I may have said this before, but I am a christian and I do believe in God. But the God that I believe in doesn't hate.

I've always been taught that the God I believe in accepts anyone and we shouldn't judge people just because they are different. That's not our job.

There was one time when I was little that my family went to an amusement park and it happened to be their gay pride weekend. There were people there protesting and they had signs saying "God hate gays" and worse things (I'm sure you can figure out what those are.) When we went by them either me or one of my brothers looked up at my parents and said, "Why do they keep saying that? God doesn't hate anyone."

Now, I don't actually have memory of this, but after that statement my parents said you could tell that those protestors were uncomfortable.

And that's the thing. If a child can know that God doesn't hate and that we have no reason to hate someone because they're different then why can't grown adults?

Maybe it's because that's what I've always been taught ad maybe it's because I'm not afraid to think different from other people. But what I do know is that I would never want someone to persecute me just because I'm different, so I'm not going to persecute anyone else.

I believe there is one God in this universe and that that God doesn't condone hate or intolerance. We are to treat others as we want to be treated. Passing judgement on a group of people for one thing isn't something I feel is right or something I feel is something I should do.

I'm under the belief that the God I believe in loves everyone, no matter what, so that's how I choose to live my life. I hope that's how you choose to live yours too.

Love,
Natalie