Gay Marriage Dichotomy

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There are so many very serious social justice issues going on today. There first social justice issue I feel strongly about and believe is a huge problem is the treatment of homosexuals. Though there has been major progression in the treatment towards homosexuals legally there are still many prejudiced people that treat them terribly. Last summer on June 26 the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. Some people were ecstatic with ruling and others found it morally wrong. Though gay marriage was now legalized, the homosexuals were still discriminated against. Some states made it legal that if gay marriage was against one's religion then it was legal for them to refuse service. Indiana even made this discrimination legal. No one should ever be …show more content…
I think that loving God is more important .I think loving God is more important in the long run of things. Loving your neighbors is very import too though. My faith believes that if you are good on earth then you will in live in heaven eternally. Your time on earth is not very long compared to eternity, so that why I believe loving God is more important. I believe loving your neighbor is very important, but your love for God should be put first. FR. Arrupe believes loving your neighbor should be put first but I believe his reason are very are right too. We both believe that loving God is very important, but he took a stance of loving God indirectly. He made the point that if you help his people then essentially you are helping him too. The second dichotomy is the Christian charity or Human justice. I think that human justice is more important. Essentially both christian charity and human justice are equally as good because they both are helping those in need. The only reason why I would chose human justice over Christian charity is Christian charity may not help as many people. Arrupe agrees that charity and justice are the same things because they both are helping people. Both are working against injustices and both are needed to have

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