Thoughts On This Article...

[markrr]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7668448/Christian-preacher-arrested-for-saying-homosexuality-is-a-sin.html



“I felt deeply shocked and humiliated that I had been arrested in my own town and treated like a common criminal in front of people I know," he said.

When I see these videos of demonstrators in the US with their 'GOD HATES GAYS' signs, then read the above article in the Guardian, I realise how liberal the UK is regards homosexuality.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

It is terrifying to me to see ANYONE arrested for speaking what they believe in a public forum. No one has the power to silence an opponent with force. I completely disagree with theologians who claim that the Bible denounces homosexual identity - but they have just as much right to their interpretation of Scripture as I do.

Punishing someone for the dictates of conscience is an act of tyrrany and despotism. If we begin to punish people for excercising their birth right to express what they believe, then there is no justice or equity left in the earth.

The gay community must seek to change hearts and minds with truth and strong argument - not by crushing those who disagree by stripping them of their equal rights - in seeking the same protections that heterosexuals enjoy.