Posted on 01/12/2002 2:14:54 PM PST by GrandMoM
If the ambassador is really keeping it to himself, it doesn't matter.
When an ambassador uses the position as an opportunity to advocate a degenerate lifestyle, it does matter. It matters even if he or she does so only in the U.S. but respects his/her foreign hosts.
Shalom.
Well said. Actually, the problem goes even deeper than you wanted to suggest.
One of the hallmarks of humanity is the fact that we are moral agents. In Christianity we say humans are made 'in the image of G-d.' When we cease to be able to make moral judgements, whether about homosexuality or fornication or even stealing from the taxpayer to pay for unConstitutional programs, we deny our humanity. We become nothing more than intelligent beasts. C.S. Lewis argued this very cogently in his book, The Abolition of Man. He didn't make it based on Judeo-Christian morality, but on the common morality that all great religions shared before the abolition began.
When he found that Liberals and Publik Skool graduates couldn't follow The Abolition of Man due to lack of coherent thinking skills, he fictionalized the same concept in the book, That Hideous Strength. People on this thread might want to read one or the other.
Shalom.
Right! The scapegoat for any and all ills you see in society.
What the hell does that mean? Are you ignorant of history, or something? Back in the 40s and 50s, communist sympathizers (if not outright spies) were throughout the State Department, promoting their agenda, and attempting to re-shape foreign policy in a way that was at best sympathetic to the Soviet Union. Sodomites, it appears based upon the article, are doing the same thing in an attempt to promote their agenda. I don't see how saying that is scapegoating them, or anyone else, for societal ills.
Grow up.
So, as a family law guy, do you think you can help Khepera with his diabetic dog problem?
Shalom.
Shoving homosexual life styles down the throats of people
It's almost more than a man can swallow.
Ask and ye shall recieve!
In a letter to the daily Ziua, in which he addressed America, the group's head, Ion Coja wrote: "Through tradition and vocation, Romanians have created a society ... and mentality which puts duty and obligations above anything. The supreme duty of any living being is to procreate."
So the answer to your question is "Ion Coja." Now I'm sure you're going to tell us why this shouldn't matter, but you did make it the focus of your post.
Sure, churches change. In the 19th Century, many churches in the south found support for slavery in the Bible. Those passages are still there. How do you interpret them?
In the 10th Century, all the churches believed the Bishop of Rome was the head of the whole shurch, today many do not.
Even the definition of adultery is flexible. The 'Orthodox Church in America' (TM) has a liberal attitude towards divorce. They define career obsession as a form of adultery and legitimate grounds for divorce. Where does it say that in the Bible? And that is considered to be a 'conservative church.'
Many of todays Churches have in fact altered their doctrine to allow America's most affluent minority into the fold.
Yes, and that minority (or maybe majority) is made up of adulterers and fornicators.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Are you saying that an ambassador cannot speak on a subject which has nothing to do with foreign relations or his assigned country, even when he is sitting at home in the US, in case that might offend some people in the country he is going to?
A large population of Israel is Arab. Should the American ambassador to Israel forego any condemnation of Arabs or Palestinians, even while in the US, for fear of offending that ethnic minority?
Certainly while serving, an ambassador should avoid an prsonal controversies whenever possible.
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