Comments on: LaBarbera v. Throckmorton: Is Affirming “Gay” People Biblical?

By: College Jay

College Jay — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:16:35 +0000

Oh sorry. Yes, that period should be a comma. I do believe homosexual sex is a sin, obviously. Darn typos.

By: College Jay

College Jay — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:16:00 +0000

Oh sorry. Yes, that period should be a comma. I do believe homosexual sex is a sin, obviously. Darn typos.

By: Randy Thomas

Randy Thomas — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:07:57 +0000

Well, it’s a tricky subject. If a friend asks if I think homosexual sex is a sin, I have to say no. I can’t affirm that.

So you don’t think it is a sin but can’t affirm that? Should that period be a comma?

By: Randy Thomas

Randy Thomas — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:07:00 +0000

Well, it’s a tricky subject. If a friend asks if I think homosexual sex is a sin, I have to say no. I can’t affirm that.

So you don’t think it is a sin but can’t affirm that? Should that period be a comma?

By: College Jay

College Jay — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:03:47 +0000

Well, it’s a tricky subject. If a friend asks if I think homosexual sex is a sin, I have to say no. I can’t affirm that. If they ask to affirm “gay identity,” I have to say I don’t care, since I don’t really believe such a thing exists, and the Bible certainly doesn’t talk about it. People use all sorts of labels to describe this journey (post-gay, ex-gay, Side B) and, to me, they all pretty much mean the same thing. If I say I affirm the person, I also have to be intentional about what it means to affirm a person. What actions are a part of affirmation? It’s something I’m still learning, and it’s the most difficult part of this. It’s easy to say what we think is and is not sin. We know that, and it’s pretty black and white. How to affirm others — whether we agree with them or not — is the hard part, since we really aren’t built for that kind of love.

But then again, that’s what grace is for.

By: College Jay

College Jay — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:03:00 +0000

But then again, that’s what grace is for.

By: Bob Finch

Bob Finch — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:18:17 +0000

An excellent article and unfortunately a view that I believe many well meaning Christians will reject since they equate affirming a person with affirming a person’s lifestyle and a person’s sin and sinful lifestyle.

By: Bob Finch

Bob Finch — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:18:00 +0000

By: Nora Seemann

Nora Seemann — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:15:50 +0000

Is affirming gay people Biblical? If we are talking about the person – yes. If we are talking about the life they live – no.
I have met many people who have lived the gay life and left it, some who have SSA but have never ‘acted out,’ people who are still taking the ‘gay identity’ and an even greater number of people who have never dealt with the temptations of SSA yet they deal with other temptations. Each person has been created by God and deserves respect and affirmation. This is, by no means, giving affirmation to the way in which they live. I truly appreciate Warren and Alan and their stand for truth, love and respect.

By: Nora Seemann

Nora Seemann — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:15:00 +0000