I've been back and forth on whether to touch on this subject. Making a choice to change ones gender is something I struggle with and especially now that it's being thrust upon us.
If you have read much of my stuff at all, you know that I stay on the more liberal side of social issues that tend to divide people in passionate ways. I know and see homosexuality as a sin, but make a very conscious choice to not make a big deal over other people's sin when I have so much of it in my own life. Their choices, much like my own, will come with an opportunity to repent and convert.
But, gender reassignment or even transgendered (living as the opposite sex), is something I can't easily get on board with. I can't seem to separate it as a sin and equal to my own sin.
Let me explain a little bit deeper. I have said this all before, so it isn't something new. There have been times in my past when I wondered why I wasn't born a boy. My entire life, I have always identified with males more so than females. Relationships are easier and interests are more common. I have even gone through periods of my life when I hated being a female.
Despite all that, I have learned to embrace who I am. Even before I was a Christian and believed that I was created by God, I still embraced myself as being made the way I was meant to be. It wasn't easy. I even tried to force myself into loving the color pink and being girl while trying to forget that loved football and the smell of grease.
Not only did I have to learn to embrace who I was, I had to learn balance. The same God who made me a girl, designed the innermost parts of me that prefer hockey over shopping.
I cannot help but think people who live as the opposite sex or make permanent alterations to their sexual orientation are completely depraved. They cannot possibly know or believe in God or that they were designed by an awesome Creator.
Forgive me, I am very passionate about this subject lately. What I am saying isn't out of judgement but sheer ignorance. I just can't wrap my head around it. I even question the legality of a sex change operation. Gender reassignment surgery is making a mutation of something that was already perfectly designed.
Recently, the president has made a push to outlaw therapy for this particular growing group of people. Is that really a good idea? If you are so confused about your gender that you can't live as the sex you were born, isn't there a need for therapy? I think so. By therapy, I don't mean just talk therapy. There should be some extensive hormonal testing and therapy made available if necessary. We need more, not less.
This isn't just a religious issue for me. I don't base all of my thoughts or opinions of my relationship with Christ. It is more a disgust and lack of understanding for people being unwilling to embrace who they are or adapt. When I say disgust, I mean we live in a society where if we don't like something, we snap our fingers, throw down some cash and someone can change it without any questions being asked. I suppose to a degree, we all do that. Don't like your hair color, spend $65 and get a new color. Changing one's gender just seems to cross a line I don't quite understand.
I know there is a continual evolution of what we will accept as a society. It seems like we are starting to cross lines that will make even more horrific things acceptable. I know it is a stretch, but today it is changing one's genitals and I have to ask what's next. Will we push the boundaries of what is ok and start allowing 14 year olds to marry? I don't know.
As you can see, it's not something I support and it's something I find a reason for at this time. I definitely won't be watching the big interview on tv tonight. I can't watch another spectacle that tells the world it's ok to change what you don't like.
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