The Gay Christian Debate...

There is a large debate over the possibility of someone being a gay and a Christian. It is often the right wing side of the Christian faith who take the point of view that it is impossible and attack the gay Christian community (GCC).

The likes of LeHaye, Bakker, Robertson and others have, and still attack the gay Christian (GC) community.

It is not restricted to these people though.

In the past few months, especially when I was away from Australia, I have been attaacked verbally by those who cannot see beyond their preconceptions. Many attack the GCC based on what was written about Sodom.

Yet they rely on God's grace to forgive them of wearing clothes of mixed fibre, having sex whilst the woman is having her period and more... Is this not dual standards, as the God whose grace they live by is also the same God whose grace the GC lives by.

I've decided to publish a couple of the attacks made on myself and my partner (whom I personally call my HusBear) so as to give you an idea of the sort of unforgiving and selfish problem we have had to deal with. In the case of these attacks we were forced to request the intervention of my work-place to stop them.

• Attack 1
• Gareth's Reply to Attack 1
• Reply to Gareth's Reply
• Attack 2

I love the Lord my God with all my heart and mind and body, and He has given me the ability to love another man in a way that I never was able to do so with a person of the opposite sex.

I am sure that I will get attacked over and over again, but my Lord will strengthen me, and He will keep me.

In an effort to give people the ability to read for themselves and to decide if my heart tells me correctly, I will offer the following pages as a source of other points of view. Admittedly there will be many links to the protagonist side of the argument at first, until I find more against the viewpoint.

October 1997: The first, of what is hoped will be many, letters arrived via e-mail recently. I have decided to include the letters, be they attacking, or encouraging. So here goes - a letters to the editor section for you to enjoy:

• Lisa's Letter
• Stop being a hypocrite
• A reply to the above
• Letter from a pagan

I know it may seem strange to include a letter from a pagan on these pages, but I felt the words that this person said are very worthwhile. They express something that many Christians, and other people forget about, and for that reason alone I include them.

Also I have decided to add some excerpts from books I have on the subject and related to it. I am currently requesting clearance to quote more than a few sentences on these pages.

• Further Reading on the Gay Debate
• Quotes from Books
• Links to helpful websites and other Internet resources

Revised: Sunday, 26 April 1998. Ady Gould. Copyright © 1997 Otter Fun Productions. All rights reserved. All trademarks or product names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.