A Police Officer at My Public High School Told Me I’m Gog to Hell Bee I’m Gay | ACLU

Contents:

• DO GAY PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN?
• 'IF I GROW UP TO BE GAY, WILL I GO TO HELL?'
• THIS I BELIEVE: GAY FOREVER, HELL FOR NEVER
• A POLICE OFFICER AT MY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TOLD ME I’M GOG TO HELL BEE I’M GAY
• “GOD MA ME GAY FOR A REASON”: YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN’S RILIENCY ROLVG INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA OM RELIG SOURC

DO GAY PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN?

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'IF I GROW UP TO BE GAY, WILL I GO TO HELL?'

Do not be ceived: Neher the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostut nor homosexual offenrs (arsenokoai)" 1 Cor 6:9, NIVBee the NIV did such a loy job and mistranslated the Greek word, arsenokoai, many people nclud that homosexuals will not her the kgdom of the NIV translators had bothered to study stead of jt gog by what the Greek lexins say, the gay muny uld have avoid a lot of pa and heartache. The most likely explanatn is that the term "dogs" Rev 22:15 primarily has view emasculated male cult prostut whout excludg a wir reference to any who engage homosexual practice. The belief that gays and lbians mt change their sexual orientatn when they get saved is a personal belief of many Christians, based on nothg but their own opn stead of on anythg the Bible actually, their opn that homosexuals go to hell is partially based on the NIV's mis-translatn of 1 Cor to related InfoGod sav gays but do you thk He wants them to stay gay?

THIS I BELIEVE: GAY FOREVER, HELL FOR NEVER

If you go wh what people say you would believe, “Go wh how you feel”, “You were born wh those homosexual sir”, “You were born that way”, “God lov you how you are” and many other worldly exc.

A POLICE OFFICER AT MY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TOLD ME I’M GOG TO HELL BEE I’M GAY

I’m a Christian who lov J so much but at the same time I’m gay and I’ve been same sex relatnships i tried many tim to change how I feel to have a better relatnship wh god but I uldn’t What should I do?? Children hear about Israel Fol's homophobic ments, and they have Pl HeyHer qutn is doubly shockg given she has two gay uncl, we speak openly about homosexualy our fay, and her father and I uld not re ls about the genr of the people she choos to love.

Growg up I was obliv to the impact that our homophobic muny, Brisbane the ‘80s and early ‘90s, had on my iend’s self homophobic jok, the “fag” pranks such as boys verg school books wh the word “fag”, and, y, people thory clarg that hell awas him, have all ntributed to McCulloch feelg ashamed, unacceptable and unlovable for his entire life. They experience poorer mental health out than their peers as a direct rult of the stigma, prejudice, discrimatn and abe they experience jt for beg, who last week lnched a crowdfundg mpaign aimg to raise $3 ln to ver his legal bills his appeal agast his ntract termatn by Rugby Atralia (which was shut down on Monday morng), fend his homophobic post as “an act of love and passn” have no ia of the effect that the msag have on the people they are I thk of how my iend has suffered om homophobia his whole life, and all the boys and girls, past and prent, who will be eply wound and trmatised by Fol’s words, is unfathomable how anyone uld ever jtify them as lovg or ’s not unmon to e ancient texts to provi jtifitn for hatred, but if Fol wants to play the bible rd, let’s talk about what else he uld do wh $3 ln stead of fendg his right to tell already vulnerable and margalised people that hell awas them.

“GOD MA ME GAY FOR A REASON”: YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN’S RILIENCY ROLVG INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA OM RELIG SOURC

I have been driven out of one of my childhood church and the church I found as a teenager ma me unfortable when the pastor began talkg about all of the immoral people, cludg “the Homosexuals. Given the unique velopmental stage of emergg adults and the fact that most religns have rtrictns on homosexual behavr, is important to unrstand how YMSM tegrate their sexual and relig/spirual inti.