[LowOiL]

your parents hated homosexuals, your church preached hellfire against them, and your schoolyard friends used to rag on them. You think it's normal now for a man like Keyes to treat his own daughter like she was a dirty dog in the streets. She deserves to be ostracized because she's an evil, unrepentant sinner in your eyes.

I am pressed for time, so I have to excert your post to me... and just address a few things...

First, I only had my mother. No father past age 5 to speak of.

My church preached hellfire for all sinners, be it "lying" or "homosexuality". It pulled no bones that sin was sin and that all our works are like filthy rags to the Lord (who can't stand to look upon sin). Acting like something is not a sin does not change it. I am proud my mother help me understand that, yes. Sugarcoating sin does not do one any good. Rewarding sinful behavior with apathy does not help it one way or the other. Why do parent punish sinful behavior (at all ages)? They do it because they want their children to grow up to be as Christlike as possible. Hell is hot, I never want to see my children on that wide road leading towards it.

BTW.. Homosexuality is not a "PETTY" thing as you called it. It is a spit in God face. It is not a genetic flaw either, it is a lifestyle choise.

[k2blader]

I still think there isn't *enough* fire and brimstone from the pulpit these days. :-)

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

RE: "It is not a genetic flaw either, it is a lifestyle choise."


Never said that it was a flaw, but it is genetic.