Though the politician and the priest
Live in the belly of the beast because we fed it
Freedom is seldom found
By beating someone to the ground
~Amos Lee, from Freedom
Listening to this song today, though it was obviously written under different pretexts, made me think more deeply about the war now being fought in the political arena and media about same-sex marriage. I couldn't help but shake my head at how vehemently opposed some people are to the notion, but then I had to remind myself that I was once someone who had a different mindset about homosexuality when I was younger. If I look back on that time, I can remember trying to reconcile what I had been taught to believe with my interactions with real people engaging in real relationships.
It's so easy to point a finger when it makes you feel you have a right to be righteous, when it confirms the morals and rules you have adopted within your belief system. It's much more difficult to evaluate the moral responsibility you have to be in right relationship with your fellow human beings, regardless of what you each believe. Where do you think freedom is found?
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