[wideawake]

I take issue with the term "respect."

We should not respect sodomites, any more than we should respect someone who beats his wife or spends his life high on drugs.

The Church has always taught that the sin of sodomy is one of the four sins crying out to Heaven for vengeance (along with willful murder, oppression of the poor and defrauding the laborer of his wages).

We should feel pity for these creatures, but recognize that no one who commits such sins can ever be close to God or deserve the regard of their fellow men unless they renounce them.

These people do evil on purpose, are intent on destroying Christian civilization to satisfy their lusts, and prey on children. I will never show them an ounce of respect.

[sinkspur]

We should feel pity for these creatures, but recognize that no one who commits such sins can ever be close to God or deserve the regard of their fellow men unless they renounce them.

The Vatican is less condescending than you, happily. It uses the term "homosexual acts," and clearly distinguishes between the act and the orientation.

Apparently you can't bring yourself to make the distinction.

[Salvation]

**I take issue with the term "respect."

We should not respect sodomites, any more than we should respect someone who beats his wife or spends his life high on drugs.**

Doesn't this fly in the face of "Love the sinner; hate the sin?" Even Christ loved the goodness in sinners and told them to "Go forth and sin no more." after a healing encounter or simply even a casual encounter.