A Christian/Catholic CAN be homosexual

I thank you in your agreeance to the Old Testament laws, but it is very common for a Christian/Catholic to dismiss these laws when they see fit to, I mean what else does Leviticus disallow; Don't wear clothes made of more than one fabric (Leviticus 19:19) Don't cut your hair nor shave. (Leviticus 19:27) Any person who curseth his mother or father, must be killed. (Leviticus 20:9) If a man cheats on his wife, or vise versa, both the man and the woman must die. (Leviticus 20:10). If a man has sex with a woman on her period, they are both to be "cut off from their people" (Leviticus 20:18) Psychics, wizards, and so on are to be stoned to death. (Leviticus 20:27) Anyone who curses or blasphemes God, should be stoned to death by the community. (Leviticus 24:14-16) Don't let cattle graze with other kinds of Cattle (Leviticus 19:19) Saying only few rules still stand is just hypocritical. Either they all still stand, or none of them do, and, none of them do so we can simply move on from these laws. "A committed, faithful, noncultic same sex partnership", is in no way comparative to "the ancient world's sexual abuse of slaves, pederasty, rape of foreigners and pagan fertility rites". So logically we can dismiss that point, it's void. On Sodom and Gomorrah : This story, in Genesis 19, tells of the attempted gang rape of two 'angels', sent by God to see if any good people remained in the cities of Sodom and Gomorah after their inhabitants had revoked the important law of the welcoming of strangers - and of God's subsequent destruction of the cities. But the point about this story is that it's about punishment for inhospitality, a grave misdemeanour in Jewish society. Nothing about judgement over sexual orientation. Lesbians are homosexuals too, also, might I add. Homo, is Greek for same. So any mention of homosexuality in the bible relates to gay females, not only males. The term "homosexual" dates from the late 19th century, when human sexuality first began to be studied as a science. There is no term that means homosexual orientation in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts of the Bible. The authors of the Bible did not understand sexual orientation and therefore did not write about it. So, when you see one of these words in an English translation of the Bible, it is important to dig deeper and find what the original Hebrew or Greek text really means. "I would also like to bring up the fact that in the Christian religion marriage is only between a man and a woman nad it is pretty much just an excuse for Christians to have sex." Marriage was designed for companionship and intimacy. Hardly just an excuse to have sex. But civil partnerships is not the argument here. There are a lot of reasons why this needs to be addressed to young people, with a religious background or not, the primary one, teen suicide. The teen years can often at times be very difficult in general, but for homosexual teens their problems can turn out to be more than they can deal with. Being gay for many teens is something that they can not live with because society, most of the time, says that homosexuality is wrong. These teens usually have no one to go to with his or her problems for fear of being taunted or harassed. Also, schools rarely have groups for gay students to go to for help and parents are often unaware of what their children are going through. With no place to go and no one to help them, homosexual teens can feel alienated which may force them think of more harmful ways of dealing with their problems, so at times gay teens may turn to suicide rather than having to deal with their problems. Suicide numbers for young gay teens has not decreases. Is their lifestyle really so terrible that their life should be cut short at a tender age? As an atheist, I personally don't care what should and should not be done according to the bible, but I have many gay friends/family and many religious friends/family, so have been curious to explore the actual truths. Here are just a few quotes you may be interested to read; "The half-dozen biblical references to homosexuality do not reflect what we understand today about loving relationships. This is an identity, not a sin." The Rev. Dan Johnson of Good Samaritan United Methodist Church in Edina, MN. "I want God's gay and lesbian children to know of God's unconditional love and acceptance of them as well. We cannot find any condemnation in scripture for committed monogamous same-sex relationships." Rev. Charles Coppinger, Chaplain of the Arizona Legislature "In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism. It's time we did the same for homophobia." William Sloane Coffin, former chaplain of Yale University and, peace activist, and leading liberal clergy person. Now, of all people, I am sure these men know what they are talking about. There is nothing in the bible that can stand an argument against homosexuality, I have provided a few links also. Being gay is NOT a choice, arguable I agree, but if it was there would be no homosexuals. Why would someone choose to lead a life of constant struggles, ridicule and belittlement? The only choice is choosing to accept your sexuality. And after all, god loves everyone, right? Christian/Catholics CAN be happy homosexuals. http://www.soulforce.org... http://www.gaychristians.org... http://lgcm.org.uk... http://www.gaychristianonline.org...