Homosexuality Is Not A Sin According To The Bible

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“What’s Love Got To Do With It?”
By Renaldo Brown

French is only a language to those who speak it. For most Americans, French is not a part of who they are, the lifestyle they live, the language they speak, or a culture they can identify with. They were born Americans. The similarities of the American culture and the French culture boil down to french fries and good wine. However, on the other side of the world, from a French perspective, the American culture is not a part of who they are, the lifestyle they live, the language they speak, or a culture they can identify with. How can two dynamically different groups of people co-exist in the world and respect each other’s cultures and lifestyles? The answer to the question is easy: the French are over there and the Americans are over here. Another group of people that are dynamically different in who they are, the lifestyle they live, the language they speak, and cultures that they can identify with, are not so lucky. Homosexuals, who have been intertwined into every culture since they beginning of time, have constantly been the receptor of violence, discrimination, and condemnation by conservative Christians, gay bashers, the media, mainstream evangelists, and, surprisingly, people who are gay (but are insecure in their sexuality). Instead of being embraced for their differences and respected as human beings, homosexuals have been, time and time again, condemned to hell, killed, or discriminated against.
Many people use the Holy Bible as their basis of condemning gays, stating that it is not themselves who condemn gays, but God – or rather, the Word. However, one should take a closer look at the Word and take it at face value. The Word of God says what It means and means what It says. Many people rely on the interpretations of men versus the true, factual, and holy Word of God. The Word urges, “Study to shew thyself approved unto God [. . .] .” (Hebrew-G...