Focus on the Family Is Not Our Friend!

We were all outraged by the reports of how the Mormons spent so much on lies and propaganda to win Prop 8 in California last year, but then there were the "Christian" groups. As a Christian of over 28 years I have come to see so called Christian morality based groups like Dobson's Focus on the Family as the kind of people that do the most harm to Christianity. They bring the opposite of peace and goodwill to humanity in general. What they teach sounds good to the simple minded but in reality it is full of prejudice and archaic dogma. It is the traditions of men simply rehashed and it is not of God to us in this age. Sometimes I dread to tell people that I am a Christian because of the shame these people have brought upon that name. As a Transgendered Christian girl I get very tired of being caught in the middle or having to hide a major part of the stuff that brings me joy in my life (I.E. being a Christian - yes a born again one in spite of what my detractors on both sides might say).

I have to presume people and groups that believe much like Dobson and company actually believe that what they do and stand for is good but they trample on so many good people in the process of pursuing their small minded agendas. I know that Jesus weeps over the damage they do to many of his "little ones". They have such a narrow view of the all inclusiveness of God and simply refuse to see anything in Scripture (I refer not to a specific translation but to the original content of the Scriptures) that allows for God to love all of His created ones just the way he created them like many of us in the TLGBQI community.

Another clear example of the results that come from the narrow "christian": view is seen in the excerpt below - copied from a post by the Human Rights Campaign:

"While there’s been much outrage about how much the Mormon church contributed to Prop 8 (almost $190K), it turns out that James Dobson’s Focus on the Family group and its supporters contributed over seven times more money to Prop 8 than the Mormons.

(And, ironically, it seems that FOTF was more focused on spending the dough to break up our families than in helping their own workers to take care of theirs. The group announced that it would let go 20% of their staff shortly after Prop 8 passed)."

(For the full article Click Here).

I spent many years in such a group in LA and I watched the damage we did to so many people happen right in front of my eyes - much like Paul did as he held the cloaks of and watched the "good" religious people stone Stephen. If there is anything I would do in my life it would be to somehow right those wrongs and reach out to the members of my community and to everyone around me and show them the true love of Jesus Christ for them. It is not a judgmental love at all, but one that encompasses all that a person is, all that was done in that person's past and all that that person will ever do. I have learned in my transition that God really is love and He (or She if you prefer feminine references) really is there for any and all that simply trust him - even with the tiniest bit of shaky trust at first.

So remember, when some so called Christian comes at you with judgment to offer about who you are, that this is not the Spirit of Christ at all but likely one of false religion. Whenever I encounter these ideals I must speak out against them. What we all can do about countering these groups is be as vocal and visible as possible working peacefully and side by side with each other and our straight allies to counter their propaganda. They have a right to believe what they want but we have a right to not be hassled or discriminated against publicly by those that do and it is time we claim that right as a community.

OK so much for my two cents tonight - have a blessed evening and day tomorrow.
Hugs,
Eva-Genevieve!