To have an opportunity to share my understanding
of being gay and
of being gay and Christian with those that would not normally have listened, because I listened to them and accepted their positions.
The issue
of being gay in the church is a very real issue today, one I wish to address and deal with, and this video suggested to me that the Vineyard might be one of the places to do this well.
In fact, let me quote the NP::» The issue
of being gay in the church is a very real issue today, one I wish to address and deal with,» ---- And so, when you say to me::: «you have a big thing about gays...,» David's words say it all ------»... being gay in the church is a very real issue today.»
I have grown to love them just like anyone else but their secret parties and yes
some of them was gay.
If anyone
of you is gay tell me I need someone to shag with tonight I do nt think Bob is up to it.
NOT because
of being gay, but despite it, knowing her worth did not come from that.
It remains a valid point that goes with the experience
of being gay, but you may certainly dismiss it without having any merit if you so choose.
You apply for a job in my community by running a campaign for a paid office that my local tax dollars pay for and you get elected then show up to your first scheduled meeting and decide to spend the first 5 minutes — eating donuts instead of working, speaking to the audience about your personal problems with your wife, telling the audience about an upcoming play your kid will be in, telling the captive audience about the benefits
of being gay, speaking to them about God or praying aloud to your God regardless of which God the rest of the audience believes in.
pointing out UrLost's blatant repressed ho.mo.se.xuality will only get him to accuse
you of being gay because he's just so sad.
Sadly, these initiatives are fought tooth and nail by anti-gay groups (sadly pretty much all of which identify as Christian) who want to claim (against all evidence) that being gay makes you more likely to commit suicide not anything that you suffer as a result
of being gay, just some arbitrary offense against God thing.
What's the upshot
of being gay Rachel?
The dysfunction
of being gay is indeed a sin when we, as human beings, should be smart enough to know better.
We were able to embrace him as the loved son he always was and will be... I am sad that he struggled so many years with the dread of rejection of us as his parents and held the «secret»
of being gay for way too long.
Tell me too where the benefits
of being gay are that one would make this «choice» to have their families turn their backs on them, to be physically harmed or verbally abused to the point of taking their own life.
You know that
some of them are gay, don't you?
On the subject
of being gay and Christian, I was amused by a post today over at «Jesus or Squirrel.»
Lol another ridiculous comparison
of being gay to beastiality and ped.ophilia.
Can anyone explain why the sin
of being gay is any different than the sin or murder, pedophliia, beastiality, rapist, etc..
We do nt really give a beep privately but god forbid we admit it for fear of being accused
of being gay.
I may be totally wrong and have to answer for my «sin»
of being gay... but this sin of the church, prejudice disguised as faith, is much more destructive.
Judgement is not warranted here for we all have had some form of responsibility
of this being gay, or any other abnormalities taught to our children in our society, all being accepted, calling it «good» within the media, and of our lifestyles, one way or another.
One
of them is gay marriage to get help from several gay journalists from CNN.
HOWEVER, if in the next 99 rooms there are 100 men in each room, and in each room 1
of them is gay and 1 of them is bi, it becomes normal that 10 % of the men are gay and 10 % of the men are bi.
How many of u have actually studied the Biology
of being gay or the Psychology of it?
If in that group, 1
of them is gay and 1 of them is bi, it can be assumed that being straight is normal.
Now whether there was an issue
of being gay, or not, I sense that this was the least of the problems at this time.
We have decorator shows that most
of them are gay.
@Shadowcandy — so, the wrongness
of being gay caused you to click on the link and enjoy this fine article?
He's dropping hints at the truth, which to me is that the idea
of being gay being a sin is ridiculous, and that prayer is not effective for solving problems - something we all already know in the back of our mind.
There's nothing wrong
of being gay, WE are born gay but doing the act is definitely our choice.
I've had male survivors tell me they didn't want anyone in the church to know because they thought that they would be labelled a future offender and everyone would keep their kids away, or they would be accused
of being gay.»
In the issue
of being gay, I believe it is a sin.
I read this news story yesterday about a dog scheduled to be put to sleep because the owner suspects
it of being gay.
I admittedly have a circle of friends that skews heavily gay, and yet of the 20 or so Catholic priests I've known in my life only one
of them was gay.
Stewart Lewis - Gay Parent Magazine has been publishing Stewart's column Diary of a Gay Dad - a chronicle of his experiences
of being a gay dad - since the conception and birth of his daughter Rowan.Lewis is a singer songwriter and novelist based out of Washington DC.
Four years ago Kendall Stewart was linked to flyers accusing Mr. Taitt
of being gay, so now the mud appears to be flying the other way.
Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly denied involvement in the stunt pitting his dad against late, Mayor Ed Koch, who faced rumors — that he denied —
of being gay.
That's true
of being a gay woman too.
The single, no child, sometimes accused
of being gay (even by his R primary opponent)(not so directly, but still implied) R Candidate for FLorida Governor.
But if some poor woman has 14 sons, the 15th would have a 50 percent chance
of being gay.
His study showed that for every older brother a man has, his odds
of being gay go up by 33 percent.
Hypothetically, a man with 9 older biological brothers, according to Bogaert's estimates, has about a 50 percent chance
of being gay.
And other studies have shown that even the identical twin of a gay man has only a 50 per cent chance
of being gay himself.
The base rate for homosexuality in men with no older brothers is estimated at about 4 percent, giving a man with one older brother a 5.2 percent chance
of being gay.
For example, the identical twin of a gay man, despite having the same genome, only has a 20 % to 50 % chance
of being gay himself.
«There will be men who have the form of gene that increases the chance
of being gay, but they won't be gay.»
In addition, between 20 and 30 percent of respondents reported stigmatizing experiences because
of being a gay father, primarily from family members, friend, and some people in religious contexts.
First off you have to think
of you are gay personal ad as a business.
In 2000, he started an autobiographical blog about his experiences
of being gay in China's conservative culture.