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[Rich PA]

I think we only need concern ourselves with two aspects as regards to homosexuality.

The first is that the sanctity of marriage beteen a man and a woman must be protected at all costs, no matter where the attack comes from, whether it be from homosexual movements or from heterosexuals who want the freedom of having sex without commitment. What is the greatest threat to marriage and the family in society? Is it those who advocate homosexuality? Or is it coming from (supposedly) mainstream society? Has anyone seen the new commercials for Diesel cologne? What about the ads for Victoria's Secret? And what about the contraceptive commercials? What about all the tv programs who condone both homosexual behavior and also sex outside of marriage ie, heterosexuls couples living together outside of marriage? What about all the pornography, and unmarried sex by heterosexuals protrayed in the movies? Everywhere you turn it seems all you hear is about heterosexuals having sex  either un-married or adultery. I think our morals in this country are rapidly going down the tubes.  How many heterosexual couples get married, vs. how many more simply live together? How many who say "I do" actually mean it ? What is the divorce rate? Where is the outrage from the rest of us? What about the great evils of broken marriages and relationships with their long term negative effects on children being raised by only one parent and who are often living in resulting poverty and misery?  All these things, I believe are a greater threat to society, marriage and familes than homosexuals. So we need to protect the family at all costs.

Secondly, is the aspect of sin. It doesn't matter if one is  born sexually oriented towards the same sex, or whether one gradually becomes oriented that way. I don't think there is a sin in either. What is a grave sin is the homosexual sex acts themselves. Equally a grave sin is sex outside of marriage by heterosexuals. Equally a grave sin is the sin of adultery. The important point is that homosexuals are called to perpetual continence and celibacy. So are heterosexuals unless they become married. As has been well said here, it is "hate the sin and love the sinner".

I think it is wrong to withold our Christian love and friendship simply because a person is sexually oriented towards others of the same gender, nor can we discriminate against them in any way. God mercifully loves all sinners and so should we. At the same time, we can never condone homosexual sex acts. Nor can we allow "gay advocates" to continue to contribute to the destruction of marriage and the family by allowing same sex marriage.

Rich

[chris]

There are many testimonies as to why homosexuality is not genetic... one good one was that of 'Sy' Rogers who even lived as a woman for some years... and is now happily married and even has a daughter.

His story and the psychological reasons for his early homosexuality, can be found at the following website for those who are interested in the truth of the matter...

http://www.setfreerichmond.org/test-sinclair1.htm

Shalom!
Chris

[priestess82]

From what I understand, we do not know why people have the attractions they do. What I do know is that who we have sex with is a choice. Our clothes just don't fall off. We make a conscious choice to be sexually intimate so we can choose morally good sexual behavior or we can choose sexually immoral choices. Science has yet to find the gay gene. If it does, who's to say there isn't a gene for polygamy, incest, bestiality or pedophilia that has yet to be found. Our most difficult struggles are to be laid at the cross of Christ, including same sex attraction. This doesn't mean it will be easy to live chastely and some will fall. God doesn't set us up to fail but gives us grace, strenghth, love and help. Without it, we would never be able to even think about heaven.

[Jesse]

hmmm, my personal opinion on this is that its possible for someone to be born gay considering the large number of mental problems(which homosexuality was classified as until it was forcibly removed) that people are afflicted with these days. From a religions point of view(though I'm not claiming to be religious lol) I think everyones path is between them and their god, I think if you have a friend thats gay you should let him/her know what your beliefs on the subject are, but other then that I don't see how it could be anyone else's business really. "remove the plank from your own eye before you try to remove the speck from your brothers eye" anyway, just my opinion.