I am having a very difficult time right now. It's hard to say that the world is anywhere near perfect, but sometimes, you could only wish that some people would give up their bigoted ways, and realize the world is much different than it was thousands of years ago.

What initially brings me to this is a book I am reading called "Sing you Home." In the book, there is a church using religion to say that a same-sex couple is immoral and wrong and that they cannot have the right to have a baby because the child will be raised in an illegitimate household. People can't just "choose" to be gay. In fact, it's usually an inborn thing, whether people want to believe the studies or not. For example, my best friend, and ex-lover, is ad gay as they come. She has never enjoyed being with a man, and never liked the thought of men as a life-partner. Ever in her life. Yet she is a very religious person. She prayed and prayed to God to take the gay away, and yet, here she is today, engaged to a wonderful woman who makes her so happy in her life. If being gay were a choice, or a mistake, wouldn't God have answered her prayers and made her straight? He never ignored her prayers before, why would he suddenly change his mind unless it were for the fact that she was not made wrong?

Okay, so another religious hate that I cannot stand is saying all Pagans worship the Devil. That is like saying all vegetarians are vegan. They don't always go together--you can be Pagan without Devil worship. People have told me over and over that my problems stem from s disbelief in God, and that if I weren't Pagan everything would be better. Here's the thing...I do believe in God. I believe in Jesus Christ as a person. I believe I have been saved by the Mercy of the Lord. But I have also been saved and carried by the great Lady as well. I have awoken from terrifying dreams to the comfort of a woman's voice, softly reassuring me until I was no longer alone. I have walked alongside our Great Mother in her Garden. I have spoken with the Lord, and walked with him in Eden. I have seen the rise and fall of many. I have been watched and loved all my life. So to tell me that I can't be Pagan just because it's not the Christian way? I don't know what you might be playing at, but I feel as if that's a bigot's way of saying that if I don't do things your way, there's no way that I could be right. Not that there's any true way of knowing who's right and who's wrong. I believe all our faith will lead us to the same place on day. Our light will snuff out the darkness. We will live together again as one people united under the Deity (or Deities, whichever you believe) that will save us all and bring us to eternal grace and life. But in order to do so, we must come together in LOVE not HATE. Love your brother/neighbor/sister. Do onto others as you would like them to do onto you. An it Harm none, do what ye will. Ever mind the law of three. Be the best person you can, because you never know what will be waiting for you in the next lifetime. Or if it will be your last.