Pastor Says 'Solutn' to Gay People Is Executns: It's the Bible

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• PASTOR SAYS 'SOLUTN' TO GAY PEOPLE IS EXECUTNS: IT'S THE BIBLE
• BIBLE'S STANCE ON HOMOSEXUALY BIBLE SHOWS NO UNRSTANDG OF HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATN AS MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE AND AFFIRMGALAN SHEARD, RETIRED NSULTANT PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICEAUTHOR RMATN COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE RMATN PMC DISCLAIMERWOODBECK DN22 OJJ GRO.DIA@NAEDTERCOPYRIGHT © 2000, BRISH MEDIL JOURNALEDOR—WAYTE QUOT SELECTIVELY OM THE NATNAL SURVEY ON SEXUALY ABOUT THE PREVALENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY.1 HE IS DOG EXACTLY WHAT I REPORTED MY PERSONAL VIEW—DISTORTG THE EVINCE.HE SAYS THAT THE “BIBLE REFERENC TO HOMOSEXUALY CLEARLY SHOW THAT THEY ARE DISAPPROVG OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY (NOT ORIENTATN).”1 EXPERTS BIBLIL TERPRETATN BELIEVE THAT BIBLIL TIM THERE WAS NO UNRSTANDG OF THE MORN VIEW OF HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATN AS MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE AND AFFIRMG.2,3 WAYTE IS RIGHT SAYG THAT THE BIBLE'S STANCE IS NOT TO “BASH HOMOSEXUALS.” LEVIC CHAPTER 20, VERSE 13 READS: “IF A MAN HAS TERURSE WH A MAN AS WH A WOMAN, BOTH M AN ABOMATN. THEY MT BE PUT TO ATH.” SO THE BIBLE'S STANCE IS NOT JT TO BASH HOMOSEXUALS BUT TO MURR THEM. WHY WAYTE OR ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELV WH SUCH BARBARO AND HUMAN TEXTS IS BEYOND MY PREHENSN.WAYTE MENTS ON THE MEDIL RISKS OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY BY WHICH HE PRUMABLY MEANS ANAL TERURSE. BUT ONLY TWO THIRDS OF GAY MEN TAKE PART ANAL TERURSE WHILE AS MANY AS ONE THIRD OF HETEROSEXUALS DO SO. THIS MEANS THAT MORE HETEROSEXUALS THAN HOMOSEXUALS HAVE ANAL TERURSE.4 WAYTE'S CRICISMS SHOULD THEREFORE BE PRIMARILY ADDRSED TO HETEROSEXUALS. AND THE NATNAL SURVEY FOUND THAT THERE IS NO GREAT DISPARY BETWEEN NUMBERS OF PARTNERS OVERALL.WAYTE SAYS THAT THE E OF THE WORD HOMOPHOBIA THIS NTEXT IS RRECT. A RECENT SURVEY OF 4000 KNOWN HOMOSEXUALS AND BISEXUALS HAS SHOWN THAT 34% OF GAY MEN AND 24% OF LBIANS HAD EXPERIENCED PHYSIL VLENCE AND 73% HAD BEEN TNTED THE PREV FIVE YEARS BEE OF THEIR SEXUALY.5 THIS IS CLEAR EVINCE OF THE “EXTREME ABNORMAL FEAR OR AVERSN TO” HOMOSEXUALY WHICH WAYTE RIGHTLY QUOT AS A RRECT (THOUGH UNGRAMMATIL) FN OF HOMOPHOBIA.REFERENC1. WAYTE C. BIBLE IS DISAPPROVG OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY BUT NOT HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATN. BMJ. 1999;319:123. . (10 JULY.) [PMC EE ARTICLE] [PUBMED] [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]2. VASEY M. FRIENDS AND STRANGERS. LONDON: HODR AND STOUGHTON; 1995. [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]3. REISS M. HOMOSEXUALY AND SCHOOLS—A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE. LONDON: NATNAL CHILDREN'S BURE; 1999. . (SEX TN FOM LECTURE 1 JULY.) [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]4. BELL R. ABC OF SEXUAL HEALTH: HOMOSEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN. BMJ. 1999;318:452–455. [PMC EE ARTICLE] [PUBMED] [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]5. HEALTH EDUTN AUTHORY. MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTN AND SEXUAL INTY. LONDON: HEA; 1998. [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]BMJ. 2000 FEB 19; 320(7233): 514. » SUMMARY OF RAPID RPONS 2000 FEB 19; 320(7233): 514. SUMMARY OF RAPID RPONS

PASTOR SAYS 'SOLUTN' TO GAY PEOPLE IS EXECUTNS: IT'S THE BIBLE

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” In askg, “What do the Bible say about homosexualy” (or more appropriately stated, “what do the Bible say about attractn to someone of the same sex, ”) our task is to explore what the relevant biblil passag on the topic meant their origal ntext and what they mean for today.

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BIBLE'S STANCE ON HOMOSEXUALY BIBLE SHOWS NO UNRSTANDG OF HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATN AS MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE AND AFFIRMGALAN SHEARD, RETIRED NSULTANT PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICEAUTHOR RMATN COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE RMATN PMC DISCLAIMERWOODBECK DN22 OJJ GRO.DIA@NAEDTERCOPYRIGHT © 2000, BRISH MEDIL JOURNALEDOR—WAYTE QUOT SELECTIVELY OM THE NATNAL SURVEY ON SEXUALY ABOUT THE PREVALENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY.1 HE IS DOG EXACTLY WHAT I REPORTED MY PERSONAL VIEW—DISTORTG THE EVINCE.HE SAYS THAT THE “BIBLE REFERENC TO HOMOSEXUALY CLEARLY SHOW THAT THEY ARE DISAPPROVG OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY (NOT ORIENTATN).”1 EXPERTS BIBLIL TERPRETATN BELIEVE THAT BIBLIL TIM THERE WAS NO UNRSTANDG OF THE MORN VIEW OF HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATN AS MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE AND AFFIRMG.2,3 WAYTE IS RIGHT SAYG THAT THE BIBLE'S STANCE IS NOT TO “BASH HOMOSEXUALS.” LEVIC CHAPTER 20, VERSE 13 READS: “IF A MAN HAS TERURSE WH A MAN AS WH A WOMAN, BOTH M AN ABOMATN. THEY MT BE PUT TO ATH.” SO THE BIBLE'S STANCE IS NOT JT TO BASH HOMOSEXUALS BUT TO MURR THEM. WHY WAYTE OR ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELV WH SUCH BARBARO AND HUMAN TEXTS IS BEYOND MY PREHENSN.WAYTE MENTS ON THE MEDIL RISKS OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY BY WHICH HE PRUMABLY MEANS ANAL TERURSE. BUT ONLY TWO THIRDS OF GAY MEN TAKE PART ANAL TERURSE WHILE AS MANY AS ONE THIRD OF HETEROSEXUALS DO SO. THIS MEANS THAT MORE HETEROSEXUALS THAN HOMOSEXUALS HAVE ANAL TERURSE.4 WAYTE'S CRICISMS SHOULD THEREFORE BE PRIMARILY ADDRSED TO HETEROSEXUALS. AND THE NATNAL SURVEY FOUND THAT THERE IS NO GREAT DISPARY BETWEEN NUMBERS OF PARTNERS OVERALL.WAYTE SAYS THAT THE E OF THE WORD HOMOPHOBIA THIS NTEXT IS RRECT. A RECENT SURVEY OF 4000 KNOWN HOMOSEXUALS AND BISEXUALS HAS SHOWN THAT 34% OF GAY MEN AND 24% OF LBIANS HAD EXPERIENCED PHYSIL VLENCE AND 73% HAD BEEN TNTED THE PREV FIVE YEARS BEE OF THEIR SEXUALY.5 THIS IS CLEAR EVINCE OF THE “EXTREME ABNORMAL FEAR OR AVERSN TO” HOMOSEXUALY WHICH WAYTE RIGHTLY QUOT AS A RRECT (THOUGH UNGRAMMATIL) FN OF HOMOPHOBIA.REFERENC1. WAYTE C. BIBLE IS DISAPPROVG OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVY BUT NOT HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATN. BMJ. 1999;319:123. . (10 JULY.) [PMC EE ARTICLE] [PUBMED] [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]2. VASEY M. FRIENDS AND STRANGERS. LONDON: HODR AND STOUGHTON; 1995. [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]3. REISS M. HOMOSEXUALY AND SCHOOLS—A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE. LONDON: NATNAL CHILDREN'S BURE; 1999. . (SEX TN FOM LECTURE 1 JULY.) [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]4. BELL R. ABC OF SEXUAL HEALTH: HOMOSEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN. BMJ. 1999;318:452–455. [PMC EE ARTICLE] [PUBMED] [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]5. HEALTH EDUTN AUTHORY. MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTN AND SEXUAL INTY. LONDON: HEA; 1998. [GOOGLE SCHOLAR]BMJ. 2000 FEB 19; 320(7233): 514. » SUMMARY OF RAPID RPONS 2000 FEB 19; 320(7233): 514. SUMMARY OF RAPID RPONS

12, we spoke wh Rogg about the work she did (along wh scholars and activists Kathy Baldock and Ed Oxford) to meticuloly substantiate the film’s claims, the challenge of gettg through to a Christian muny that ref even to hear the evince, and how a documentary like this uld change the the Thgs the Bible Wants to Execute You ForI grew up the church, but I am still someone who found the ia of “homosexual” beg a mistranslatn the Bible to be shockg. "Sunday's sermon is not the first time members of the Stedfast Baptist Church have preached anti-LGBT year, Shelley, who has repeatedly lled for the ath of gay people, celebrated the ath of a gay man at a Pri para.

Followg Matthew V' terview will be rpons om evangelil theologians, and fally, gut ntributns om Christians who have chosen not to engage homosexualy and those who don't believe a gay liftyle nflicts wh the Bible.

"There is no ntradictn between beg Christian and beg gay, " he told arguments – maly agast six Bible passag that are monly ed by Christians to nmn homosexualy – are gag populary as evinced by his YouTube views.