Straight fundies spend more time thinking about ga...

2006-03-02T09:52:00.000-05:00

Straight fundies spend more time thinking about gays than I do, and I'm a gay male!

Homophobia is terrible.

2006-03-02T00:35:00.000-05:00

Homophobia is terrible.

very well said. "Ignorance is the primary weapon o...

2006-03-01T05:21:00.000-05:00

very well said. "Ignorance is the primary weapon of bigots." Great statement!

What frustrates me the most is that people tend to treat homosexuals as some sub-species. Even sympathizers do this. They place them in some box, a label, and act as though they need to be treated like a disabled person... like we need to treat them differently.

People don't get their identity from what they do or how they act... people find their identity in God; the One true God, who has given us our identity and created us in His Image.

The problem with the Church is that we're so afraid of being tainted or stained by the world that we don't do anything to change it. We're so afraid of homosexuality that instead of wrestling with the issue we tuck it away on a shelf for someone else. The Church needs to educate itself responsibly.

I've been wrestling with this issue a lot. I hope you'll find that I'm as open minded as possible but not fully convinced of certain things that I'm sure most of your readers are. I hope that you won't see me as closed minded or "homophobic" in any way but instead patiently help me work through my thoughts on these issues. If you're interested in understanding where I stand it would do you well to read my post: Sin as a Symptom. (keep in mind I wrote it a while ago, in July of last year, and to an audience of people who I assumed presupposed homosexuality as a sin). I’d love to dialogue with you about these things.

http://whateverisgood.blogspot.com/2005/07/sin-as-symptom.html

Comments on Straight, Not Narrow: Shelving Homosexuality

Straight fundies spend more time thinking about ga...

Homophobia is terrible.

very well said. "Ignorance is the primary weapon o...