Comments on: Propaganda of Homosexuality https://orthodoxandgay.com/propaganda-of-homosexuality Orthodox and gay Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:22:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: andre https://orthodoxandgay.com/propaganda-of-homosexuality#comment-32825 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:22:32 +0000 http://www.orthodoxandgay.com/?p=658#comment-32825 In reply to Nancy Carroll.

Nancy, I thank you very much for your thoughtful and erudite comment. Many gay people do feel as if we are going through a type of “inquisition”. The vast majority of gay people know that they did not choose their sexuality, anymore than they chose their parents or their hair color. We know that God created us as gay and that He loves us for we were created in His image. Many of us have gone to extreme measures to “become straight” wanting to please family members, friends, society, their pastor, the Church . This is a very sad and at times has dangerous consequences. Thank you for your support of gay people, wherever you encounter them. The community needs wise and compassionate friends everywhere.
(Nancy – I apologize that my comment did not appear earlier – I had written the comment but with my ineptness at technology I did not realize that I had to “make it visible”. I apologize and have now gotten a little better at technology – at least the posting comments part.

]]> By: Nancy Carroll https://orthodoxandgay.com/propaganda-of-homosexuality#comment-16429 Sat, 05 May 2012 22:13:03 +0000 http://www.orthodoxandgay.com/?p=658#comment-16429 I found this article insightful and a sad commentary on the so-called enlightened society in which we live,  It's interesting that the Church's position sounds like the rhetoric in the Middle Ages and the justification of persecution through the Inquisition.  While Russia and its satellite countries were atheist by force, the same cannot be said about countries such as the United States and even Canada.  Yet, we have large numbers of so called "good Christians" in both countries who believe that homosexuality is an abomination against God and forbidden by the Bible.  Even more devastating, they have banded together and are trying to force their ideas and beliefs on the rest of us — dictating to television programs, athletic and cultural events, etc. who their sponsors will be.  Or worse, ensuring that programs aimed at educating the public about homosexuality and helping gay and lesbian youth, especially, feel good about themselves, do not get the sponsorship from large companies that is so essential to their existence,
I am a heterosexual woman in my late 50's, so I can only speak from my own experiences.  Over the years, I have worked with a number of gay men and women as colleagues.  Their sexual preferences were irrelevant and I still count several among my friends,  They are just people, like me, like my neighbours, like anyone else and should be treated accordingly. 
I must admit that I'm not sure that the best way to be part of society is to parade through the streets next to naked, miming sexual behaviour and making lots of noise.  However, those who find these actions distasteful should be smart enough to figure out that these people do not represent the majority of gay men and women and probably doesn't represent their own day to day behaviour.
That homosexuality causes AIDS is just ridiculous.  We have known for a number of years that AIDS is caused by the transmission of fluids between a person who is HIV and one who is not — this can be through sexual activity (either homosexual or heterosexual) or through things such as blood transfusions. Whole generations of women are dying in Africa because their husbands contracted the disease from female prostitutes.  
I long for the day when people could just be people, without fear of persecution from anyone — family, friends, schools, churches and governments,.  However, I doubt it will occur in my lifetime,
 
 

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