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To: JohnM who wrote (150220)	11/15/2010 10:03:19 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 542009

To follow up just a bit on this notion that blanket statements about religion and homosexuality aren't true in the contemporary world, here's a link to a wikipedia piece on the topic. As most of you may know, it's been a bone of contention within certain Protestant denominations for some time. I gather as much has been true within Judaism as well. While there have been notable exceptions in the past, ancient Greeks for instance, what we see now is much more openness. en.wikipedia.org

To: JohnM who wrote (150220)	11/15/2010 1:27:07 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542009

I do know all about that. This whole thing is an area rife with conflict, and definitely within the religious community itself. On the one hand the Biblical admonitions can't be just blithely thrown out because they're "inconvenient". On the other hand, one's spiritual being is more than a single type of sexual transgression...much more. Also, people go to some kind of church to become better people. You don't wait until you're completely without sin and then go to church, lol. That's backwards. Once we're 'perfect', we get to stop going...ha. At any rate, everyone has the right and should seek out a spiritual home of some kind. The Bible says so. :) So personally speaking, I don't have a problem with any of these denominations and what they're trying to offer to their congregants. At the same time, I don't have a problem with my own Church's tradional stance on the subject. Yes, that probably sounds very contradictory, but right now anyway I'm comfortable with this kind of hair-splitting in my mind.