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What? Yes, there is a Biblical basis for condemning homosexuality. Many of us are able to reconcile it without any hardship whatsoever because there are so many other historical relics in the Bible --a book written by men -- that society has long since discarded.

People had already answered your question. You just want to tell them why they're wrong.

If your child is gay, are you okay with them living their life as an out gay person in a gay relationship, and will you recognize that their relationship is as precious and sacred and loving as your own? If not, all your lip service about being loving and accepting means very little. [/quote]

If this verse written by Paul (who wrote much of the New Testament) is a historical relic, then it is easy to dismiss anything he wrote, and just do whatever I want.  Why bother with Christianity in that case?  If that is the answer, no, I don't find that very convincing.

My priority is not to explicitly approve of every single thing my children do.  I am raising my children to think for themselves and make decisions on their own.  If they feel that they are right with God, that is what matters to me, not whether I think their relationships are "precious and sacred and loving."[/quote]

I'll take that as a no, then. [/quote]

As a Christian, my approval is not what is important.  That's a very self-centered, worldly perspective.  We are theoretically reaching for something better than that.  I would not be happy if my children lived with a partner before marriage, or were materialistic, or what have you.  Any number of outcomes would be bad from my perspective.  But to me, that's not really important.  What is important is that I raise them to know who Jesus Christ is.  What they do after that is their choice.  And if they made choices I disagreed with, I would try to deal with them in a Christian way, and not reject them (which is not what Christ would do).  Your children will make choices you don't agree with, and if your post here is any indication, you are not exactly going to handle it well.  [/quote]

Yes, if my child grows up to be homophobic, I would label it as such and I would be disappointed in them. We know better. Our Christian faith teaches us to do better. [/quote]

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