Re: How Should We Respond to Homo***uality?

Hi Ann

> One thing I don't understand about G&L Christians.  Why is it so
im****tant
> that one know you are gay?  I have never discussed my ***ual preference,
> much less declared it in my church.

Nor did you hide it.

> My parents certainly never did.

Of course they did...when they walked in together.  Do you think everyone 
assumed they were "friends"?

> What
> is the purpose in doing so?

First of all, it's not just ***...it's about who someone is.  Just like
your 
father and mother going to Church together, showing affection, etc.  They 
didn't talk about their *** lives....but they didn't have to pretend they 
were "just pals" either.

Second, the purpose in discussing it is to counter all the hateful things 
being said in pulpits everywhere.

You wouldn't expect someone to stay silent when someone is getting slammed

and villified do you?

> Wouldn't a discussion/sup****t group do just as
> well as declarations of ***uality in a church?

***uality gets declared in the church all the time...usually from the 
pulpit.

It's usually the pastors that start it.

> Seems the result is to fire
> people up, irritate them.

> How about quiet humility?

Sure.  But how about Justice too?

Are you called into "quiet humility" when you see an injustice?

How about giving people the dignity they deserve?