Gay Marriages - The Step-by-Step Decline of Western Civilization
(Islamweb) By Lynn Jefferies
When humans make laws, it is inevitable that there will be grave flaws and far reaching consequences. Everybody seems to want rights, no matter how diverse or perverse. In the Supreme Court's 2002-2003 term, Lawrence et al v Texas handed down a law that will change the course of America's future: "Gays are entitled respect for their private lives." Based on the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, gays have the right to privacy: "The State cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime."
It is thought that in the last hundred years this ruling along with Roe v Wade will have the strongest impact on society. The moral effect of this ruling will probably not be felt for years. It is like opening a can of worms. First the right to privacy, then gay marriages, gay adoption, gays in the military and gays in the work place. It is "said" that six out of ten Americans believe that homosexual sex between consenting adults should be legal.
Only one of the Justices openly showed disgust for the law. Justice Antonin Scalia read from his bench "taking sides in the culture war" and that the rest of the Justices have "largely signed on to the so called homosexual agenda." But if it is true that six out of ten American's and six out of nine Supreme Justices condone homosexual behavior, then God has forewarned us that we are truly in serious trouble.
"The people of Lut (Lot) rejected (his) warning. We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: thus do We reward those who give thanks. And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning." [The Holy Qur'an (Surat al-Qamar 54:33-36)]
We have been warned that this will truly be the decline of any civilization. From both a Biblical and Jewish standpoint this is truly perversion. Prophet Lut was sent as a messenger to one of Abraham's neighboring communities. These people, as the Qur'an tells us, practiced a perversion unknown to the world until then.
Allah states in the Qur'an: "The people of Lut (Lot) rejected the messengers. Behold, their brother Lut said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)? I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust. So fear Allah and obey me. No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds. Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males, and leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your mates? Nay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)!" They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! Thou wilt assuredly be cast out!" He said: "I do detest your doings." (Surat ash-Shu'ar'a 26:160-168)
Civilizations who openly practice homosexuality will surely become losers and will be punished severely by Allah. Though homosexuality has been practiced by a minority of people since the people of Lut, the pursuit of open gay rights really started in 1895 when a man by the name of Oscar Wilde was convicted for "gross indecency between males." Years later, the first formal gay activist group was founded in Chicago and in 1969 came the "birth of the gay rights movement."
1975 was the "coming out of the closest" year, wherein Former NFL player Dave Kopay announced he was gay. In 1977 Anita Bryant worked very hard with conservatives to block gay rights. In 1986 the Supreme Court ruled in Bowers that sodomy is a crime. In 1993 the U.S. military adopted the "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays. 1993 hosted one of the most visible acts of gay activism, wherein gay-rights supporters marched on Washington. In 1996 the "High court" ruled that gays have equal rights under the constitution. In 2000 Vermont couples were allowed to form "civil unions." A fight for banning gay adoption was fought in 2001, and finally in 2003 an openly gay Episcopal bishop was elected in N.H.
As we can see, gays were first given rights under the "right for privacy act." This is the problem with man-made laws: they are fallible, open for interpretation, and without God dictated morals are changed to suit the times. Ibn Al-Qayyim wrote: "The punishment of the evil-doer (homosexual) will be greater than the punishment of an adulterer for the reason that all of the Companions are unanimous on it and that its degree of prohibition is greater and its mischief is far reaching. It is for this reason that the grave punishment sent to the Ummah (Nation) of Lut by God was not given to any other Ummah."
Allah has warned mankind that there is no change in Allah's laws: "They swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a Warner came to them, they would follow his guidance better than any (other) of the Peoples: But when a warner came to them, it has only increased their flight (from righteousness) -- On account of their arrogance in the land and their plotting of Evil, but the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof. Now are they but looking for the way the ancients were dealt with? But no change wilt thou find in Allah's way (of dealing): no turning off wilt thou find in Allah's way (of dealing)." (Surat Fatir 35:42-43)
The people of Lut enjoined a very high standard of living, similar to the people of Pompeii. Pompeii is known for its perversity. "The removal of Pompeii from the face of the earth by such a disaster was not purposeless. The historical record shows that the city was a center of dissipation and perversity. It was marked by a rise in prostitution to such an extent that even the number of brothels was not known. Male organs in their original sizes were hung on the doors of the brothels. According to this tradition, rooted in Mithraic belief, sexual organs and sexual intercourse should not be hidden but displayed openly."
Though Newsweek states that six out of ten Americans agree that homosexuals have the same rights as heterosexuals (if the statistics are accurate), many Americans are aware that the war against homosexuality is starting to spiral out of control. The National Review has written many articles against the growing "rights" of homosexuals and how their agenda is truly becoming more and more "in our face."
"The answer is that homosexual acts are not and never can be marital. Sodomy has been discouraged and prohibited, for basically the same reason that fornication and adultery were: to protect marriage as the principle or litmus line of sexual morality. Sex is for marriage, and marriage is (not coincidentally) the morally legitimate setting for bringing children into this world."
As Muslims, we know that homosexuality is wrong, illegal and punishable. It is a disease that rips the very fabric of society. Growing up as an American, I remember being taught that we should not be prejudicial against anyone's beliefs or actions as long as they are not hurting anyone else. Now, on TV it is almost impossible to find a series that doesn't incorporate at least one homosexual character let alone homosexual couple. The homosexual agenda is far reaching and can easily brainwash our children without even knowing it. Who knows when the day will come when orphans from Muslim countries will be adopted by "gay couples?" There is no escape from the punishment of this horrendous crime.
The following excerpt was published in the San Francisco Chronicle:
Marriage is not a civil right. Neither the federal nor the state constitutions confer such a status upon it. Marriage is a privilege granted and conferred by legislative bodies for specific reasons, including its impact on society. Special legal protections and favors have rightly been given to heterosexual, monogamous marriage because, unlike other kinds of human friendships or relationships, it has been considered to be uniquely necessary and uniquely beneficial to the perpetuation and well-being of society.
Though many of our enlightened, progressive contemporaries have tried to assert otherwise, the facts are now in: More than 30 years of a grand social experiment with "alternate" families has irrefutably demonstrated that the dissolution of traditional two-parent families has proven harmful to large numbers of children.
"Family diversity" in the form of increasing numbers of single-parent and step-parent families has not strengthened the social fabric, but rather, dramatically weakened and undermined society. The assumption that a new kind of homosexual "alternative family" will be an exception to this experience is totally unfounded.
Recently, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, in a contemptuous and brazen attempt to turn the social order upside-down, foisted upon city residents a new civil ceremony for homosexual and lesbian "marriage." This attempt to institutionalize "alternative relationships" and to place them on an equal footing with heterosexual, monogamous marriage will do nothing but further the social disaster that already surrounds us.
Since its inception, the Christian church has consistently opposed all activities and conduct that destroy human life. History has demonstrated both the wisdom and the correctness of this position. The devastation of human life in San Francisco has only further proven the catastrophic results of abandoning this stance.
Tragically, anyone who would dare to express concerns about the disastrous consequences of these insidious forms of sexual behavior is thereby labeled a "homophobe" and a "bigot," and is taunted with cries of "shame! shame!"
Government should have a fundamental, compelling interest in the reproduction of society, the adequate socialization of individuals who constitute society and in seeing that children are directed toward healthy, productive lifestyles. The state, legitimately, is responsible for promoting these fundamental, social objectives - none of which is furthered by homosexual marriage.
The Qur'an reminds us all of this reality: "Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? They were superior to them in strength: they tilled the soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have done: there came to them their messengers with Clear (Signs). (Which they rejected, to their own destruction): It was not Allah Who wronged them, but they wronged their own souls." (Surat ar-Room 30:9)
When "man made laws" override God's laws, civilizations can only expect destruction. Despite the fact that thousands of years have gone by, and places, technology and civilizations have undergone many changes, not much has changed in the aforementioned social structures and the etiquettes of the unbelievers. As we have emphasized above, a certain part of the society in which we live has all the qualities of the people described in the Qur'an.
Just like Thamud who gave short measure, there are also a great number of forgers and swindlers today. There exists a "homosexual community" that is defended whenever the occasion arises, and its members do not fall short of the people of Lut in whom sexual perversion had reached its peak. A great part of society is made up of people as ungrateful and rebellious as Saba, as unthankful for the wealth endowed to them as the people of Iram, as unsubmissive and insulting towards the believers as the people of Nuh, and as heedless to social justice as 'Ad.
Allah warns us: "We destroyed generations before you when they did wrong. Their messengers brought them the Clear Signs, but they were never going to believe. That is how We repay evildoers. Then We made you their successors on the earth so We might observe how you would act." (Surat Yunus 10:13-14)
Tuesday : 02/12/2003
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) Keeping them "in the closet" just promotes them to marry and pass on their "gay genes"
If it was "socically acceptable" to make that choice they wouldn't marry the opposit sex just to "fit in" & the "gay gene" would just die out
Originally Posted by AbuMubarak
.. , and why you taking such an interest in Abu Mubarak Most of the people in these forums detest gay people, they openly said it in how many threads, just because youre in love with him doesnt give you the right to keep hatin 
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