Sunspot and Rabbit, my comments are adressed to both of you.
I am sorry you find my opinions offensive - but at least we are not resorting to name calling. Discussion and dialog is a good thing.
I'm sure if I met any of you in person, we would be cordial and polite.
It seems to me, that morals have shifted 360 degrees over the last few decades.
Jumping on the gay bandwagon is popular, and just about everyone seems to be doing it - woe for those few who dare to stand up for their beliefs regarding the Bible's standard on sexual morality!
Woe to those who dare express an opinion that is conservative!
While gays clamor and scream for their rights, they deny the same freedom of speech to those who do not agree with them. Consider the news item below, what happened when some Christians exercised their right to protest a convention for gays...
Pennsylvania Christians Face 47 Years in Prison for Reading Bible in Public
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_christians_arrested.htm
Philadelphia charges Christians with hate crimes, inciting a riot, and using a deadly weapon. Bill O'Reilly reported on the situation on Fox News Channel.
In the 27 years of this ministry, I have never witnessed a more outrageous miscarriage of justice than what is happening in Philadelphia. Four Christians are facing up to 47-years in prison and $90,000 in fines for preaching the Gospel on a public sidewalk, a right fully protected by the First Amendment.
On October 10, 2004, the four Christians were arrested in Philadelphia. They are part of Repent America. Along with founder Michael Marcavage, members of Repent America with police approval--were preaching near Outfest, a homosexual event, handing out Gospel literature and carrying banners with Biblical messages.
When they tried to speak, they were surrounded by a group of radical homosexual activists dubbed the Pink Angels. A videotape of the incident shows the Pink Angels interfering with the Christians' movement on the street, holding up large pink symbols of angels to cover up the Christians' messages and blowing high pitched whistles to drown out their preaching.
Rather than arrest the homosexual activists and allow the Christians to exercise their First Amendment rights, the Philadelphia police arrested and jailed the Christians! They were charged with eight crimes, including three felonies: possession of instruments of crime (a bullhorn), ethnic intimidation (saying that homosexuality is a sin), and inciting a riot (reading from the Bible some passages relating to homosexuality) despite the fact that no riot occurred.
It reminds me of the biblical account of Steven, when he was preaching to the Pharisees - what happened?
"At this they cried out at the top of their voice and put their hands over their ears" - Acts 7:57
At the end of the day, we have to agree to disagree on our various viewpoints. This forum is for lively discussion, and there is no way that everyone reading material on this board will be agreeing with what they read.