[aimhigh]

Since you want to focus on the pastor, let's do it.

The article focused on the pastor. When it comes to a position of spiritual authority, it's not just a matter of commitment to to their faith, it's a matter of living out their faith - leading by example. The qualifications for a pastor are given twice in scripture. One qualification is that the pastor must be the husband of one wife. Homosexuality doesn't fit the qualifications, period.

[SeekAndFind]

it's a matter of living out their faith - leading by example. The qualifications for a pastor are given twice in scripture. One qualification is that the pastor must be the husband of one wife. Homosexuality doesn't fit the qualifications, period.

1) Must the pastor be married ? I do not understand the above statement to mean that marriage is an absolute qualification for pastorship.

2) If the pastor has homosexual tendencies but DOES NOT ACT ON IT, and remains celibate and abstinent, I do not see how that isn't living their faith out. He is FIGHTING temptation and overcoming it.