Sacrificed on the Altar of Homosexuality
She has a way of relating to people as just your everyday “girl next door.” But as Rosie revealed to America back in March of this year, she was far from what we perceived. And unfortunately once again, the saying remains true: “What goes up, must come down.”
America has seen the rise and fall of Rosie O'Donnell. We've watched this funny woman from Long Island, New York, plagued with turmoil throughout her entire childhood — self-destruct. Yet in an attempt to try and resolve a lifelong inner conflict, Rosie made the fatal mistake so many other celebrities have made: openly declaring their homosexuality. For Rosie, that was the beginning of the end.
Today, the Rosie empire has collapsed. Her television show is over. Her short-lived “Rosie Magazine” is done, the publisher Gruner & Jahr now suing her for over 100 million dollars. Much of her traditional family fan base has abandoned her. Even the “gay” community has not been there for her as
she had expected.
Countless reports of depression, prescription medication and overeating fill the tabloids, with photos of Rosie which are less than desirable. Rosie sacrificed all on the altar of homosexuality.
Diane Sawyer, of ABC's Primetime Live, interviewed Rosie this past March of 2002. The two-hour infomercial for homosexuality and “gay” parenting was one of the highest-rated shows of the year. Even if you missed the interview, the producers wanted to make sure they got their pro-gay propaganda across in the show's title, “Rosie's Story: For The Sake of the Children.” (On a side note: ABC, owned by parent company Disney, seems to have a “special place” in their heart for the “gay” issue.)
Rosie followed her Primetime Live special with a second Diane Sawyer interview the following week, revealing more intimate details about her distressed past and a look into her sad “present.” Rosie was clearly trying to tell America something about herself.
Her trip into Bill O'Reilly's “No Spin Zone” gave us even a clearer picture of this woman's confused life.
Finally, in her autobiography “Find Me,” Rosie gave us the missing puzzle piece we needed: Rosie is still trying to find herself.
Other People's Acceptance
Last week, much of the media celebrated the birth of Rosie's newest addition to her “alternative family.” Kelli Carpenter, Rosie's live-in lesbian lover, gave birth to “their” child, Vivienne Rose O'Donnell, on November 29. By the baby's last name, many who are still trying to figure out this new “homosexual family” thing are asking the question, “Does that make Rosie the father?”
Publicity photos of Rosie and baby were recently released to the media. Even Fox News, so called “fair-and-balanced,” congratulated the couple on the arrival of their new “cutie patootie.” The lesbians are both legal guardians to Rosie's adopted child Blake, and Kelli is seeking legal guardianship of Rosie's two other adopted children.
I'm sorry, but it never ceases to amaze me how far as a society we have digressed. Clearly, we are a nation in complete rebellion against the God of all creation. May He have mercy on us.
My heart breaks for this woman who is no doubt “troubled.” In her book, she alludes to sexual abuse by a male close to her. The broken mother-daughter relationship caused by her mother's death traumatized Rosie as a little girl. This left an inner, profound gaping wound which never healed. Her relationship with her father was not one to be desired. Media outlets have reported her brother is also openly “gay.” Without question, her dysfunctional childhood carried over into her dysfunctional life today.
With all of her success, wealth and fame, Rosie still lacks something no money can buy: self acceptance. By publicly declaring her homosexuality, she was desperately hoping America would embrace her and say, “We love and accept you for who you are.” Then and only then, maybe she might be able to finally accept herself.
As a former homosexual, I constantly strove for other's acceptance of my homosexuality, in hopes I would someday be able to accept myself. Yet as a homosexual, self-acceptance never came. And for Rosie O'Donnell, it never will either.
You see, that is the crux of America's “gay” rights movement. Homosexual men and women are demanding America's acceptance of their aberrant, unnatural lifestyle, in hopes they will be able to eventually accept themselves. Yet no matter what laws are passed, no matter what acceptance others may give, homosexuals will never be able to truly accept themselves. That's just not the way God made them. I know it, and deep down, they know it, too.
The Key to Healing
In 1992, my self-acceptance came when I accepted Christ. My eyes were opened to the truth of the homosexual deception. The veil of wickedness was removed from my heart. I realized my countless “gay” partners and my long-term relationship with my male lover was no more than two men “playing house.” Through the Bible I saw my homosexuality for what it really was: sin.
Today, I am no longer “gay,” but very happily married to my wife of almost 10 years. We also have two beautiful little children — a boy and a girl. I am completely heterosexual, through-and-through — the way God made me. God's message of love, hope and deliverance for the homosexual is one I have been called to the forefront of America to proclaim — that no one is born “gay” — in most cases has everything to do with childhood and homosexuals can completely change.
As for Rosie O'Donnell, I hope one day to meet her and personally share with her how Jesus Christ changed my life. I'll tell her how much God loves her and how Jesus wants to set her free as well. Her freedom will not come from two lesbians playing house, adopting children and pretending they are a family. No, Christ alone is the answer Rosie is looking for. How sad, yet prophetic, the title of Rosie's autobiography — “Find Me” — for that is exactly what God is telling Rosie: “And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” (Jer 29:13).
God wonderfully made Rosie and created her for His glory. She needs to see her lesbian lifestyle for what it really is — a counterfeit and sin before a Holy God. Only then will Rosie find herself — when she finds Jesus.
I'm an optimist and one who believes in the life-changing power of Christ. No one is too far from the reach of the love of God. Not Stephen Bennett, nor Rosie O'Donnell. And frankly, I'm looking forward to that next Diane Sawyer interview when Rosie comes before all of America and testifies how she found herself — at the foot of the cross on a hill called Calvary. What a day that will be!
Stephen Bennett is a recording artist and national speaker for the Culture and Family Institute, an affiliate of Concerned Women For America in Washington, DC. He is the Special Issues Editor on Homosexuality for the American Family Association and founder of Stephen Bennett Ministries.
