The following was my email response to the fear that there may be discrimination against homosexual individuals.

Some people have ended up rejecting Christianity altogether because they regarded our speaking out against homosexuality as hypocritical acts of spreading hatred. Such misunderstanding should be corrected. As stated in my previous message the Church is against homosexuality, not homosexual individuals. Nobody is to be discriminated. Doesn't matter what your sexual preference is, what color your skin is, what religious traditions you profess, what crimes you have committed, what adultery or other forms of cheating you committed, whatever. Everybody is to be accepted. But it doesn't mean their actions are to be supported. Errors should be addressed. I think it would be a mistake to assume that pointing out errors is "spreading hatred" to those who commit the errors. The teacher who kicks a student out does not do so because she wanted everybody to socially marginalize that student. She does it for the good of the student himself as well as for the good of all the others in the class. The student who gets kicked out may not understand the treatment. He may not like the teacher. But should the teacher, at the expense of others, continue to allow that student to do whatever just to keep that student "happy"? Should that student be granted his wishes just to eliminate the possibility of others looking down on him?

If a gay person tries to fondle me, I'm not going to let him just so that he can feel accepted. If my polite rejection results in him feeling despair and losing self-esteem, who's at fault really?

Actually, people speak out for or against a lot of things: abortion, tax raises, environment, wage increases, "free Tibet", "stop the bombing", Falun Gong rights, blah blah blah. For some, speaking out is only to push agendas under the disguise of being well-meaning. Others speak out because they feel it's the right thing. As Christians, we speak out for something that reflects Christ and we speak out against something that is contrary to Christ. It is our duty. We don't keep quiet just to eliminate the possibility of others viewing our actions as "spreading hate". Which is more important, speaking out for truth or pleasing a few individuals? In many cases, silence means support. I mean, sure I can keep quiet. I'll just watch you fall into that hole in front of you.

There is a reason for having rules, laws, doctrines and the like. Whether in society, in the Church, in the family, wherever exists an established group, rules are made to protect everyone in that group. I mean, you gotta have some kind of standard to live by. That only makes sense. Everybody sees things differently. So then we end up with different standards. The Church has its standards. Protestants have theirs. And I'm sure Muslims and Buddhists have theirs. They're free to speak out as well. Others may not agree with our standards, but we at least also have the right to speak out. The Church is not arrogant by doing so. Some people might think otherwise maybe because they don't have the courage themselves or they feel guilty. Or maybe simply because our voices tend to spread quicker and farther? I'm sure there are teachings against homosexuality from other non-Christian religious traditions, but how often do you hear those? I guess this is pretty much the same as in Jesus' time; people wanted to stone Him to death for the things He so "dared" to say. I mean, who does this guy think he is??

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BTW: regarding "feeling natural", I think that's debatable at least as far as homosexuality is concerned. In any case, I think "feeling natural" does not give us excuse to do whatever is needed to satisfy or compliment this "feeling natural". Most people feel like mating and being sexually attracted some time between their late teens and early twenties. Yet it doesn't mean we can give in to this "feeling natural" and treat it as something inevitable by engaging in premarital sex or something. Biologically we're primates, but we're not chimpanzees. When our hormones go off, we don't start doing trees and rocks if we couldn't find someone else to do it with. We have a mind and a soul. We use these to control ourselves.

I heard from somewhere that some people have a higher tendency to become drunk. But I don't know how true is that.

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