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[ Thursday, March 17, 2005 ] Letter to the Editor
Opposing gay people is not act of hatred
CORRECTION: Gary Morella's title was incorrectly identified. He is a research assistant.
March 21, 2005 11:50 a.m. To suggest that one can be a "homosexual Christian" is oxymoronic. It is an irrational and blasphemous assault on both reason (violating the fundamental principle of non-contradiction) and faith (counter to the teaching of the Second Person of the One Triune God who existed eternally as God). Would so-called "Christian" apologists for the homosexual lifestyle have us believe that Matthew 5:21-31 excuses any responsibility for living it because homosexuality is not explicitly referred to? It most certainly is. In particular, see Genesis 18:20-21, Romans 1:24-28 and the Epistle of Jude. Are we to believe as Christians that somehow homosexuality fell through the cracks in sacred Scripture? Thus, from the Christian standpoint, to imply that Jesus, Second Person of the One Triune God, never said anything about being inclined to unnatural acts, as God, is Bible eisegesis with the consequences of Matthew 18:6. To give a message to those inclined to homosexual acts that "they are OK as they are" is un-Christian in the extreme given the above observations. It makes no more sense than to tell an alcoholic that you may continue drinking to get over alcoholism. The Magdalenes of the Gospel were most certainly forgiven, but the words of Jesus following His forgiveness are conveniently forgotten. "Go and sin no more." That is what it means to be Christian. To imply that the homosexual lifestyle somehow has a Christian blessing is tragic. It is tragic because souls are at stake -- those living the lie and, especially, those telling it. For Christians, that's not love but hate for their fellow man. Gary Morella
graduate assistant
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