and the lesbian has an exceptional supply of male characteristics (enough that she falls in love with a woman -? When the story of the Holocaust became more fully known, there was recognition that the sin of the Nazis was not the only sin involved–there was the silence on the part of the churches and of other nations as they learned about it during the war. He was an exceptional headmaster and she too was a great teacher, very unlike the teachers we were used to.

It should be noted, however, that all these negative aspects of homosexuality are not due to homosexuality as such, but are the results of both society’s and the Church’s attitude to the homosexual. Your heavy-hearted words to Anna Marie and me the last time we saw you will always burn in our hearts: “My brother hates God because God made him gay, and he knows he is going to hell, and I do, too, for that is what the Bible says. Thus, we are able to circumvent much of what is jokingly referred to as `The Battle of the Sexes’ – really, no joking matter at all.The second aspect from her time as a young woman in a touring rep company and through to her hiding her pregnancy and to the birth and beyond. I do not know what percentage of homosexuals are included here, but probably it is, unfortunately, a small percentage (10% in one large-scale study of gays. Unable to bring herself to tell her supportive but very upright Catholic parents, she hid while pretending to be on tour, then entered the safe haven of a convent home for unwed mothers. Louise believes that by reading about other people's challenges and aspirations, you can see yourself and your own. When the funeral of Matt Shepard (above) was held, a Baptist preacher from Kansas with sympathizers from several states were there marching in front of the funeral site with placards reading, “God Hates Fags” and “Fag Matt in Hell.

The results of extensive psychotherapy with homosexuals who desperately wanted to change their orientation have been studied, and several books document the disheartening lack of success of their time, money and efforts. I was especially interested in the parts of the book when she tells of her family life growing up and it was fascinating to see the relationship with her father as he played a large part in my life too during my formative years as a child.In every instance, the Bible is talking about heterosexuals who, filled with lust, have become sex perverts.

Louise, it seems as though one ought to look on a gay or a lesbian as potentially a very special person made that way by God, one we should seek out, especially for our churches.

Louise, surely any gay or lesbian who comes to our churches professing that Jesus Christ is Lord should be accepted and affirmed in every way just as you and I have been. James Nelson, Professor of Christian Ethics, believes that “same-sex relationships are fully capable of expressing God’s humanizing intentions,” and views the “homosexual problem” as “more truly a heterosexual problem” (of homophobia), just as the “woman problem” is a problem of “male sexism.