The reference is to the current controversy in the Methodist Church. Bretheren in Christ, do we not see the comparison? Some Methodists supported slavery, upon a time. Had those people spent the time to ask Christ, in their prayers, what their path forward should be?

Please, if you feel strongly that homosexuality is somehow "wrong", ask yourself the same question, and pray. Those who supported slavery, did they walk in Christ's footsteps? Do you who now deny children of God, walk in Christ's footsteps?
Comments [ ] 9:29:41 PM    

Thank you. The dialog has been welcome.

But, I keep coming back to a basic tension. During the 60s, when some groups cited religion as a justification for racial discrimination, I came to the conclusion that you can't be a racist and truly be a Christian: as Martin Luther King famously said "It's a strange thing, when people want to justify a prejudice, they turn to religion."

So, I ask my fellow Christians, do you really believe that Jesus calls us to discriminate against brothers and sisters who happen to be gay? Isn't the example of Christ's life one of love for all, even the most wretched among us? No matter where you come down on the issue of the science of being gay and lesbian (the 'nature or nurture' argument), if you are a Christian, are you not called to try to understand, and failing that, to love? It seems to me that, if one is truly a Christian, the default has to be understanding and tolerance, not prejudice and rejection...
Comments [ ] 11:41:05 AM    

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