STUDENT OPPOSED TO GAY MARRIAGE KICKED OFF STUDENT COUNCIL

YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SUBJECTS EVERYONE SEEMS TO AVOID, BUT I'M NOT EVERYONE.

THIS STUDENT WAS KNOWN TO BE A CHRISTIAN WHEN SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE STUDENT COUNCIL AND WAS ELECTED THE PRESIDENT OF THAT COUNCIL.
IT IS VERY COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT MANY CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE WAS AND IS DESIGNED TO BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
WE ALL KNOW THAT, AND SURELY THIS SCHOOL KNEW THAT?

SO, IF SHE WAS ALLOWED TO BE ON THE STUDENT COUNCIL, BE ITS PRESIDENT, AND WAS VERY OPENLY CHRISTIAN, WHY WOULD IT SURPRISE THE SCHOOL THAT SHE JUST MIGHT BE OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?

I MEAN, REALLY, LET'S BE BRUTALLY HONEST HERE...SOME ATHEISTS, SOME EVOLUTIONISTS, A HELLUVA LOT OF FOLKS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HAVE VOICED OPPOSITION TO "GAY MARRIAGE", QUITE PUBLICLY, AND SOME FAIRLY "BIG NAMES" IN BOTH POLITICS AND AMONG 'CELEBRITIES'.

SO WHAT? 

I HAVEN'T EVER ASKED ANY OF MY GAY FRIENDS WHAT THEY ARE OPPOSED TO, BUT I BLOODY WILL AFTER THIS!

AND WHATEVER THEY'RE OPPOSED TO, THEN WHAT?
DO WE MAKE THEM RESIGN OR KICK THEM OUT OF SOME POSITION THEY MAY HOLD JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE VOCALLY OPPOSED TO SOMETHING?

WELL, HERE'S THE STORY...

"A Christian student at a South Africa university has been removed from her position as Student Representative Council (SRC) president after expressing her opposition to gay marriage on a personal Facebook page. 

Charisma News reports Zizipho Pae was responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage when she wrote on Facebook, "We are institutionalizing and normalizing sin! Sin. May God have mercy on us."

After writing the post, the University of Cape Town’s SRC decided that the matter would have to be investigated. Ultimately, Pae was removed from her position, as the SRC said it supported the “rights of minorities and specifically the gay community.” 

Pae also endured threats and harassment from LGBT advocates. The student’s shared office was vandalized with signs that read “get out of here” and scripture verses were town down from the walls. 

Pae told the Family Policy Institute that she believes the treatment was unfair. 

"Being an SRC member in my view does not mean that you need to abandon your Christian convictions and your faith,” she said. 

"Christ in my life comes before all political positions or political thoughts, so I definitely won't be retracting what I said."

GOT IT?

OKAY, SHE HAD SCRIPTURE PASTED ON THE WALL OF HER SHARED OFFICE...WOULDN'T THAT TELL ANYONE WHO WENT IN THERE THAT SHE'S A CHRISTIAN, MAYBE?

THE KID DIDN'T HIDE HER BELIEF!
IT'S NOT LIKE SHE WAS TRYING TO KEEP HER FAITH A SECRET!

AND, LET'S FACE IT, IF SHE HAD COME OUT STRONGLY FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, WE WOULDN'T BE READING ABOUT HER MOST LIKELY, WOULD WE?

IT ALSO ISN'T LIKE SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND CAMPUS SPITTING AND HISSING AT ANYONE IN THE 'LGBT' GROUP, NOR WAS SHE STANDING ON A SOAPBOX ON CAMPUS AND PREACHING HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION TO ALL WHO AGREED WITH GAY MARRIAGE.

THE KID MADE A STATEMENT ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE, PERIOD, THE END, SHE SAID WHAT SHE THOUGHT.

IS THAT ILLEGAL IN GOOD OLD SOUTH AFRICA?
IS THAT ILLEGAL HERE?
WHERE IS THAT ILLEGAL?

HONESTLY, HAVING TRAVELLED THIS GLOBE QUITE A BIT, I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE THAT THERE ARE PLACES SHE MIGHT BE, IF NOT KILLED, CLOSE TO IT IF SHE ADVOCATED FOR GAY RIGHTS!

SOME SOCIETIES ARE THAT AGAINST IT! 
SO WHAT ABOUT THOSE SOCIETIES, NONE OF WHICH I AM AWARE OF EVEN REMOTELY HOLD CHRISTIANITY AS THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEF SYSTEM?

DO WE HUNT THEM DOWN AND ERADICATE THEM?

WHAT IF SHE'D POSTED SHE IS AGAINST HAVING CHILDREN?
WHAT IF SHE'D POSTED SHE IS AGAINST WOMEN WEARING SHORTS?

WHAT IF SHE'D POSTED SHE IS AGAINST ... CHRISTIANITY?

WHAT ELSE MIGHT SHE HAVE POSTED THAT WOULD HAVE ELICITED THIS TYPE RESPONSE?

HAVE WE COME TO THE POINT WHERE JUST CHRISTIANS ARE GOING TO BE KICKED IN THE TEETH AND RUN OUT OF TOWN FOR THEIR BELIEFS? 

SURE, SURE, IF SHE'D HUNG A SIGN ON HER OFFICE DOOR SAYING WHAT SHE SAID ON FACEBOOK WE COULD ALL SCREAM "SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!" , BUT WHY THE HELL DOESN'T THAT WORK BOTH WAYS?

IF SCHOOLS WON'T ALLOW A STUDENT TO SO MUCH AS WEAR A CROSS AS JEWELRY, OR CARRY A BIBLE TO SCHOOL, WHAT ABOUT MUSLIM STUDENTS WHO MUST PRAY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, AND WHAT ABOUT STUDENTS WHO WEAR OTHER TYPES OF JEWELRY OR CLOTHING OR ACCESSORIES THAT SHOW THEIR RELIGIOUS (OR OPPOSITION TO RELIGION) AFFILIATION, WORLDVIEW, MINDSET?

SEE, IF IT APPLIES TO ONE, IT SHOULD APPLY TO ALL.

IF THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CAN'T SERVE ON THE STUDENT COUNCIL, THEN NEITHER SHOULD THOSE ADVOCATING FOR THAT ON FACEBOOK BE ALLOWED TO BE ON IT.

DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE IS "OPPOSED" TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE, TO WHAT YOU DECIDE IS YOUR WORLDVIEW?
WON'T YOU JUST SHRUG AND GO RIGHT ON BELIEVING AND LIVING AS YOU SEE FIT?

HOW THE HELL CAN WHAT ANYONE THINKS ABOUT US BE THAT IMPORTANT?

IS LIFE A DAMNED POPULARITY CONTEST AND WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE EVERY OTHER HUMAN ON EARTH ON "OUR SIDE"?

THAT KIND OF THINKING CAN LAND YOU IN A PSYCHIATRIC WARD, FOLKS!
IT'LL DRIVE YOU NUTS!

THE KID HAS A RELIGIOUS BELIEF SYSTEM.
UNFORTUNATELY (???) FOR HER THAT BELIEF SYSTEM IS CHRISTIAN, WHICH FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS BEEN THE MOST REVILED AND MALIGNED RELIGION ON PLANET EARTH!

GOOD OLD 'ISIS' AND A FEW OTHERS WE COULD ALL NAME ARE KILLING CHRISTIANS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

EVERY TWO-BIT TALKING HEAD ON TV HAS TAKEN SHOTS AT CHRISTIANS, EVERY MAJOR NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, SAME THING.

I DON'T GET IT!
IT'S DUMB!
IT'S JUST TACKY AND SILLY AND PETTY AND IT'S  BIGOTRY!

OBVIOUSLY, BEFORE THIS LITTLE FACEBOOK THING (AND WHOSE BLOODY BUSINESS IS IT WHAT ANYONE WRITES ON A SILLY WEBSITE LIKE FACEBOOK ANYWAY?) THIS KID GOT ALONG FINE WITH THE OTHER STUDENTS...SHE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL, FOR PETE'S SAKE!

I HAVE TO WONDER IF THIS YOUNG LADY HAD BEEN MUSLIM OR BUDDHIST OR ATHEIST OR WHATEVER AND HAD MADE A STATEMENT SIMILAR TO THIS IF THE COLLEGE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO FAST TO BOOT HER OFF THAT COUNCIL. 

TO ME, THE KID, AS A CHRISTIAN, SIMPLY MADE A STATEMENT THAT IS INCORPORATED IN HER BELIEF SYSTEM.
SHE'S READ HER BIBLE.
SHE'S DECIDED TO ACCEPT THIS AS PART OF WHAT THAT BOOK 'SAYS'.

SO WHAT???

SOME PEOPLE STILL INSIST THE WORLD IS FLAT AND THAT THE SUN REVOLVES AROUND THE EARTH!

OTHER PEOPLE BELIEVE THEIR ANCESTORS WERE MONKEYS, OR AMOEBA.

OTHER PEOPLE THINK WE SHOULDN'T KILL A SNAKE EVEN IF IT IS ABOUT TO STRIKE AT US.

SOME IN MY OWN FAMILY BELIEVE THERE ARE "LITTLE PEOPLE" WHO LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS BACK HOME WHO HAVE UNCOMMON POWERS.

SO WHAT? 

I DON'T BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS OR ANY OTHER ELF!
SO, WHAT, DAMN MY EYES?

SICK OF IT!
i AM JUST WEARY OF THE DRIVEL AND THE STUPIDITY OF PEOPLE GETTING THEIR PANTIES IN A BIG OLD WAD EVERY TIME SOMEBODY DOESN'T GIVE THEM "POSITIVE STROKES" AND TELL THEM THEY'RE WONDERFUL. 

I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE OR HOW YOU LIVE OR WHAT YOU BELIEVE, THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS OUT THERE ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO ALL YOU HOLD DEAR!

IF YOU CAN'T JUST SUCK THAT UP AND GO RIGHT ON WITH YOUR LIFE, HAPPILY, FREE TO CONTINUE RIGHT ALONG, WITHOUT MIND-WARPING THOUGHTS THAT KEEP YOU UP NIGHTS, THEN THE PROBLEM IS NOT THOSE OPPOSED TO ANYTHING YOU HOLD DEAR, THE PROBLEM IS YOU MAY NOT BE WILLING TO ACCEPT REALITY!

REALITY WILL NOT HAND YOU A WORLD FULL OF BOISTEROUS, ROUSING SUPPORT!

DEAL WITH IT!

MAINTAIN MENTAL BALANCE, AND JUST LET THAT SLIDE RIGHT OFF SO YOU DON'T EVER NEED TO SEE A SHRINK BECAUSE OLD BOB NEXT DOOR HATES YOUR CAT, OR DESPISES YOUR HOUSE COLOR, OR DOESN'T AGREE WITH YOUR POLITICAL PARTY CHOICE..OR DOESN'T AGREE WITH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE!

GET REAL, FOLKS!
TRY REALITY!
IT'S GREAT!
IT HARMS ONLY THOSE "OPPOSED" TO IT...

THAT COLLEGE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED...

SEE?
MY PRIVATE OPINION, AND DO I GIVE TWO CENTS WHO OF YOU AGREE WITH ME?

NOT ON ANY DAY!

I SALUTE ALL OUR DIFFERENCES!
LET'S HEAR IT FOR NOT BEING THE SAME BORING TYPE ACROSS THE GLOBE!

YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN UFOs AND LOVE PUPPIES?
I DON'T CARE!

YOU LIKE THE COLOR GRAY AND WEAR A BAG OVER YOUR HEAD?
WHATEVER!

AND JUST BTW, ANY OF YOU WHO BITE THE HEADS OFF CHICKENS AND DRINK THE BLOOD WHILE YOU DANCE NAKED 'ROUND A FIRE...
ROCK RIGHT ON!!! 

JUST DON'T LOOK LONGINGLY AT MY CHICKENS... AND I WON'T DOUSE YOUR FIRE!

GET IT?

WE ARE WHO WE ARE.
WE HAVE THAT RIGHT...ALL OF US.
AND WE DON'T NEED APPLAUSE NOR SUPPORT FROM THE WHOLE WORLD TO CONTINUE LIVING AS WE PLEASE.

ALL OF US...AS IN EVERY SINGLE ONE.
INCLUDING CHRISTIANS!