tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954032186621541669.post2823149599132832737..comments2023-12-23T07:04:04.016-08:00Comments on Thinking Faith: Chick-Fil-A and Marriage EqualityBill Trenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055902411464959661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954032186621541669.post-42170418952024295312012-08-03T14:58:24.023-07:002012-08-03T14:58:24.023-07:00Re: your comment about choice. As I currently att...Re: your comment about choice. As I currently attend an "Evangelical" church, I can attest that for many of my Evangelical friends the issue is not that sexual orientation is or is not a choice; in fact, many if not most would agree with you that it's not. THEIR issue is that LGBT folks choose to ACT on that orientation rather than ( I guess) to remain celibate or to pretend they're heterosexual. To which I usually respond, "Ok...I want YOU to commit to celibacy, right now, for the rest of your life." That usually ends the conversation, lol. It's so easy to demand things of others that we aren't willing to do ourselves.<br /><br />I learned after the fact that my high-schooler's Sunday School teacher recently led a diacussion about homosexuality with the kids. Apparently her main argument for why it is a sin, besides the usual Bible verses, was "it's gross. I mean, can you imagine having sex with someone your own sex?" No...but then, that's not how I'm wired. To their etetnal credit, NONE of the kids thought it sinful and ALL thought it isn't a big deal for gays to marry. I sometimes think that ultimately, change will be generational. My generation is more accepting than that of my parents, and my kids don't even see why it's an issue at all. At least, that is my hope, especially on the Church level.Cathy Jeffersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954032186621541669.post-13694440104929103902012-08-03T13:32:38.674-07:002012-08-03T13:32:38.674-07:00Eloquent, insightful and faithful - as usual. Tha...Eloquent, insightful and faithful - as usual. Thank you for showing us what it means, at the end, to love the enemy. It is all sad - the bigotry masked as piety, the self-righteousness parading as discpleship. Native American genocide? African slavery? Oppression of women? The crushing of the poor? Apparently - according to Dan and others like him - God's all good with all that. It's these gay and lesbian folk - and their "prideful" and "arrogant" advocates - that God can't stand.<br /><br />I have heard Dan say that he wishes to live his life by "Biblical principles." I pray that he can see eventually that Jesus said a lot about compassion, sharing, and God's blessing of the poor - and nothing about gay people.Abrahamnoreply@blogger.com