By: Lin Collins
Same Sex-
Marriage or Gay has taken grounds rapidly especially in Europe. Lesbian, Gay,
Bi-Sexual, Transgender Rights {LGBT} would be nothing common to a 10 year old
girl in some of these European Countries.
The recent
popular vote by the people of Ireland has triggered something in my thought. In
fact it is the first country to accept by popular vote. When it all began with Cicero, it quickly moved to Richard
John Jack Baker and James Michael McConnell in the 1970’s,with the history of
same-sex unions during ancient times, which consisted of unions ranging from
informal and temporary relationships to highly ritualized unions, it continues
to be now a modern state-recognized thing; same sex-marriage.
It is rather in
despicable how we treat these kinds of issues. We often take it on a lighter
note. Oh yes of course I know we are in a ‘modern age’. For the one word
‘modernization’, we tend to think that of course we have to adapt to just
things we find pleasure in. Especially to those in Europe, same-sex marriage is
not a new thing anymore. Think about it, if you would have to change at every
bit in the name of ‘modernization’ what would you be turning into. Just ask
yourself. It is not about modernization, it is about how you perceive the world
from the beginning of creation. If God, which I know some of you do not still
believe that he does exist {would talk about that someday later} was to bring
another Adam into the scene instead of Eve, how would it be like?
“If it is about
child bearing that is no problem”. Why, the advent of technology. Of course
technology has aided us in so diverse ways. Mind you, to every good thing,
there is a bad absolutely. If technologies has rallied us round to recognize
that we can in plant sperms and hopefully change the genital organs, does it
imply that you should crowd on it? You marry man to man, woman to woman. And
then the adoption idea comes. Fine, you adopt a girl child if you a gay, so he
grows up to call who Daddy, and who Mommy, same genders? You can imagine the
generation of beings you are already introducing into our world.
In addition to
this, you have to understand that there is a limitation to everything under
this Sun. You have to understand that to every rule there is an exception.
Always I have the right, I have the freedom, too? To do whatever that I want.
You could imagine the right that was exhibited by the people of Sodom and Gomorrah
and the aftermath {Genesis 19:5-10}. I hope you know the story. If that right
was just legal in the sight of the Angles, would they have smote the people
with blindness on their pressing?
It is not about
being in Europe but measures to undertake to ensure that it does not cross over
to Africa or to the other countries. You sit in Ouagadougou, and tell yourself “Of
course they should enjoy themselves, it is not in my country.” I give you ‘Ayekooo’.
There is an adage in the Ewe language which I translate literally that, “if you
see your neighbours bear burning, quickly put a pot of water beside your own.” It
means that you should not take anything for granted. “I was deeply
saddened by the result,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of
state, said at a conference in Rome on Tuesday night. “The church must take account
of this reality, but in the sense that it must strengthen its commitment to
evangelisation. I think that you cannot just talk of a defeat for Christian
principles, but of a defeat for humanity.” Of course a defeat for humanity! He
is the Vatican’s top diplomat; he is seen as second only to the pope in the
church’s hierarchy, which remarks represents the most damning assessment of the
Irish vote by a senior church official to date. So you see it is not only about
our country but our religion as well.
Finally, a colleague would whisper into my ears, “We are
always talking about it but not much improvement?” assuming you convince your neighbour
the detrimental act he or she may think of engaging in it to stop, would she
not have given it a second thought? I tell you, it is all about prayers. Of
course prayers can move mountains. Mind you, behind every act there is a force.
Do you always have to think about technology, freedom and
right, no relation to your country, modernization, experimenting with
everything you think is cool? For your information, just yesterday Greenland's parliament unanimously
approves same-sex marriage with effect from October 1, 2015.
Maybe you would be familiar with this, “curiosity, kills the
cat”
What about this ““if you see your neighbour bears burning, quickly put a pot of water beside
your own.” Ayekoooooo!
