The Day of Truth, held on the same day as the Day of Silence, «was established to counter the
promotion of homosexual behavior and to express an opposing viewpoint from a Christian perspective,» according to a manual for this year's event published by Exodus International.
There is widespread agreement with the view presented in the article on homosexuality in Baker's Dictionary of Christian Ethics (edited by Carl F. Henry [Baker Book House, 1973]-RRB-, which declares that «those who base their faith on the OT and NT documents can not doubt that their strong
prohibitions of homosexual behavior make homosexuality a direct transgression of God's law.»
Although he also mentioned adultery, theft, and failure to pay wages to workers, homosexual lobby groups were outraged by his
mention of homosexual behavior.
Consequently, the amount of money expended on separating people
because of homosexual behavior would not decrease, but would increase if homosexuals were admitted.
Legislators and military leaders have a legitimate role to play in checking the
spread of homosexual behavior, especially among young people whose minds and characters are in formative stages.
Having counseled personnel
accused of homosexual behavior and having reviewed cases involving charges of homosexuality, I have yet to come across a case where a person was discharged who denied having engaged in homosexual conduct.
«Contrary to comments by GLSEN falsely labeling the Day of Truth as «inappropriate and divisive,» the event was always about the right of students to peacefully express their point of view on the
subject of homosexual behavior,» the statement said.
He concludes: «That reflex triggered by an accurate
description of homosexual behavior will be the beginning of the recovery of moral sense and sensibility when it comes to the so - called «gay marriage» debate.»
But this
form of homosexual behavior — an act that is chosen — is quite different from homosexual Christians today who may not remember knowing themselves as other than homosexual in orientation.
By trotting before the reader a staggering assemblage of examples of how different societies, ancient and modern, have unconsciously encouraged or discouraged various forms and
interpretations of homosexual behavior.
Citing the Apostle Paul, you argue that the unrepentant
practice of homosexual behavior will exclude a person from the Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9 - 10).
Almost 80 percent of the
cases of homosexual behavior the researchers appeared to be the result of misidentification or belated identification of gender.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., in 1989, canceled a Mapplethorpe retrospective that was partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, fearing political backlash because of the exhibition's frank
depictions of homosexual behavior.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins has responded to my story yesterday about Exodus International pulling its sponsorship of Day of Truth, an annual event that encourages school students to «counter the
promotion of homosexual behavior.»
A national Christian organization will stop sponsoring an annual event that encourages school students to «counter the promotion
of homosexual behavior» because the event has become too divisive and confrontational, the group's president told CNN on Wednesday.