I have been a practicing Christian for 20 years. I have read the Bible cover to cover more times than I can remember. I am a devout believer, and am raising my children in the faith. But someone asked me a question the other day that brought to mind a real problem that I have with many Christians. I was asked "What would you do if one of your kids turned out to be gay?" To me, that's like asking what I would do if my kid grew up and decided to grow his hair long. What do people expect me as a Christian to say? That I'd dis-own them? That I'd stop loving them? That I'd write them out of the will? NO! I simply answered that if one of my kids was gay, then I guess I'd have a gay child! They were dumb-founded! They acted as though my response was un-Christian or blasphemous. Which brings me to my point.
At what point does the Bible to shun the homosexuals? When does Jesus call it okay to hurt them, emotionally or physically? God is the judge of ALL of us! And He judges all things accordingly! Personally, I believe God is going to come down a lot harder on these "Christians" that alienate and attack people who are gay than anyone else! We are supposed to be spreading the word of God, not beating, (literally in some cases), people over the head with it! Jesus was the one who stood in front of the harlot as the towns people surrounded her to stone her and said "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"! Then he got on his knees and started writing the names of the people in the crowd in the sand, with their sins below them. Now I'm not comparing homosexuals to harlots, but if Jesus himself but himself in the way to protect a prostitute, what makes anyone think that they can be an accuser?
So in conclusion, While I have seen personally the struggles gay friends of mine have gone through, and hope my childeren never have to face such struggles, Nothing would take my love from them. If anything, they would need me more than ever. I've seen too many parents turn their back on they're gay childeren, and how painfull that is. So to those parents, God gave you those kids as a gift, gay or straight, and to turn your back on them is to spit in the eye of God. And to the gay community, I pray for your peace, and I pray for a world where people don't have to ask "What would you do if your child was gay?"...A world where we all have the agape (unconditional) love that God has for ALL of us. And I hope some of my fellow Christians are reading this. If you disagree, go read your Bible again!
