SweetSue92
Diamond Member
Fair enough. But I’m not seeing all these churches with pride flags instead of crosses. No church in my neck of the woods would have those. I don’t even get why a church would. Church isn’t about sexuality one way or the other, anyway.
I will maintain, for example, that if a church kicks out or censures members who are openly gay, in gay marriage, whatever, then they must also take the same measures against straight members who “live in sin”. Otherwise it’s nothing but sheer hypocrisy.
But they always seem to have a much, much, much bigger problem with gays than they do with premarital sex. Why is that?
It's not even about "kicking out" or "censuring". Note that many mainline denominations ORDAIN gay people now and also have gay weddings in their churches. Or I should say "churches". That's a celebration of sin.
That's first. More to your point:
Both homosexuality and fornication are a sin. But understood Biblically, if fornicators marry their sex is not only no longer sinful, it leads to creation--an act after God's own heart and actions. It is His design.
Homosexual sex never leads to that. It is a "bad copy" of that.
As an American I understand that consensual adults have the right to do as they wish free from persecution. But as a Christian, this is how homosexuality is understood. It does not condemn gay people as they too are made in the image of God. But it is sinful.