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The Battalion
Wednesday, FebruaryDj
Homosexuality
debate rages on:
• I was greatly disturbed by the
letter of Mark Martin on Feb. 21. 1
went to my Bible and found two
pieces of scripture that disprove
what Martin stated.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 18-20: "Do
you not know that the wicked will
not inherit the kingdom of God?
Do not be deceived: Neither the
sexually immoral nor idolaters nor
adulterers nor male prostitutes nor
homosexual offenders nor thieves
nor the greedy nor drunkards nor
slanderers nor swindlers will in
herit the kingdom of God. And
that is what some of you were. But
you were washed, you were sancti
fied, you were justified in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the
Spirit of our God.
"Flee from sexual immorality.
All other sins a man commits are
outside his body, but he who sins
sexually sins against his own body.
Do you not know that your body is
a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is
in you, whom you have received
from God? You are not your own;
you were bought at a price. There
fore honor God with your body.
Jesus speaks — Matthew 15:18-
19: "The things that come out of
the mouth come from the heart,
and these make a man 'unclean'.
For out of the heart come evil
thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual
immorality, theft, false testimony,
slander.
I do not judge homosexuals.
We know what the word of God
says, and it says homosexuality is
wrong.
abomination and put in the com
pany of bestiality and incest in the
surrounding verses. Since God is
the same yesterday, today, and for
ever, Jesus would have said some
thing if it had changed.
One mistake Christians some
time make is to hate homosexuals.
This is not right, for homosexuality
is just another sin, and we are all
sinners. I believe that God will be
just as unhappy with the person
who is given to drunkenness as he
will be with the person given to
homosexuality — as he will be to
the person given to whatever sin.
Sin comes in one color and that's
dark black. The Bible doesn't leave
much room for gray.
A parting note from 1 John 2:4:
"Whosoever says T have come to
know him' but does not obey his
commandments is a liar and in
such a person the truth does not
exist.
Robert Jackson
Class of '96
Adonis Bitar
Class of'97
• Martin accuses others of citing
a few verses out of context when is
guilty of the same crime himself. I
would like to suggest that maybe
he read the whole Bible instead of
just the parts that sound good to
him.
To set the record straight, Jesus
did speak against homosexuality
and all types of sexual immorality.
In Matthew 15:19-20 he says: "For
out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, for
nications, thefts, false witness, blas
phemies. These are the things
which defile a man." Fornication is
having sexual relations out of wed
lock, and last time I checked, same-
sex marriages were not legal.
Also in Romans 1:27: "Likewise
also the men, leaving the natural
use 6f the woman, burned in their
lust for one another, men with men
committing what is shameful, and
receiving in themselves the penalty
of their error which was due.
I am a Christian, not a "bubba."
I hate the sin of homosexuality, but
not the person. Rather I pity Mar
tin and the church he attends. Yes
we all sin, but Christians choose
God over sin. You cannot live a life
of Godliness and blatantly sin at
the same time. Any church who
would accept a person who has
publicly chosen a life of sin into
their congregation is condoning his
sin and is just a guilty as the sin
ner.
• The world would be a better
place if others employed the "toler
ance to a degree" that I believe in.
Jesus never said that homosexuals
were in danger of facing the wrath
of hellfire. He did argue, however,
a much stronger statement — that
all of us lack the union with our
Creator that we were created for.
All who are bom into human exis
tence, he claimed, have a sort of
need that only God in Christ can
fill.
Also, the term "God" is becom
ing empty these days, in the sense
that many, many people throw this
word around, employing very dif
ferent contents. Truth itself, in
Western philosophy, is becoming
more and more vague as a term. It
will be interesting to see where the
pluralism that our world is so
strongly clinging to will lead us in
the next century. My relevance is
precisely this: If by "God" you
mean the God of the Judeo-Christ-
ian world view, who has reached
out and searched for humankind
like no other religion claims, then I
disagree with your thinking here,
for the God I believe in did not cre
ate us as machines, but instead as
beings that have choice, and thus
can choose even to turn him away;
this is love. God accepts us not as
we should be, but as we are, other
wise his acceptance would be un
attainable, however, although God
accepts us as we are, I believe, he
does not accept that we stay as we
are, but instead that we strive to
live life as we believe he intended.
Paul Hay good
Class of '97
Jim Fyffe
Class of '97
• I am writing this letter in re
sponse to Mark Martin's Feb. 21
letter on homosexuality. While Je
sus may never have specifically
spoken about homosexuality, he
also never specifically spoke about
bestiality, sex with children, rape,
serial killing, and a host of other
sins. The fact that he never specifi
cally mentions it does not automat
ically make it OK. Jesus said that
he came not to destroy the law but
to fulfill it. If you look in Leviticus
18:22, homosexuality is called an
• In scripture Jesus never men
tioned homosexuality. So what
does the Bible say when it is ad
dressed? Every time homosexual
acts are mentioned in scripture,
they are condemned.
But what about "Judge not, lest
you be judged?" Matthew 7:1
doesn't instruct us to become
undisceming simpletons, not judg
ing what is right and wrong, but is
an exhortation to be merciful be
cause we are all sinners. In fact,
the next thing Jesus says is not to
throw pearls before swine, which
requires a judgment about who is
swine.
Yes, Jesus is our model of love
and compassion, but he also told
others how to live their lives. He
had the audacity to claim that his
truth was the only truth and that
he was the only way to God. To
day many people would consider
Jesus a narrow-minded bigot.
Nevertheless, the biblical stance
on homosexuality doesn't rest on
the negative, but on God's purpose
for sex. God didn't create or intend
people of the same gender for such
a union.
Yet many claim to be made ho
mosexuals. I agree that some peo
ple experience homosexual ife
early in life for various %
However, the existence ofinj
tions has little to do with!)
moral precepts. For examp-
day we know people canl* ;
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• When you condemn ar
in our society (yes, gaysarei
of society) in the named
tianity, you are not acting fc
You are acting as God. Sayfc
homosexuality is morally wd
based on personal morals, no!:
one else's. I don't see my gay
lesbian friends as "flawed;!
them as fellow Aggies whoc
accepted themselves, whichs:
more important to them that
acceptance of others.
Homosexuality is not a
In today's society, who
choose to be stereotyped, pei
ed, hated and feared based
on sexuality? Jesus said,'Is
who is without sin throw
stone."
Instead of fighting aga
whatever it is you think hi
uals stand for, why not "simp;
to understand it." Whatevei
mature, consenting adults
do in the privacy of their hoi
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society's code of values?
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against other Aggies onlybea:
of their sexual preference, whe
actually none of your business.
Morality is an individuals
Just because you believeitisi
moral doesn't mean that its
everyone else. Besides, who;
you the right to judge a pets
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AIDS used to be tied to homo?;
als. It is now also tied equal
heterosexual people.
I think the use of religiontol
gue a point is a cop-out of inte®
tual argument. I feel theneedti
gue some religious points. Fi
God has the only right toju£
and say who is right orwro
morally not you. Secondly,sod
people obviously are saying:'
the homosexual students don',:!
serve rights like any other hull
being. Are you not also saving:,
they are different than you orb
rior to you? Sure sounds likeit
By saying that you havegc
against one big thing thatC
specifically said about all men:
women — love your neighbor
you love yourself. That is a b
basis of Christianity, at leash'!
I've learned. To me, it is very!'
ocritical to go against thatm:
rule and call yourself a Christ:
Thirdly, the Constitution of:
United States says ALL men:
equal. To think that homosevr
don't deserve their rightsa;i
what comes from that, feelingt
they are inferior is not only!
obeying God's rule but also the:
tion that we live in today.
It is not the people who fight:
the rights that they deserve""
are going to ruin this commur:
the nation and the world. Thep
pie who are going to ruin this::'
munity, nation and worldi'
those gay bashers, racists and pe
pie who can't get over theiro ;
ignorance and see past the dit
ences in people and acceptth
for who they are.
Wake up people.
Dale G. Wm'
Class ci
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covered both sides of this issu'
more letters in response to other-
ters will appear.
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