"Breeders"
Residents of Provincetown, Massachusetts, have a term for heterosexual couples who come to their overwhelmingly-gay resort town. They call them "breeders."
The derogatory term was "bred" (excuse the pun) out of the dispute over Massachusetts' becoming the first and only state to legalize gay marriage. Provincetown's population is almost entirely homosexual. So when a list of petitioners who were against the new act was made public on the internet, persecution ensued.
Forty-three of the 5,000 names listed on the petition were residents of Provincetown. And in a town of only 3,500, the minority is easy to find. There was a shouting match at a local grocery store, where a gay man called one of the signers of the petition a "bigot." One woman claimed that same-sex marriage supporters put dog feces next to her car. Another found the list of petitioners on her windshield.
But I want to focus on the name "breeder." We normally use it when speaking of animals--two fine-looking cocker spaniels, or a couple of thoroughbreds. When the term is used pejoratively of married couples, it is meant to disparage them into feeling they are less refined than the homosexuals. It should be no surprise to us that homosexuals view themselves as the elite. For decades, America's art, literature, music and film--the pistons driving our culture--have been carefully crafted to cast homosexuality in a more positive light.
Years back, gays and lesbians were the ones accused of animalistic behavior. Homosexuality used to be listed as a mental illness in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The majority of the American population viewed it as unnatural and deviant behavior. But times have changed. Today we are being asked to accept what God abhors as something that is wholesome and natural.
The deadening effect on our society has been swift and effective. More persecution awaits those who oppose the homosexual lifestyle. Are Christians convicted enough to face it?
God has already spoken. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed for this deviant behavior (Gen. 19). It is called an "abomination" In Leviticus 18:22. Paul described homosexuality as "dishonorable," "contrary to nature," "shameless" and "error" (Rom. 1:26-27). It was "contrary to sound doctrine" (1 Tim. 1:8-11). In another place he listed the sin among those things that will keep one from inheriting the kingdom of heaven (1 Cor. 6:9-11).
Homosexuals can label their opponents as "breeders" if they want. But the word betrays the weakness of their position. Even in the absence of the Bible, God's intentions regarding the sexes are plain. Homosexuals cannot reproduce because God made human beings male and female. Therefore, He has given us two witnesses through special and general revelation. Where the Bible has been ignored, let procreation instruct the deviant mind.
