Kevin:

The amount of rancor that is continiously raised about the issue of homosexuality as it relates to those who call themselves Christians, does not correspond to such a few number of words in the biblical text. In my bible materials, I counted approximately 75 words within the two passages of which you spoke.

Conveniently, you forget the multiple times it says treat all men equal and you zero in on two passages which contain fewer than 100 words to back up your beliefs. In context, this equates to two paragraphs in a book of more than 1,000 pages.

Pitifully little evidence, I would say . . .

When one considers the high percentage of Christian priests who are themselves gay --- this smacks of extreme hypocracy. It is among the reasons why I renounced my Catholic baptism. Oh yes, and that renunciation ceremony was conducted for me in private by a priest who happens to also be himself, a gay man.

Thank you for sharing your beliefs with me Kevin --- however, to my eyes it has the appearance of a large group of people with predisposed beliefs, who sought out the flimsiest evidence to justify institutional hatred of a group of people who just so happen to have a different sexual orientation.

To think like this is exclusionary, perpetrates hatred of a large group of people, and it institutionalizes hatred of a level that would never be tolerated if the hated group were Jewish instead of being gay.

Well Kevin --- it is a FACT that my life was saved by a gay man.

His name is Dr. Ross G. Hewitt --- the Medical Director of Immunodeficiency Services at Erie County Medical Center, here in Buffalo, New York. If I had those same feelings of hatred of gays, I would have forced myself to go to a less qualified doctor, and I would have died because of this. The reason I say this is because the heterosexual doctor who could have cared for me is nowhere near as professional, nor does he have the same clinic set up.

This hypocritical nature of Catholic religion does nothing but perpetrate hatred and division --- even in the face of their preaching love and inclusion --- which as I have just pointed out --- is a LIE.

Kevin, would YOU let a gay doctor save your life?

I would like to know your answer . . . thanks!

KDB = Buffalo, NY USA