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He doesn't believe what he is doing is bad at all.

Yeah, I agree with you. the Holy Spirit can do nothing with someone like that... /sarcasm

One of the things, that the Scripture tells us, is that when we are convicted of our sins, by the Spirit of God, we become new creatures, a new creation.

You may not accept what I say, but you cannot deny what the Scripture says. In Genesis, which I earlier paraphrased, the reason Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden, it was not just because of their disobedience, but that they had eaten from the "TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL".

Gen 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

They did not die immediately. Through their disobedience, we all become joint heirs of that death. Through the obedience of Jesus, we become joint heirs to HIS ETERNAL life. But, only after our conviction by the Holy Spirit, and our acceptance that Jesus is the Messiah.

One of the indicators of our walk with Him, is a changed life. Those outward sins, which are readily apparent to others, are usually changed immediately, by us, with God's help. Repentance is a turning away, not just saying I'm sorry.

But, we are told to turn around, and head in the other direction, from what we are before salvation. We come to God's throne, with a covering of the Blood, to defend us from death. We come to Him, with a malleable heart. The homosexual that has no desire to change, has not met God.

Jesus told the harlot "go and sin no more". He told her that she was doing wrong, and to correct her direction. He told those with stones, to take a measure of themselves.

We are all sinners. I agree with the pastor who declined membership in his congregation. He has Paul on his side, too.

Homosexual activity flies in the face of God. Look at those parades you referenced. It is a total perversion of His design for man. Just ask anybody from Sodom! Oh, yeah, you can't. He's already spoken on that one...

Homosexuals know they are doing wrong. The Holy Spirit is here to show them. It doesn't take the written word... nor anything in stone. The Word is alive.

You cannot take open sinners, and say welcome, we will look the other way... if you'll just put some money in the offering plate, and teach a sunday school class. do you want homosexuals teaching your children, when they are UNrepentant and flinging their perversion into your face?

Sin is sin, and God does not use a measuring stick. But, He does have some criteria besides sitting in a pew...