Let's not follow the GLBT parade

It was Halloween. I'd finished working on a commercial in a studio in the 
Village area of New York City. As I was walking home, I ran into a Gay, Lesbian, 
Bi-sexual and Transgendered (GLBT) community parade. Men wearing only what 
appeared to be diapers were marching chained together by their nipple rings. Men 
in drag marched next to crew-cut women dressed as masculine as possible. A 
float was pulled by men with dog collars and leashes held by a leather-clad 
woman(?) with a whip. There were topless women(?) and others too obscene to 
describe. People were drinking, kissing, and having a raucous party as they marched 
by.
In West Hollywood, a self-described GLBT community, the annual Halloween 
Parade is even bigger than New York City's. Year round the West Hollywood store 
front windows pretty much mirror these parades. The prevalent theme is group 
sex, and terms like lusty, sinful, kinky, and taboo are incorporated into the 
names of the stores. I understand this is true of other GLBT districts in most 
large cities.
Those in the news media help create the zeitgeist and know instinctively they 
gain peer approval by carrying water for GLBT activists. Many are GLBT 
activists. Editorials applaud our governor's executive order to add GLBT to the 
state's anti-discrimination policy. Dear Abby calmly teaches us that a 
transgendered person is someone who has been born in a body of the wrong sex. Recent 
Columns by a gay Iranian and the ex-governor of New Jersey poignantly portray 
suffering under the shame of being closeted, but both admit to the practice of 
meeting with men for sex, starting in high school. A recent AP story about 
"Freaky Parades" was essentially a free advertisement for GLBT Halloween 
celebrations like the one I witnessed in New York City. It even suggested that readers 
check out the "Drag Race & Pageant, which does not refer to race cars." I guess 
that would include the many school children who read the newspaper.
Gay people do not all live in a constant state of bacchanal partying, but to 
ignore the reality of normative and accepted behavior in predominantly gay 
communities and the publicly stated goals of GLBT activists is to be a naive 
victim of an ongoing propaganda campaign.
Ideas have consequences. Freedom of sexual expression, rejecting traditional 
morality and changing societal norms and are the ideas being promoted. While 
the issue of same sex marriage dominates the discussion, the activism does not 
stop there. Efforts to influence laws, elections, public schools, libraries, 
and universities are all easily confirmed, but the postmodern media heartily 
approves of all such efforts.
Politicians, news reporters and educators who aren't actively promoting 
tolerance are often "homophobic" in a different way. That is, they are afraid to 
show the slightest disapproval of the GLBT community, and for good reason. Many 
GLBT activists do not play by any established rules. The "greater good" of 
moving society toward "progress" justifies anything. The only postmodern absolute 
wrong is intolerance.
If greed alone ruled Hollywood, all the movies would be G-rated. In the 
entertainment industry GLBT activists dominate the culture, and have for quite some 
time. The sex, violence, and inane garbage being marketed incessantly to our 
children indicates such open-mindedness has not produced responsible conduct. 
The acceptance of alternate lifestyles and the increase in sexually explicit 
and formerly unthinkable content in entertainment fuel each other. Where does 
this end?
As a recipient of God's amazing grace, I do not hate those I must strongly 
disagree with, including "straight" people who are obsessed with sex. I would 
argue there are thoughts, fantasies and activities we are all clearly not 
supposed to nurture and follow, whatever our genetic and/or environmental issues 
are. Some paths are much harder to turn back from than others, for individuals 
and societies. Saint Paul warns us to flee from sexual immorality, but our 
society marches on defiantly, away from God and toward debauchery.
Christianity teaches that God forgives, but God's demand of complete 
surrender is for our own good. We have the freedom to say yes to God's call, but we 
are in no position to negotiate or place conditions upon our Creator. Our 
conditions only protect that which we need set free from.
Christianity is about the chance to start life over and walk through the 
struggles and temptations of life following Jesus, on His terms, with His help. 
Following Jesus is certainly no parade, but it leads to better things for us and 
our children.