A Secular Franciscan looks at the world... with a more jaundiced eye than ever... and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text... (with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)
Most fundamentalists still insist that gay people "choose" to be gay, though most medical researchers believe that sexual orientation is given at birth for most people. To acknowledge that God does create some people as gay (as He created some left-handed) would be to admit that their fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible is wrong.
In the face of growing medical evidence that sexual orientation is given at birth, some fundamentalists are preparing a way to still justify their prejudice against gays-- by claiming it's a treatable disease.
Here's a link to an excellent essay by a Baptist minister who had a change of heart on this issue: http://www.GodMadeMeGay.com
Father Mychal Judge, "the Saint of 9/11," whose whole life was an imitation of Christ, famously asked, "Is there so much love in the world that we can afford to discriminate against any kind of love?!"
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Most fundamentalists still insist that gay people "choose" to be gay, though most medical researchers believe that sexual orientation is given at birth for most people. To acknowledge that God does create some people as gay (as He created some left-handed) would be to admit that their fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible is wrong.
In the face of growing medical evidence that sexual orientation is given at birth, some fundamentalists are preparing a way to still justify their prejudice against gays-- by claiming it's a treatable disease.
Here's a link to an excellent essay by a Baptist minister who had a change of heart on this issue:
http://www.GodMadeMeGay.com
Father Mychal Judge, "the Saint of 9/11," whose whole life was an imitation of Christ, famously asked, "Is there so much love in the world that we can afford to discriminate against any kind of love?!"
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