Your image of the Bible and how you understand its authority will also affect your way of interpreting what the Bible
says about homosexuals as persons.
As to what the Scriptures have to
say about homosexual orientation, my brother, you not only have to do deeper research, but most importantly approach Scripture in the Spirit of Love, as a child who knows nothing, seeking the guidance of his Father.
At a dinner with faculty members afterward, one professor remarked, «We could never have gotten away with what
you said about homosexual acts being morally disordered.»
I think Jay may be writing in response to Mark Richmond's comment above where he basically says that what Christians
say about homosexuals and women is not as bad as what Muslims say?
I was googling the other day: does the Kama Sutra have something to
say about homosexual sex?
«The only issue is what does the Bible
say about homosexual relationships,» and here's what the bible says about homosexual relationships: Nothing!
The only issue is what does the Bible
say about homosexual relationships, not what unjustified extrapolations can we make.
Not exact matches
At least 24 of the 34 colleges and universities granted religious exemptions based on their beliefs
about gender identity also received waivers allowing them to discriminate against gay and lesbian students and employees, citing faith - based prohibitions against
homosexual sex, the Human Rights Campaign
said.
In my last essay at First Things, I echoed the words of Pope Benedict writing
about the pastoral care of the
homosexual person by
saying, «only what is true can ultimately be pastoral.»
The bible has a lot more to
say about heterosexual behavior than it does
about homosexual behavior.
A Northern Ireland university has rejected calls for a new film
about people who
say they left behind
homosexual lifestyles to be screened at its premises.
The premiere of a new Christian film
about people who
say they left behind
homosexual lifestyles went ahead, despite a venue booking being cancelled.
5) If I am willing to
say that the Bible
says nothing
about homosexual relationships (a conclusion I do not agree with), then there is nothing to indicate that this is acceptable behavior either.
James David Manning needs to revisit what Jesus actually had to
say directly
about homosexuals.
(CNN)- Pope Francis
said the church has the right to express its opinions but not to «interfere spiritually» in the lives of gays and lesbians, expanding on explosive comments he made in July
about not judging
homosexuals.
What he has to
say about sexual relations between single people, be they heterosexual or
homosexual, is of a piece with, and in the end but an extension of, what he
says about marital relations themselves.
But I would not be prepared to
say, as the increasing quantities of
homosexual propaganda want us to, that the one problem
about homosexuals is their civil rights in the larger sense.
The trouble is that such encounters pit an indefensible and outmoded legalism against a propaganda line that
says, basically, that there is no problem
about homosexuals except that of civil rights.
Can what a
homosexual (who's trying to justify his behaviour)
says to me
about my conduct as a Christian edify me?
This is plainly true for heterosexual persons; it is, I think, equally true for
homosexual persons,
about whom I shall have something more to
say later in this chapter.
«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.
If you drew a cartoon
about homosexual bigotry by using a caricature that actually exists in many anti-
homosexual heads and then lots of
homosexuals criticized you on it,
saying it reinforced the bigotry — would you consider their points.
What
about Fred Phelps, the scary pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church who
says that God hates people he predetermined to be
homosexuals?
Given the present state of our knowledge
about the etiology of
homosexual orientation, it is more honest to
say that we simply do not know with certainty and specificity what factors are involved in the genesis of one's sexual identity and corresponding sexual orientation.
Psychiatrists and others connected with the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), however,
say that the psychotherapeutic success rate with
homosexuals is
about the same as with other patients struggling to overcome a deep - seated problem, namely,
about one - third.
However, they contend that they have no choice but to do these things, based on what they
say is a clear directive
about homosexuals delivered to them by God through the Holy Bible.
Earlier this evening, I
said I wasn't going to engage in today's discussion because the care and feeding of
homosexuals is something I'm adament
about.
CNN: We don't teach hate,
says church where anti-homosexual song filmed
About 20 protesters gathered on Sunday outside the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle here to voice opposition to a viral online video that was taped in the church and shows a young child singing song with lyrics that offer a harsh message for
homosexuals.
It has become an open scandal that Paul himself had some exclusivistic things to
say about women and
homosexuals which contradict his many revolutionary insights.
I find that most of those who insult are
homosexuals and because we «fundamentalists» believe the Bible and what it
says about homosexuality causes those who are
homosexual or enable homosexuality hate.
(The same is to be
said about crusades to make things difficult for
homosexuals.)
The premiere of a new Christian film
about people who
say they left behind
homosexual lifestyles went... More
The Daily Mail opposes it for as many of the right reasons as it is now possible for a secular paper to admit to: «This legislation,» it
said, «which not even Stonewall, the most persistent gay rights group, was agitating for, is not just
about allowing
homosexual couples to have a wedding rather than a civil partnership.
On BBC's «Hard talk» show in 2012, President Yoweri Museveni made similar reckless statement
about the
homosexual issue when he
said «
Homosexuals in small numbers have always existed on our part of Black Africa.
He goes on to
say, «Article 9 of the Charter simply leaves it to States to decide whether they wish to afford
homosexual couples the right to marry» — and this in the context of a decision
about civil, not religious marriage.
Carl Paladino, who is mulling a re-match against Gov. Andrew Cuomo next fall, is still angry
about an incident during his failed 2010 bid during which he stood with Orthodox Jewish leaders in Brooklyn and pledged to «oppose the
homosexual agenda» — especially same - sex marriage — and
said children should not be «brainwashed» into believing that being gay is acceptable.
State Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward, who is known for her support of gay rights,
said Tuesday she may not vote for fellow Republican Carl Paladino for governor because of remarks he has made
about homosexuals and women.
However, senior military officials have
said that attitudes among troops
about serving with openly gay service members have relaxed and many now do not worry
about serving along side
homosexual troops.
Utah parents seek criminal penalties against teacher who they
say went too far in sex ed class: «The Jordan School District is investigating allegations that a seventh - and eighth - grade health teacher violated the sex education statute by responding to questions from students
about topics beyond the core curriculum, including
homosexual sex, oral sex and masturbation.»
The same movie that features a serious argument between a man and his wife
about their past infidelities is the same one that
says, at the end, Fred and Greg, becoming
homosexuals together and going on to become famous on the Vegas strip with a Siegfried and Roy - type act.
«I'd have to
say the most dramatic change that's taken place is our view
about sexual identity,» he
said, «In the 1980s the defence of people who were
homosexual was based entirely on the rights to privacy.