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IS GAY SODOMY NSIRED A WORSE S THAN STRAIGHT SODOMY?
Homosexualy is not the only s mentned 1 Corthians 6:9–10. Do not be ceived: neher the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexualy, nor thiev, nor the greedy, nor dnkards, nor revilers, nor swdlers will her the kgdom of God. At this moment history, ntrary to the other ss listed here, homosexualy is celebrated by our larger society wh pneerg excement.
But not homosexual practice, not by those who are now speakg loust and holdg posns of promence. Acrdg to the emergg nsens, homosexualy is different.
As Christians, we believe wh ept scery that the embrace of homosexual practice, along wh other ss, keeps people out of the kgdom of God. This means is an oversimplifitn to say that Christians — or nservative evangelils — are simply agast homosexualy. We are agast any s that rtras people om everlastg joy God, and homosexual practice jt gets all the prs bee, at this cultural moment, ’s the ma s that is so hly endorsed our ntext by the powers that be.