They don't need to
know about homosexuality and atheism and racism and evolutionary theory.
«You're not like those people» — For many parents, the only thing
they know about homosexuality is what they know from gay pride parades or stories of lewd, immoral behavior.
Not exact matches
I will
no longer engage the biblical ignorance that emanates from so many right - wing Christians
about how the Bible condemns
homosexuality, as if that point of view still has any credibility.
I will
no longer discuss with them or listen to them tell me how
homosexuality is «an abomination to God,»
about how
homosexuality is a «chosen lifestyle,» or
about how through prayer and «spiritual counseling» homosexual persons can be «cured.»
Steven thanks for your testimony I agree with your view that
homosexuality is not an orientation we are not born that way but its a choice.We can choose to live by what our flesh dictates or we can live by what God reveals through his word and by his holy spirit.If we are serious
about following God we chose to follow him so it does nt matter whether gay or straight our choice is to follow God with all our heart.I have never been gay but have battled and was overcome by my fleshly desires not until i turned from them and asked the holy spirit to help me have i been changed for that i will always be grateful to the Lord.So in that sense we are
no different our testimonys are important and are powerful.Thank you for your witness and may the Lord continue to use you as his vessel to touch lives and hearts for him.brentnz
When the Law of Love becomes the measure of whether or not an act sinful, the issue is
no longer
about sexual orientation, hetero or
homosexuality; but whether the act is one of expressing love or exercising power / control over another.
We don't
know much
about what forms
homosexuality may have taken in ancient Israel.
This means that, so far as we
know, Jesus never spoke
about homosexuality, and we simply have no way of determining what his attitude toward it might have been.
I honestly don't
know what I really even think
about the whole
homosexuality issue; I mostly think I don't care.
In fact, in my experience, I've found that the folks most passionate
about waging a culture war against
homosexuality are often folks who don't
know a lot of gay people.
Similarly, as we
know that
homosexuality is just as natural and God - given as heterosexuality, we realize that the Biblical injunctions against
homosexuality were conditioned by the attitudes and beliefs
about this form of sexual expression which were held by people without benefit of centuries of scientific knowledge and understanding.
In addition to what we
know, how we think will also affect our process of interpreting what the Bible says
about homosexuality.
As some have pointed out, how can we possibly take such an immovable stand on the issue of
homosexuality, but we allow women to speak in church, to go
about with their heads uncovered, we
no longer stone people caught in adultery, we don't crucify thieves... it's just astonishing to think people pick and choose verses and chapters from the Bible to cling to.
Now let's look at what you may or may not
know about what the Bible says
about sexuality and
homosexuality in general.
How
about this one, since you
KNOW what a pedophile is, and you
KNOW what a practicing homosexual is (though you can't seem to find the words), and you
KNOW that both are sinful, then you must also
KNOW that since pedophilia is against the law, then the practice of
homosexuality should also be against the law.
I want to raise my children to be sensitive to others and aware of others» differences, but I don't personally
know any trans * people and there really isn't a template for talking
about things like this (or
homosexuality, or a lot of other things) in an affirming way within my church community.
Sean Fieler, a conservative hedge fund manager
known for his controversial statements
about homosexuality and his activism against abortion, recently donated $ 6,500 to Mr. Cabrera, campaign records show.
You are also allowed to answer yes /
no about your agreement with some of the Church's more divisive issues on abortion, divorce and
homosexuality.
After much outcry from Utah citizens who don't take their marching orders from a mysterious, all -
knowing voice in the sky (i.e. the Eagle Forum), Herbert vetoed HB363 in March 2012, which would have shut down classroom discussion
about sex, contraception and
homosexuality — as sponsoring Rep. Bill Wright so eloquently put it, «This is not like all our kids are going to die if they don't learn promiscuous behavior.»
No matter what you think
about homosexuality itself, Amazon made a decision to remove books that had certain indicators — and as a result, they've made it that much harder for people to find these contributions to a very important debate.
I recognised the Genet I
knew a bit
about, in this exhibition which is
about his early life, his books, his
homosexuality, his friendship with Giacometti etc..
The decision also looks at the history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, sometimes
known as the Psychiatrists» Bible, noting that
homosexuality was once listed in its pages, and says courts should be wary of outsourcing legal questions
about the availability of recovery for damages.