Posted on 05/24/2003 12:06:04 PM PDT by Polycarp
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Rev. D. L. Foster, pastor of Restoration Sanctuary International Church in Atlanta, today exploded the myth that homosexuality is an immutable characteristic like race - as many homosexual activists claim. Rev. Foster is an ex-homosexual (having been a homosexual for 11 years) and is also African-American. His comments were made on today's airing of Concerned Women Today, Concerned Women for America's daily radio program which is heard in over 70 markets nationwide.
Rev. Foster's told Concerned Women Today that there are no "ex-blacks". He said: "The argument of the gay community has been that our sexual orientation is unchangeable. Therefore what we do is just a part of our existence, just like a person's skin color or our gender. The comparison is simply apples and oranges: I like something that Alveda King once said, 'I've never met an ex-black person, but I've met plenty ex-homosexuals.'"
Rev. Foster spoke of homosexuality as an "assumed identity". He noted: "I'm just as black as the day I was born, but I'm no longer homosexual. You can't deny that. You can look at me and immediately ascertain that I'm an African-American. However you can't look at me and make the same judgment that I'm homosexual. Because those characteristics are two different things; one is an assumed identity, one is a born identity."
The pastor noted that when he described himself as a former homosexual people react with shock. "We are almost invisible. You'd be surprised, when I say I'm a former homosexual, people's eyes get big, as if I said 'I'm a man from Mars.'" He also clarified that the person suffering from homosexual inclinations is to be loved but homosexual sex acts are immoral. "You're not what you do. God really does love the person, the homosexual. But God does not love sin, and homosexuality is sin."
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“I’m just as black as the day I was born, but I’m no longer homosexual.
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The Rev. D. L. Foster, pastor of Restoration Sanctuary International Church in Atlanta, today exploded the myth that homosexuality is an immutable characteristic like race – as many homosexual activists claim. Rev. Foster is an ex-homosexual (having been a homosexual for 11 years) and is also African-American. His comments were made on today’s airing of Concerned Women Today, CWA’s daily radio program hosted by CWA President Sandy Rios. The show is heard in over 70 markets nationwide. Please attribute Rev. Foster’s comments to Concerned Women Today.
There are no “ex-blacks” … “The argument of the gay community has been that our sexual orientation is unchangeable. Therefore what we do is just a part of our existence, just like a person’s skin color or our gender. The comparison is simply apples and oranges: I like something that Alveda King once said, ‘I’ve never met an ex-black person, but I’ve met plenty ex-homosexuals.’”
An “assumed identity” … “I’m just as black as the day I was born, but I’m no longer homosexual. You can’t deny that. You can look at me and immediately ascertain that I’m an African-American. However you can’t look at me and make the same judgment that I’m homosexual. Because those characteristics are two different things; one is an assumed identity, one is a born identity.”
Loving the sinner, not the sin … “You’re not what you do. God really does love the person, the homosexual. But God does not love sin, and homosexuality is sin.”
“Man from Mars” … “We are almost invisible. You’d be surprised, when I say I’m a former homosexual, people’s eyes get big, as if I said ‘I’m a man from Mars.’”
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Says it all.
Michael Jackson?
I don't know about perfect ladies, but a lot of less than perfect laddies learn it, temporarily, in jail.
However, many of the homosexual agenda proponents try to point out individual cases of recidivism to disprove the entire movement.
This is just as disingenuous as trying to "prove" Alcoholics Anonymous is a bad idea by pointing out former AA members who subsequently fall off the wagon.
Another point of analogy: just because a family tree may be predisposed to alcohol abuse, that does nat make alcoholism a good and wholesome thing deserving of special rights and protected status.
It just means they need all the more compassion and aid in avoiding the disorder.
No.
"Male and female He created them..."
Humans are always human. Whites are always white. Blacks are always black. Homosexuals are homosexuals only so long as thet behave like homosexuals -- and that behavior can be changed. I consider homosexuality to be a mental illness. Anyone can become mentally ill -- perhaps through some childhood trauma or bad experience (which they may not even remember). But I believe homosexuals can be cured.
The activists who fight this idea so strongly are trying to maintain the victims in an unhappy lifestyle defined by a mental illness. It's a lot like the Liberals who wanted the Iraqi people to live under a muderous tyrannical regime that used torture as a political tool. They are NOT helping the victims.
I don't know. I've never had a problem with gays. Never really understood it, but never cared one way or another. But because religion is identitied with conservatism and rejection of homosexuality is strongest in religion... gays gravitate to the left, and that DOES bother me. That's votes!
Well, that's my point. How do people get turned into homosexuals (and back) if it's not fluid?
Good observation. Notice a heterosexual's self identity is not "I'm a heterosexual."
But a homosexual's self-identity is his homosexuality.
But we are NOT defined by our sexual attractions or sexual attraction disorders.
So your observation is a good explanation of WHY homosexuals' self identity is so focused upon their sexual attraction disorder.
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