[Non-Sequitur]

Jesus said that to divorce and remarry was committing adultery. Now I have said all along that the church was well within its rights to refuse to conduct the funeral because the central figure was a homosexual. If it’s all about the sin, then I’m merely pointing out that if the church wants to use as it’s excuse the fact that they didn’t want to promote a sinful lifestyle then they should use the same standards if asked to perform a funeral for someone who was divorced and remarried. But I suspect that it was all about the fact that he was a homosexual.

[scripter]

Indeed, Jesus said adultery was a sin. If somebody isn't a believer it doesn't matter, but if they are a believer it truly matters. To understand the bigger picture we must understand what being washed means, what justification means and what sanctification means.

Maybe I'm not reading you correctly but you don't seem to recognize the very real possibility of forgiveness. That is, committing the sin of:

• adultery, recognizing the sin, asking for forgiveness and moving on with life
• homosexuality, not recognizing the sin, not asking for forgiveness, continually living in sin

There's an obvious difference.