They are gay, they admit they are gay It's by their own admission I call them gay. All I'm saying is for my own soul salvation I don't want to participate in something the bible calls sin. That's my right. If they feel otherwise that's their right, they have to stand before God alone and God will judge whether they did right or wrong. What makes their rights more important than mine?
I have a similar, yet bit different take on it. Scripture does identify homosexual acts as a sin. The definition of sin is missing the mark. Scripture also insists sins will be forgiven.
God did not identify sin for us as some type of win-lose game. This is no game, He cares about our well-being, about living up to our full potential. If we go for a nature walk, we want to know where the quicksand, cliffs, wild animals, and mosquitoes are so that we remain safe and content; happy.
Studies show, even after homosexuality is accepted by entire countries, the physical and mental health issues of homosexuals are (percentage wise) greater than heterosexuals. They are at greater risk. This does not mean many cannot (and do) dodge this proverbial bullet. We all take risks, we all try to beat the odds and we do not condemn people for taking other risks. It is a personal decision.
Shifting gears for a moment. The ideal sexual experience is not only to express love, but to gladly accept a child should the act produce one. With the advent of the pill and other methods of birth control (including abortion) came the advent of the idea of recreational sex. With it came an overall attitude from society at large of, "Teach the kids about the pill and let them experiment all they want." Now, with homosexual marriage, the kids are hearing, "Any act between two consenting adults is okay!" So they begin experimenting with homosexual acts. Some are even proud to label themselves bisexuals.
Some are of the opinion this won't hurt young people at all. I don't share that opinion because I happen to know what it cost two young people. This, by the way began with the heterosexual attitude of, "I give my sexual desires and proclivities more weight than my children. I believe my children will be happy if I am happy." With society giving the nod to homosexual marriages, we have given the nod to heterosexual young people that it is okay to experiment with this act.
If this isn't a message most homosexuals wanted to send, then they should be more accepting of not having one hundred percent approval from everyone. Divorce doesn't have a hundred percent approval from everyone either.
Sometimes an act is a sin not because it does great harm to an individual, but because it has that domino effect of adversely affecting the lives of others--especially the young and vulnerable.
I think we adults with our birth control (including pills and abortion), with our divorces, adulteries, and homosexual acts are happy with our state of getting the sex without consequences we desire.
I think we look at the multitude of teens who are affected taking their cue from us, yet we look at them, shrug, and say...
"Am I my brother's keeper?" That is
our sin--no longer assigned to just heteros, but now to the gay population as well.