'Was J Gay?’: The Class Unverg Hidn Queer Histori

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NO, OF COURSE THAT UFC GUY DIDN'T YELL ABOUT "NOT FOR GAY J" ON TV

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Pope Francis was recently asked about his views on homosexualy. Persons wh homosexual tennci are children of God.

Crimalisg people wh homosexual tennci is an jtice.

WAS J GAY? PROBABLY

Do “Go for J, not for gay J, people!” sound like a plsible, idmatic form of relig trollg to you, or do maybe seem like the sort of fantilized stcture that’s easy to map onto a non-native speaker’s syntax and pronunciatn? * no for gay jesus *

This isn’t the first time Pope Francis has shown himself to be a progrsive lear when to, among other thgs, gay Catholics.

BRAZIL: NETFLIX 'GAY J' PARODY FILM BAN OVERTURNED

UFC fighter Yoel Romero might have jt spoke out very heavily agast gay marriage. * no for gay jesus *

As a biblil scholar, I would suggt that church lears who e their cultur and theology to exclu homosexuals don’t read Scripture refully.

Those who would exclu homosexuals om God’s kgdom choose to ignore J, turng stead to the Old Ttament – most particularly to Genis 19, the stctn of the ci of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Their terpretatn of the story is that is about homosexualy. Levic 18:22 and 20:13, for example, are not about “homosexualy” as we now unrstand – as the rg, lovg and sexual relatnship between people of the same sex.

WAS J GAY?

<p><strong>Pl Otreicher:</strong> I preached on Good Friday that J's timacy wh John suggted he was gay as I felt eply had to be addrsed</p> * no for gay jesus *

Christians – no matter which church they belong to – should follow Pl and extend to the heterosexual-homosexual distctn.

” Some people heard, “Not for gay J, ” which is kd of a stupid thg to hear bee would also be a stupid thg to say.

GAY J – WHO WAS THE BELOVED DISCIPLE?

If the J of History was gay, he mt have had someone to be gay wh. Who is the strongt ndidate for the role of J’ GBF. * no for gay jesus *

So when a Cuban is misheard to say “not for gay J, ” the first reactn, for some, isn’t to square that agast mon sense. Takg a left turn toward gay J at the end of a basele relig pamphlet pch do not make sense as a tra of thought or argument. “Don’t go back to relign for gay J” do not make sense translatn or otherwise.

”I haven’t done much diggg on Romero’s polics, beyond several old articl notg his Bible-humpg, and, sure, ’s possible the hardre relig si of him shas his views about gay marriage.

'WAS J GAY?’: THE CLASS UNVERG HIDN QUEER HISTORI

Is J gay, queer, or bisexual? It is important to exame His nature as a man and as God to dispel speculatns about whether or not He is gay or queer. * no for gay jesus *

Many who support same-sex marriage and gay rights argue that, sce J never mentned homosexualy, He did not nsir to be sful. After all, the argument go, if homosexualy is bad, why did J treat as a non-issue? It is technilly te that J did not specifilly addrs homosexualy the Gospel acunts; however, He did speak clearly about sexualy general.

The pot is that J did not need to emize s, pecially when the further revelatn ntaed the Epistl remov all doubt as to homosexualy’s sfulns. In addn, unbelievers who practice homosexualy stand need of salvatn jt like any other unbeliever. Christians are lled to pray for those who do not know Christ, to serve others love, and to share the msage of J wh all people, cludg those volved homosexualy.

If homosexualy is a s, why didn’t J ever mentn ? In a 2012 article for Slate onle, Will Orem asked a provotive qutn: Was J a homophobe?

TIM MACKIE OF THE BIBLE PROJECT PROMOT ABERRANT TEACHG ON HOMOSEXUALY: ‘IN J, THERE’S NO GAY OR STRAIGHT’

The article was ocsned by a story about a gay teenager Oh who was sug his high school after school officials prohibed him om wearg a T-shirt that said, “J Is Not a Homophobe.

IS J GAY: DIVG INTO THE CONTROVERSIAL SPECULATN OF J’ SEXUAL INTY

Orem suggts that J’s views on homosexualy were more clive than Pl’s. While ’s reasonable to assume that J and his fellow Jews first-century Palte would have disapproved of gay sex, there is no rerd of his ever havg mentned homosexualy, let alone exprsed particular revulsn about .... Never the Bible do J himself offer an explic prohibn of homosexualy.

Orem seems to suggt that sce J never explicly mentned homosexualy, he mt not have been very ncerned about . Get a ee py of the ebook ‘What Do the Bible Really Teach about Homosexualy?

It is credible to suggt that the words om J have no bearg on the qutn of homosexualy. So Orem has misnsted the relevance of J’s teachg to the homosexual qutn. Even if J viewed homosexualy as a s, he had a penchant for reachg out to sners rather than shunng them....

DO GAY PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN?

In Romans 1, Pl nounced gay sex as unnatural—an egreg example of pagan nce—and said would brg the wrath of God. On the one si is J: peace-lovg, enemy-fivg, egalarian, and clive wh regard to homosexuals. On the other si is Pl: war-lovg, ath penalty–supportg, patriarchal, and exclnary wh regard to homosexuals.

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Tim Mackie of The Bible Project Promot Aberrant Teachg on Homosexualy: 'In J, There's no Gay or Straight' - Prottia .

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