have children, some day!
In the book of Genesis in the Bible, God
said that it isn't good for man to be alone and thus He created a woman to be
his companion. He didn't create another man.
Then who is to blame for this sexual
orientation? When a baby is born they are innocent.
The environment or genes determine what
they grow up to be. Should we say that homosexual genes exist and that a gay
person had no control over their choice of a lifestyle?
A gay lifestyle is a choice one makes, the
same way a person decides to be a racist. You cannot blame God for hating a
particular race of people- it is your choice. However every choice bears
consequences. If you decide to defy the law of nature, you take the heat for it.
Like Ms Mukasa said: "We are not asking for a right to have sex. We are already
having sex but we want the right to belong."
Legally, acknowledging homosexually
shouldn't be allowed or even discussed at all. Though I agree with Ms Mukasa
that it is hard to curb the practice, that doesn't make it right.
A number of social vices can't be curbed
regardless of the law and punitive measures in place. Prostitutes, murderers,
molesters will continue existing but that doesn't make what they are doing
right. I disregard the victim mentality that homosexuals are embracing; "we are
being harassed, and we want our rights."
However, just like Mr Nsaba Buturo, the
minister of ethics and integrity, said, they have basic human rights such as the
right to breath fresh air but they should stop pushing for the legalisation of
the practice.
If you are doing something right, there
would be no need for you to push for what you think are your rights unless in
exceptional cases. For instance, you can't demand the right to eat food and go
to the toilet, it is obvious.
From my observation, there is an
unconscious effort on the part of gays to mimic either men or women. Let me
explain, the 'male lesbian' endeavours to look like a man. She cuts the pose of
a macho guy from the attitude, clothes and the general outlook.
Regardless of whether one believes in the
Bible as a moral authority or not, its influence can't be under-estimated.
Several laws are borrowed from the Bible. The same Bible forbids the union of
people of the same sex because their anatomy is designed for heterosexual
relationships.
The mystery still remains, what is the root
of this evil and why do some people believe that they were created to relate
with others of the same sex? The answer to this question would resolve a lot.
Report bySusan K. Muyiyi
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