“The opposite of homosexuality is not heterosexuality,” says Chambers, sagely.
“It's holiness

And I see none of that going on here. For a person of faith, zeroing in on one or several passages of the Bible for clues about homosexuality is the wrong approach and losing sight of the big picture.

All I know is that it makes more sense to
listen to the God who created the Universe than to my puny human emotions.”

The people at Exodus could start there if they dare.

“I still have
same-sex attraction,” she sighs at one point, “but it's like elevator music
to me now. I just don't pay attention to it.”

A class on “True Femininity”, whic...

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“The opposite of homosexuality is not heterosexuality,” says Chambers, sagely.
“It's holiness

And I see none of that going on here. For a person of faith, zeroing in on one or several passages of the Bible for clues about homosexuality is the wrong approach and losing sight of the big picture.

All I know is that it makes more sense to
listen to the God who created the Universe than to my puny human emotions.”

The people at Exodus could start there if they dare.

“I still have
same-sex attraction,” she sighs at one point, “but it's like elevator music
to me now. I just don't pay attention to it.”

A class on “True Femininity”, which concludes
cryptically that true femininity “is the ability to receive”

Good grief, that's advocating lesbianism!

Well, they have one thing right. Gays, lesbians, bisexuals; we are all depressed to a certain degree because we have to live in an oppressive society in which this role model of what is "right" is continually forced upon us by those with the smallest of minds. I've spoken at great lengths with lesbians who married because they grew up in a religous household and nothing but a heterosexual marriage was ever expected of them. So they did it and gave that to society and basically ended up divorced and no money. Nothing. And at that point in their lives, even though it was so difficult, they were finally free and happy. I've spoken to lesbians who grew up in the church, were active in the church, never once acted upon their feelings with another woman, but the attractions were still there and the church group prayed for them and prayed for them and they prayed and prayed and prayed and it didn't work. So back to the church group and the report card was it's not working, you know people? And they were thrown out of the church they loved for bringing "sin" into it.
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Gays, lesbians, bisexuals; we are all depressed to a certain degree
because we have to live in an oppressive society in which this role
model of what is "right" is continually forced upon us by those with
the smallest of minds.

Debbyski, it's not only the gays, lesbians and bis that have to deal with this. It's anyone who is made to feel bad for enjoying anything other than, as George Carlin used to put it, "man-on-top-get-it-over-with-quick". Anyone who has spent any amount of time poking arount the internet knows the truth of this quote: “You can point to any item in the Sears catalog and somebody wants to sleep with it.” — Max Gail.

Even leaving out the glbt segment of ...

Gays, lesbians, bisexuals; we are all depressed to a certain degree
because we have to live in an oppressive society in which this role
model of what is "right" is continually forced upon us by those with
the smallest of minds.

Debbyski, it's not only the gays, lesbians and bis that have to deal with this. It's anyone who is made to feel bad for enjoying anything other than, as George Carlin used to put it, "man-on-top-get-it-over-with-quick". Anyone who has spent any amount of time poking arount the internet knows the truth of this quote: “You can point to any item in the Sears catalog and somebody wants to sleep with it.” — Max Gail.

Even leaving out the glbt segment of the population, the range of sexual expression is far from what people like Chambers would consider normal and acceptable, and they heap the guilt onto anyone who doesn't fit their narrow definitions.

"A Heathen is one who is unenelightened, uncivilized, pagan, and does
not follow the spirit of the God of Judaeism, Islam or Christianity. I
had considered tagging the clip with 'antichrist' but I thought it may
offend some heathens."

True, a Heathen or Pagan does not follow the god of Judaism, Islam or Christianity, but that does not make them "unenlightened," or "uncivilized." The great civilizations of the past, like the Egyptian, the Greek and Roman, among a host of others, were all Pagan. The great philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Marcus Aurelius, Lao Tzu, the Buddha, and many more were all Pagan.

In the 3rd century BCE, [i]Eratosthenes calcula...

"A Heathen is one who is unenelightened, uncivilized, pagan, and does
not follow the spirit of the God of Judaeism, Islam or Christianity. I
had considered tagging the clip with 'antichrist' but I thought it may
offend some heathens."

True, a Heathen or Pagan does not follow the god of Judaism, Islam or Christianity, but that does not make them "unenlightened," or "uncivilized." The great civilizations of the past, like the Egyptian, the Greek and Roman, among a host of others, were all Pagan. The great philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Marcus Aurelius, Lao Tzu, the Buddha, and many more were all Pagan.

In the 3rd century BCE, Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth to high precision while the Christian world still believed the earth was flat. Mathematics, astronomy and chemistry were all invented by Pagans.

The Christians in your article are not "heathens" they are truly Christian and acting as they normally act, which is without compassion. The three religions you mention, Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all Abrahamic and have caused more wars, death, and destruction, than any other single factor.

Finally, Pagans/Heathens have no problem with homosexuality that is a Biblical innovation. So, please call them for what they truly are: Christians! Not "Heathen."

One more time, let's return to the wisdom of Bishop John Shelby Spong in Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism. What he says about Christianity is true for all faiths:

A church that calls itself the body of Christ cannot reject or oppress or define pejoratively one who is the recipient of the overwhelming love of God. To do so is to deny Christ. It is to play church. When that occurs, the marks of death are seen in that institution.
Those marks are present when the refusal to upset the religious folk becomes a higher priority for the church than the search for truth or the demand for justice. Those marks are present when the church bends to accommodate the racists without he[b]...

One more time, let's return to the wisdom of Bishop John Shelby Spong in Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism. What he says about Christianity is true for all faiths:

A church that calls itself the body of Christ cannot reject or oppress or define pejoratively one who is the recipient of the overwhelming love of God. To do so is to deny Christ. It is to play church. When that occurs, the marks of death are seen in that institution.
Those marks are present when the refusal to upset the religious folk becomes a higher priority for the church than the search for truth or the demand for justice. Those marks are present when the church bends to accommodate the racists without hearing the cries of the rejected victims of racism. They are present when the church compromises its truth in order to accommodate those whose sexism refuses to allow women access to ecclesiastical postitions of power without hearing the pain in the generations of women who have been defined as auxiliary to the church.
The marks of death are present when the church rejects lesbian and gay persons because they do not fit the narrow homophobic definition of "normal" humanity and do not hear the pain of the oppressed and rejected homosexual community. Those are the signs that death awaits the Christ experience.