The Bible vers aren't about nmng homosexuals, gays, lbians, or transgenr people. Rather, read God's lovg warng and grace for those who have strayed om His will for sex
Contents:
- Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- IS IT POSSIBLE TO PRAY THE GAY AWAY?
- HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.
* stay away god is gay *
What did Kurt mean by "God Is Gay"?
A mon argument for the acceptance of homosexualy and same-sex marriage is that, if God is love, He would not nmn the love of others. The world and maybe even our own sensivi might say that allowg others to live a homosexual relatnship is to see to their well-beg. Romans 1:26 says homosexualy is disgraceful and dishonorg.
First Corthians 6:18 says that sexual immoraly, cludg homosexualy, is a s agast one’s own body. If homosexualy rults a dishonorg, harmful separatn om God’s blsg, then the lovg thg to do is to stay away om . That beg said, those wh homosexual attractns are sperate need of love.
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
When I started wrg my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who oppose same-sex marriage the church have long ed the Bible to fend their pot of view. As a gay Christian om an evangelil church Kansas, that stat quo has had a damagg impact on my life, which is one reason I'm settg out to change the flty perspective. Here are 10 reasons why God accepts gay Christians. * stay away god is gay *
Even if they agree wh the Bible that homosexualy is a s and rolve not to seek fulfillment of their sexual sir, they mt still fd love other relatnships—the self-sacrificg love of agape and the iendly pannship of phileo. The need for love is no different for sgle heterosexuals than is for those wh homosexual attractn. If God is love, why do He nmn homosexualy?
At the end of the song, while sayg: "Stay away, " at one moment Coba says, "God is gay, " which is somethg he spray pated on a classmate's r high school as a way of phg his buttons.
Coba had a gay iend high school and at one pot ntemplated his own sexual orientatn. The statement was to support gay rights, not agast God.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO PRAY THE GAY AWAY?
"Beg gay" won't send you to hell. The qutn is, “Can you believe J and be homosexual at the same time?” Learn why the answer is both y and no. * stay away god is gay *
Coba is the Gen X in who popularized alternative mic and culture, but on the 25th anniversary of his ath this week, I cherish another aspect of his legacy much more: his nsistent and vol support of gay rights.
Coba’s “oh well, whatever, never md” attu about sexual inty, exprsed lyrics and terviews, changed the urse of my Coba might not be the first name you thk of when to gay rights, his band was never shy about s polics, pecially where LGBTQ issu were ncerned. In 1992, Nirvana played a “No on #9” benef ncert and issued a public statement opposg Measure 9, a statewi anti-gay cizen ballot iative Oregon that would have required “all ernments” the state to treat homosexualy as “abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse. ” And the ler not of their album “Inctici, ” released that December, they warned: “If any of you any way hate homosexuals, people of different lor, or women, please do this one favor for — leave the f--- alone!
” The ler not to their next album, “In Utero, ” echoed that admonn: “If you’re a sexist, racist, homophobe or basilly an a--hole, don’t buy this CD. ” Coba himself repeatedly and publicly affirmed his pro-gay stance.
HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
In a 1993 terview wh the Advote, which I remember readg breathlsly a Borrs bookstore wh the ver fold over so no one uld tell what I was holdg, Coba lled himself “gay spir” and revealed that as a teenager, he often qutned his sexualy and sprayed “God is gay” graffi the small town of Aberen, Wash., where he grew up. (The le “God is gay” later popped up the Nirvana song “Stay Away. All this played out the early ’90s, when AIDS jok and the word “fag” were mon, ias about allowg gays to openly serve the ary were nsired radil, and policians were wagg culture wars over “fay valu.
’s Michael Stipe, but Nirvana’s pro-gay gtur and s inoclastic sound were remarkable for any popular mic act. The ia that you uld make mic that was aggrsive, hard and loud and be an ally to the gay muny seemed revolutnary, pecially for me, a closeted prep school graduate om Detro’s suburbs.
The publitn had characterized gay people as sad and pathetic, but I still volunteered at a bake sale to raise money for . To LGBT Christians who tried to "pray the gay away", did work? I'm askg this bee today marks the 4th year I tried to pray my gay away.