02/12/2022
I published this to my blog in late December, but since then have spent hours pondering it. I‘ve edited it to clarify and simplify some points. - Elizabeth Woning
An excerpt:
“The rapid expansion of the LGBT movement is another profound expression of this new dualism. As I have said, homos*xual and cross-s*x behaviors are ancient, but no culture has ever embraced and normalized them. Though activists would like to suggest social stigma is central to the hesitance to embrace these behaviors, I believe instead resistance is based in our subconscious tether to physical reality. The truth of human existence is that our mind, will and emotions are inseparably tied our physical bodies. We are not simply “clay pots” within which a spirit resides. The modern LGBT worldview requires a divorce between our psyche and body. Though most extreme in the transgender movement, LGB identity is equally reflective of this dualism. The mantra “love is love” points directly to our concern that our psychological reality must be prioritized. Today when many of us see married, gay lovers we perceive their emotional well-being, the safety and fulfillment of their marriage, their potential as good fathers, and compare the psychological factors of this marriage to heteros*xual marriage. Most millennials and younger fail to perceive any difference whatsoever in this relationship from opposite-s*x s*xual expression. To them, s*x and love are, largely, psychologically driven. Yet, close scrutiny to the physicality of gay “love” offers a clear obstruction to its embrace. The obvious illogic of same-s*x s*xual behavior has been dismissed as irrelevant, but that is causing terrible harm.”
https://www.elizabethwoning.com/essays/2021/12/23/oj4mh1sblfd8fi60aq6hr19a9zgemi
LGBT-identifying people today are caught in a perfect storm . Though homos*xual behavior is ancient, it has never before been normalized. Why now? I wish to propose that it has everything to do with the tech revolution.
