Or perhaps, Jar, they decided that gay marriage is in no way detrimental, and therefore is allowable. Heroin use is detrimental, hence why it isn't legal.

Jesus also says, "Unless you eat my body and drink my blood, you shall not have life within you." Catholicism, the original followers of Christ, have determined that to mean the most Holy Eucharist. If you don't go to a Catholic Mass, you don't get Communion, and therefore are not truly participating in the life of Christ. Choosing not to go to Mass is a pretty heavy wager as w...more

Jesus also says, "Unless you eat my body and drink my blood, you shall not have life within you." Catholicism, the original followers of Christ, have determined that to mean the most Holy Eucharist. If you don't go to a Catholic Mass, you don't get Communion, and therefore are not truly participating in the life of Christ. Choosing not to go to Mass is a pretty heavy wager as well, is it not?less

Let's talk about Biblical interpretation folks. In the Bible, Jesus says "Unless you eat my body and drink my blood, you shall not have life within you." Catholic scholars say this means in the Holy Eucharist, receiving the sacrament of Communion every Sunday. How can you justify that you are living in Christ if you do not attend Mass where Communion is served? Wouldn't that be...more

Let's talk about Biblical interpretation folks. In the Bible, Jesus says "Unless you eat my body and drink my blood, you shall not have life within you." Catholic scholars say this means in the Holy Eucharist, receiving the sacrament of Communion every Sunday. How can you justify that you are living in Christ if you do not attend Mass where Communion is served? Wouldn't that be an interpretation separate from what the original Church has proclaimed as Truth?less

...or they have made a sound decision based on the law. Go NY!

Wrong Chris...for the Bible tells me so is a documentary interviewing Biblical scholars, so my opinions are based on that. jar, I had an awesome family. Once again, you know nothing of my family or how I was raised. If you want to pretend I had one of the reasons you listed, go ahead, but you are lying and slandering my name, hence why I flagged that post. You could not psycho analyze me. Every fa...more

Wrong Chris...for the Bible tells me so is a documentary interviewing Biblical scholars, so my opinions are based on that. jar, I had an awesome family. Once again, you know nothing of my family or how I was raised. If you want to pretend I had one of the reasons you listed, go ahead, but you are lying and slandering my name, hence why I flagged that post. You could not psycho analyze me. Every family has issues, but you couldn't explain why only one out of my 4 siblings is gay. If we had a bad family, shouldn't all of us be gay? There simply isn't enough evidence to back your theories.less

I have the Holy Spirit in my heart. You wouldn't ask someone born with a disability to stop being disabled, so don't ask someone born gay to stop being gay. God made me in his image and likeness, and God makes no mistakes. Let the editorial board see that I have deleted your posts: they were off topic and aimed directly at me to cause issues, so I had perfect right based on their terms o...more

I have the Holy Spirit in my heart. You wouldn't ask someone born with a disability to stop being disabled, so don't ask someone born gay to stop being gay. God made me in his image and likeness, and God makes no mistakes. Let the editorial board see that I have deleted your posts: they were off topic and aimed directly at me to cause issues, so I had perfect right based on their terms of service. God Bless!less

You just proved my point buddy! You know nothing about my experience or how people in the church have treated me. What you are doing most certainly does not come a place of love, it comes from a place of arrogance that you know more than I do and you are hell bent on trying to step above me. Jesus loves me in a way you could never imagine or even come close to imitating. Post your hateful (and wro...more

You just proved my point buddy! You know nothing about my experience or how people in the church have treated me. What you are doing most certainly does not come a place of love, it comes from a place of arrogance that you know more than I do and you are hell bent on trying to step above me. Jesus loves me in a way you could never imagine or even come close to imitating. Post your hateful (and wrong) facts, try to slander me and my community, but I love people and know what truth is. You can think and say what you want, ultimately God knows what is in my heart, I pray and listen daily, and you are doing nothing worth my time. Peace, I hope you'll someday realize the gravity of your hate and its effects on those around you, both knowingly and unknowingly.less

funny, you claim I don't know you, yet you pretend to know me. You can say nothing of my relationship with God, yet you must feel so superior because you are taking every opportunity possible to paint me as some ungodly hooker who couldn't be responsible if my life depended on it. Fact of the matter is, science has proven there isn't a choice in sexual orientation. The Bible is grey...more

funny, you claim I don't know you, yet you pretend to know me. You can say nothing of my relationship with God, yet you must feel so superior because you are taking every opportunity possible to paint me as some ungodly hooker who couldn't be responsible if my life depended on it. Fact of the matter is, science has proven there isn't a choice in sexual orientation. The Bible is grey on many areas, so I choose to integrate the two.less

jar, you are wrong. We leave because people like you make us feel unwelcome, but clearly you know myself better than I do, so I'll just stop talking because you're not worth my time.

Your facts are wrong! I know many, many gay men who have gone through ex-gay ministries and came out worse for it. You can't see past your fundamentalist beliefs! You are the reason so many gay people want to kill themselves. You disgust me, and you disgust Jesus! May God have mercy on your hate filled soul.

I will absolutely flag it, you are not a Christian as all you try to do is hurt someone else. No, I am not more likely to get HIV because I am always safe, and I am in a committed relationship, which you know nothing about, so don't pretend you do. Jesus loves me as I am, and you have absolutely no right to tell me otherwise, seeing as you are pretty far from perfect yourself. You are absolut...more

I will absolutely flag it, you are not a Christian as all you try to do is hurt someone else. No, I am not more likely to get HIV because I am always safe, and I am in a committed relationship, which you know nothing about, so don't pretend you do. Jesus loves me as I am, and you have absolutely no right to tell me otherwise, seeing as you are pretty far from perfect yourself. You are absolutely out to pick on me. Shame on you dude, you are the reason so many gay people leave the church!less

Jar, you aren't a good Christian, because you care about are making comments that try to ignite a fire. I don't need to justify my beliefs to you because clearly you won't hear them. I don't want to teach your close minded kids either, not like you'd send them to my inner city school. I'm so glad you know exactly what is true, Jesus always loved those pompous Pharisee...more

Jar, you aren't a good Christian, because you care about are making comments that try to ignite a fire. I don't need to justify my beliefs to you because clearly you won't hear them. I don't want to teach your close minded kids either, not like you'd send them to my inner city school. I'm so glad you know exactly what is true, Jesus always loved those pompous Pharisees! I'm sure he's thrilled with the put downs your making!less

The Day of Silence is in no way forced on children, stop spreading lies that you clearly know nothing about! If you don't want to take a card, you don't have to. Gays are one of the most targeted yet least represented minority groups in schools, so they need a day to protest the fact that all too often, administrations look the other way because they don't know how to deal with the ...more

The Day of Silence is in no way forced on children, stop spreading lies that you clearly know nothing about! If you don't want to take a card, you don't have to. Gays are one of the most targeted yet least represented minority groups in schools, so they need a day to protest the fact that all too often, administrations look the other way because they don't know how to deal with the issues. If other groups are feeling they are being bullied, organize a day to bring awareness, I see nothing wrong with that! It isn't encouraging, its opening our children's eyes to the world around them and they are smart enough to decide what they want to believe in.less

Wow, so many questions to answer. First of all, I did not choose to be gay, that's just rediculous. I was never molested, both of my parents are amazing, supportive, and involved in my life, I played sports as a child, etc. No theory can explain why I am gay, and I certainly would not choose it given the homophobia and prejudice out there. As far as the Bible being the inerrant word of God, n...more

Wow, so many questions to answer. First of all, I did not choose to be gay, that's just rediculous. I was never molested, both of my parents are amazing, supportive, and involved in my life, I played sports as a child, etc. No theory can explain why I am gay, and I certainly would not choose it given the homophobia and prejudice out there. As far as the Bible being the inerrant word of God, nope, sorry, I don't believe that. I do believe the Bible has a lot of God's truth, but humans are fallible and capable of writing inaccuracies into the Bible. Tell me, when did Jesus ever speak about gays? Never! He spoke about love, and about God not knowing either male or female. Watch "for the Bible tells me so" and you might see where I get my beliefs and why I am so firm that no, I am not deliberately turning away from God's word, for I feel what has been written in the Bible is innaccurate in many places (and not just about homosexuality.) Onto the subject of gays raising children. People you may think about as being gay are probably like Jack from Will and Grace: very flamboyant, unable to hold a steady job, unable to commit in a relationship. While there are many gays out there like that, there are even more straight couples. I am a teacher, my boyfriend works for a University, so we are both very educated and both have backgrounds working with youth. We will be AMAZING parents, and studies by the American Psychiatric and Psychological associations have found the same to be true. Children will be teased no matter what: their parents are gay, they're too fat, they wear glasses, they can't play sports, etc. My children will know they are loved and that their home life is supportive, and just like any child that has a supportive home life, they will learn to deal with bullying and find a good group of friends. Do some research, and the effects of leaving a child in the foster care system for a long period of time is extremely damaging, and sometimes catastrophic. Do I think every kid deserves a mother and father? Absolutely; however, that is not at all the case and in the US alone there are over 300,000 children waiting for a good home. My boyfriend and I would be able to give that to them. My sexual orientation isn't just some urge or a tendency, and don't try to tell me it is because lets face it, you're not gay! I am in love with my boyfriend, and our commitment to each other and to raising a child would be put to waste if we decided not to raise a child together in our home. Its nothing selfish, it is following in the footsteps of Christ to welcome a child so in need of love to our home.less

Star, I actually do not have children, I teach in public school in Baltimore (hence the screen name) but I do plan on adoption. I am gay, and I am a Christian, and I REALLY don't want to debate about my salvation because I've heard it all before and will disagree until the day I die...that being said, I think what kids need more than anything is a loving, stable home. Research has shown ...more

Star, I actually do not have children, I teach in public school in Baltimore (hence the screen name) but I do plan on adoption. I am gay, and I am a Christian, and I REALLY don't want to debate about my salvation because I've heard it all before and will disagree until the day I die...that being said, I think what kids need more than anything is a loving, stable home. Research has shown children raised by gay parents do not turn out to be odd or different in any way, and that leaving kids in foster programs is detrimental in the long run (with each new placement of a child, the likeliness that they will eventually become involved in drugs or promiscuous behavior goes up.) My personal belief is that God did make me gay, and that I can't have my own children, but through adoption I can love and care for children.less

Jar, your facts and figures are horrifically off balance and I cannot imagine the biased sources you get them from. Only 1 in 167 woman are abused....ONLY?!?!?! That's a pretty high number my friend, and if you knew anything about stats, you'd know those are off because of the women who never came forward. Gay relationships do not have a higher rate of abuse, it is actually equal across ...more

Jar, your facts and figures are horrifically off balance and I cannot imagine the biased sources you get them from. Only 1 in 167 woman are abused....ONLY?!?!?! That's a pretty high number my friend, and if you knew anything about stats, you'd know those are off because of the women who never came forward. Gay relationships do not have a higher rate of abuse, it is actually equal across sexual orientations, I would be happy to find that study if need be. Also, Exodus has a high rate of success immediately, but check back into their figures for the amount of suicides tied to it and the amount of people who come out again saying they had themselves completely fooled. Exodus is astronomically horrible at what they do, because sexual orientation has been associated with PRENATAL factors. Your method of researching is biased...sorry to tell you.less

Why are you assuming its a gay liberal flagging? I have had quite a few of my posts flagged as well, and I am about as gay as they come. The love I have for my boyfriend is not just sexual, it is emotional as well, so your argument is moot. I believe above all things God sees love, not the fact that I am with a man, and the "6 times" the Bible has supposedly been interpretted to say homo...more

Why are you assuming its a gay liberal flagging? I have had quite a few of my posts flagged as well, and I am about as gay as they come. The love I have for my boyfriend is not just sexual, it is emotional as well, so your argument is moot. I believe above all things God sees love, not the fact that I am with a man, and the "6 times" the Bible has supposedly been interpretted to say homosexuality is a sin has been interpretted in other ways all 6 times. You choose to believe your version, I'll choose to believe mine. You cannot sin without knowing that you are in your heart of hearts, and in mine, I know I am not because I have heard God speaking to me before. The fact is that being gay isn't just about sex, its about love, and love cannot be evil or sinful.less

People are ignoring research BIG TIME here. It has been found through studies that abstinence only sex education is ineffective. Kids that do decide to have sex after going through it are less likely to use a condom (or use it correctly), are more likely to seek an abortion for fear of shame if they get pregnant, and are less likely to seek STD testing if they become sexually active. Safer Sex edu...more

People are ignoring research BIG TIME here. It has been found through studies that abstinence only sex education is ineffective. Kids that do decide to have sex after going through it are less likely to use a condom (or use it correctly), are more likely to seek an abortion for fear of shame if they get pregnant, and are less likely to seek STD testing if they become sexually active. Safer Sex education does teach abstinence as the only way to stay completely safe and not get pregnant, but it also thinks about the fact that kids will be kids, they make poor decisions, and if they are going to have sex, they should know how to do it in a safer way. Thinking that kids are less likely to have sex because they aren't taught how to use a condom is naive.less

For the record shucks, its not me who is flagging you, but apparently someone is having a grand old time doing it, as its been done to me when I post my argument. Could we maybe conclude that sexual orientation is something fluid from the penguin? Why does everything have to be gay and straight. If indeed God knows neither man nor woman, then God sees only love, whether it be between hetero or hom...more

For the record shucks, its not me who is flagging you, but apparently someone is having a grand old time doing it, as its been done to me when I post my argument. Could we maybe conclude that sexual orientation is something fluid from the penguin? Why does everything have to be gay and straight. If indeed God knows neither man nor woman, then God sees only love, whether it be between hetero or homo couples.less

y'all wanna flag me as inappropriate? That is absolutely rediculous!!! Who says a book about gay penguins is inappropriate? Maybe my children should be able to read it. The fact of the matter is, it is a public school. There are children from gay parents who should be able to feel represented in the school. If your children to not like it or do not agree, they don't have to check it out....more

y'all wanna flag me as inappropriate? That is absolutely rediculous!!! Who says a book about gay penguins is inappropriate? Maybe my children should be able to read it. The fact of the matter is, it is a public school. There are children from gay parents who should be able to feel represented in the school. If your children to not like it or do not agree, they don't have to check it out. Why are people so afraid that their children will read that? How rediculous that because of your views, my children shouldn't have books that represent them. That being said, I think children should also be able to read a Bible, or the Koran, or whatever text represents them and their family in a public school. Again, if people do not like it, then they don't have to read those texts.less