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Thoughts on Homosexuality from a Christian

What about civil rights for Gays in all areas of life? It is

said "You should condemn the sin, but not the sinner", but it is

so hard to do for so many Christians who consider homosexuality

a sin. But this is exactly what we, as Christians, should do,

because after all, a homosexual is still a Child of God. And

supporting civil rights for Gays does not mean condoning

homosexuality. So civil rights for Gays in all areas of life

ahould always be supported by Christians, except perhaps when

you're choosing religious leaders who openly believe

homosexuality not to be a sin. And on a personal note, even if

you sre sexually approached by a Gay, you can just say "No

thanks", if it's not your predilection. I did this 3 times

during my lifetime and had no problem. What do you think?

What about marriage for homosexuals? Most Christians feel that

marriage should just be between a man and a woman, but in

reality marriage is only a word, and actually you only have to

call a committed union between homosexuals anything you want,

because all the homosexuals want are the same rights that

married couples have in a committed relationship. It's just

another Civil Rights question again. And I believe for

homosexuals to insist on calling their committed relationship a

marriage is a big mistake. What do you think?

What about adopting children by homosexuals? If homosexuals

were to adopt children, the children would probably lose the

father and mother role image that is common in nuclear families,

although you'd still have the human role model image to follow.

But this is also true if the adoption were made by single people

as well, and some of the role models in nuclear families are not

that great either. But I think that the biggest problem that

Christians would have concerning this matter, would be that the

adoptees could start emulating the life-style of their

homosexual parents. But this would really be determined by what

actually causes homosexuality? Is it environmentally caused, or

is it genetically caused? What do you think?

ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE

In the Old Testament, homosexuality is definitely labeled as a

sin (Lev 18:22), but as far as I can determine, God never

explains why. I suspect that the reason in the beginning might

be that anything that prevented the earth from being populated

was a sin (Gen 1:28) and homosexuality obviously did that.

Whether that reasoning could really be applied today, however.

Is questionable. Nevertheless there could be other reasons why

this activity might be a sin, but Scripture doesn't seem to

reveal any other. Either you have to believe what God just says,

which many people do, or you have to look for reasons as to why

God says this, which some people need.

The Gospels do not condemn homosexuality specifically, but

Jesus does say in the Gospels that He was not going to change

the law one iota. (Math 5:18). Now what does He really mean by

this, the much of the law, if you read it (Lev 11-24), is rather

archaic, and seemingly not meant for today's society. If this is

the case, then Jesus probably was talking about the Spirit of

the Law.

In the New Testament with most references to homosexuality,

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there is a question as to whether the words are correctly

translated or not, but in Romans 1:26-27 Paul definitely

indicates that homosexuality is a sin, and for most Christians

this is enough. But if homosexuality is caused genetically,

doesn't it go against Paul's description of homosexuality as

being unnatural? And I suspect it might be caused genetically in

most cases, because who in their right mind would want to be

homosexual with all the bigotry it invites around the world.

Besides, who would be the victim here if this relationship is

between 2 consenting and caring adults? Would God be the victim,

and feel it's sinful, if His children aren't being hurt by this

relationship? Here again, one has to consider whether one should

be obedient to what God literally says in His Book without

question, or to question the "why" of the statement before being

obedient to it. But an ideal couple in my opinion, would still

be a man with a women, because biologically they think

differently, and the mixture of their thinking would tend to

make a couple more complete, plus the fact that they are still

the only couple that can reproduce and develop a new generation.

About the author:

Corbin Melvin Wright was born in New York City in 1931, grew up

on Long Island, graduated from Roanoke College in Virginia with

a BA in Political Science, and from New York Theological

Seminary with a Masters in Religious Education. He worked as an

accountant in NYC for 21 yrs. and as an English teacher and

Christian counselor in Argentina for 23 years. He was married

twice, widowed once, & has no children, E-mail address

(corbinwr@yahoo.com).