[Morgana]

"I wonder how many heterosexual married men sitting in our pews voice disdain for homosexuality but go home and quietly turn to the Internet to watch lesbian porn."

I need not ask how many FReeper men do the same!

[Yosemitest]

Those who support homosexuals are against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
These anti Christ people only bring destruction on us ALL.
I have NO sympathy for homosexuals!

Homosexuality is a "Mark" of disobedience.

It was given by our Heavenly Father to test us
to see ... if we will OBEY our Heavenly Father,
and abide by His commandments, statues, and ordinances.

Someone once asked

"Why are they [homosexuals] all so angry?"

The answer is in the definition of "REPROBATE".

rep·ro·bate \ˈre-prə-ˌbāt\ a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.

2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.

They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.

3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.

And the reason"why" is given in the Bible.

God has a cure for homosexuals.

But will we OBEY our Heavenly Father?

[miss marmelstein]

I refuse to be preached at by some dopey pastor who has not lived in a gay activist metropolis for over 30 years like I have! I learned everything I need to know about gay male behavior working at Studio 54 in the 1970s (Truman Capote, Mick Jagger and Roy Cohn - I mean you!).

[ReformationFan]

I’m Protestant but I think this is an interesting Roman Catholic response to this topic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgnfpEY59XU

[Hardraade]

Arrrgh. Sometimes I just can’t keep my trap shut!

http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/talibunnies/

[savagesusie]

Good arguments. There always is compassion in Christianity—or should be. But to ever act like sodomy is not an obvious sin is grievous, as it is for other sexual sin. To enable sinners is evil. To push for laws that recognize the act of sodomy as a “right” is also evil. “Just Law” forbids it.

To not condemn evil, is also evil. Sinners always should understand what is Right and Wrong-—and they do, if they listen to their heart. People should never encourage sin, and dragging people into the sewer. That is really unchristian and confuses the next generation.

Christian Ethics are the basis of American Jurisprudence-—or was when we had a Constitutional government of Rule of Law (Justice).

[JoeDetweiler]

You may be right, but I’ve never seen any Freeper men argue that, because we do it, it mustn’t be labelled a sin.

I sin every day. Whether I repent or not is between my higher power and me.

[Old Sarge]

The homosexual goal is simply one thing: Unrestricted Access To Young Flesh.

[SoFloFreeper]

A lot of good and a little bit of error in this article. Overall, though, I agree heartily with his message.

Homosexual behavior is not right and the behavior is to be eschewed. Abuse of homosexuals is not godly behavior.

All of us are born sinful—whatever sinful habits we learn, whether sins of a sexual nature or of a different kind are to be avoided.

[MHGinTN]

Is not this ‘pastor’s’ tolerance of what God has told us is intolerable the very reason the sexual degeneracy presence is growing in the congregations and poisoning the pulpits?

[CatherineofAragon]

"What if all the money and manpower available to Chick-Fil-A on August 1, 2012 were directed by Chrisitans toward eradicating the water crisis in Africa or poverty in the inner-cities of America?"

Pastor Matthew, I'm really sorry Chick Fil-A Wednesday bothered you, but incidentally, what did you think about the militant sodomites trying to bully people AWAY from CFA? Any disapproval for them?

Pastor Matthew, it's true that there's a water crisis in Africa. There's a drought in the US as well. What should we do about that?

Also, Pastor, how exactly do you propose we go about "eradicating poverty" when Jesus plainly said that the poor will always be with us? Are you privy to some special information He didn't have?

[CodeToad]

People have the right to make moral judgements for themselves. We as a society reject homosexuality for our own personal reasons, be it religious or it simply is disgusting to us. What has me bothered is that regardless of why we have chosen our views, we have them and are entitled to them, yet, the homosexuals want us to accept their behaviors without question. They want to remove our freedom of choice, which does violate our rights to religous freedom.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

There is evil in a man who, knowing he is a man, and knowing what is expected of him in this life, stands there and says he is gay. He is given all the body parts of a man. He was given all the mental parts of a man. For him to say he is gay is a perversion of nature, nothing else. All that is necessary for normalcy is for him to be what nature intended for him to be. Making up your mind to do otherwise is a choice, a choice that he should pay for.

[jacknhoo]

The thing we must always remember:

Sexual relations outside of Holy Matrimony are mortal sin.

Holy Matrimony are between one man and one woman.

Everyone is called to chastity, outside of marriage, both spirit and body.

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To pretend that because there are hypocrites in the world that someone else deserves some kind of acceptance for their sinfulness is ridiculous.

Romans 1:[32] Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.

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[Persevero]

“”I wonder how many heterosexual married men sitting in our pews voice disdain for homosexuality but go home and quietly turn to the Internet to watch lesbian porn.” “

I oppose this, but it’s irrelevant to the topic.

If 100% of all men sinned in this way, it still wouldn’t make homosexuality less sinful.

[dfwgator]

Is he gay, as in he has an attraction to the same sex, but doesn’t act on it....or is it that not only does he act on it, but doesn’t even think it should be considered a sin?

Those are two completely different things.

In case number one, it is an acknowledgement that he has a cross to bear, but is willing to deal with it.

[LadyDoc]

The church seems so concerned about gay marriage, but I wonder where we were when “no-fault” divorces were first redefining our culture.

The Catholic church fought the easy divorce laws, and the Protestants stood back silently because the elites told them this was the evil Catholic church trying to foist their beliefs on America.

And when abortion was made a "choice" up to the time of birth, the protestants also were told that the evil Catholics wanted to foist their beliefs on America, so most were silent (I say most, because Dr. Koop back then did oppose abortion, but I can't remember any other prominent Protestant doctor or church leader who did the same).

When Catholics opposed euthanasia in Oregon, again the media went by the meme that the evil Catholics were trying to foist their out of date beliefs on society.

Now with "gay marriage" the Bible churches are the target, but actually it is the Catholics and LDS churches who have been most active in opposing these laws.

[Revolting cat!]

"I wonder how many heterosexual married men sitting in our pews voice disdain for homosexuality but go home and quietly turn to the Internet to watch lesbian porn."

11.

[Daffy]

Try this:

“Okay,” I said. “You can tell me anything.”
“I’m having sex with a woman not my wife.” With that, I stood up from the table, invited him to stand up, and gave him and a hug and told him he was my brother and that I loved him.

[Drawsing]

There is a bit of a straw man here. The writer seems to be making the point that the majority of Christians cannot make the distinction between the sin and the sinner. There are a few actual “haters” out there, of course, but not the majority.

Speaking of sin, as we take on the character of God in our Christian walk, we should be learning to love what God loves and hate what God hates. In other words, sin should be abhorrent to us. We should be disgusted by it. Remember the story of Phinehas and his spear? Look it up...Numbers 25.

[opus86]

This guy makes some good points, however this statement struck me as silly, and I've seen some permutation of it floating around the socialmediasphere since last week.

What if all the money and manpower available to Chick-Fil-A on August 1, 2012 were directed by Chrisitans toward eradicating the water crisis in Africa or poverty in the inner-cities of America?

I'm not sure what manpower he's referencing, since all people did was go to a restaurant and buy food. Christians should assist the poor and needy in furtherance of the Gospel, but let's not make this into a guilt trip. We can do so and still exercise our freedoms as Americans; it's not an "either/or".