From: carlson@ab24.larc.nasa.gov (Ann Carlson)
Subject: Re:      Re: homosexuality
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA  USA
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 12:47:55 GMT

In article <9209011141.AA09240@mcsun.EU.net>,         Z_STAFF_CL@SOUTHAMPTON-INSTITUTE.AC.UK writes:

Yes, I'm reposting the entire article.  Read it again!  We are Christians
too, who believe differently than you on this issue.  We cannot deny you,
who love God also but disagree with us.  Jesus prayed for us all to be
one (John 17) even though we know that there will always be issues which
cause dissagreements and divide us.  We must work together to lift up
the name of the Lord and to show the world that the Spirit of Christ is
a truly miraculous unifier.  No one has all the answers, we are all of a
sinful nature and all have an imperfect understanding of God's will and God's
word.  But, we want to work together, to worship together, to have fellowship
and trust from other Christians.

People complain that Christian gays and lesbians should not go off and form
their own denominations, where they are accetped.  They say that if these
people are truly a part of the body of Christ, that they should be integrated
in the body of Christ and not separated from the other parts of the body.
But how often could *you* approach the other members for fellowship and 
worship only to be told that *you* are no Christian and *your* love for the
Lord is not valid.  Jesus knows our hearts, thank God!  There don't seem to
be many others even trying to understand.

|> 31 AUG 92  U1A9A@EDU.VT.CC.VTVM2
|> > The bottom line is : you cannot continue with your boyfriend..... God
|> > hates homosexual sin............
|> 
|> [flame mode on]
|> 
|> I have heard a lot of this out right conmdemnation on this list.
|> I grow tired of ivory towers and those who cast stones from the top of them.
|> 
|> [flame mode off]
|> 
|> God hates sin ... agreed regardless of sexual orientation.
|> The rest of the comment appears as a tirade of prejudice.
|> Perhaps those who condemn so strongly should walk the way of
|> those they condemn - the way of being subjected to such tirades
|> for being as you believe God has made you.
|> 
|> 
|> >Let Jesus help you to know the way.....
|> 
|> I know may people who are close to God and gay.  I know may who
|> conform to the given veiw who show no signs of the Spirit in their
|> life.
|> 
|> Being gay **does not** equate to not knowing God.
|> 
|> 
|> > ..repent ....
|> 
|> Repent for being the way you feel God made you and God intended
|> for you to be is a strange thing to be asked to do.
|> 
|> Please can we get away from the dogma and condemnations (especially
|> those in the name of love) and, CASTING NO STONES, discuss this subject
|> that is obviously so important to some of us.
|> 
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