Just another day in moderateville

Turns out there’s another blog called The Moderate Soapbox. Here I thought I was being original. There’s a few "soapbox" blogs out there. I read a lot of these blogs that moderate Republicans write and sometimes it seems like within the "moderate" group, there are even vast differences. I wonder sometimes if I am not quite center but maybe still a little right of center. This one so called moderate blog that I read yesterday sounded like the writer was a complete liberal. Yet he called himself a centrist. He bashed Christianity and anything relating to it, which is something I would never do, considering I am a believer. My ideas are bible based as they should be if you say you are a believer. Many say that believing and acting according to the Bible is being narrow minded. Obviously I don’t agree with that.
I had come to the conclusion that I am more of a moderate because I don’t see things completely black and white like a lot of people do, both on the left and right. Take gay marriage for example. I don’t believe its God’s will for gays to marry. I believe he created marriage to be between a man and a woman. Its biblical and I don’t dispute it. Otherwise, what is my faith about? But - here’s the thing - divorce is not God’s will either. Neither is adultery, spousal abuse, neglect, etc. The divorce rate is still at about 50%. I’m surprised the gays even want marriage after what hererosexuals have done with it. Sanctity of marriage doesn’t just mean that one sex is married to the other sex. It means a lot more than that. And to throw stones at people we think are "evil" when we’re not as pious as we believe we are, is not right. Why do I think this way? Maybe because I spend 7 years at a church where it turns out the Pastor had affairs with more than one woman in the church and watched internet porn in between services. And how many times have we seen religious leaders caught in the act? The word hypocrisy comes to mind.
While we’re on the subject, I don’t like when conservatives write books called "Demonic" or "Godless." What is that? Throwing stones again. I know we all want to sell books but don’t bring God into this and use Him as a marketing tool.
Bottom line - I believe we should strive to live godly lives if we say we are believers and be more concerned with the condition of our neighbor’s soul instead of who they are marrying. When I meet Jesus face to face, is He going to ask me if I helped push the anti-gay agenda or if I told people that He loved and died for them? The latter I believe.