THERE ARE THOSE THAT SAY SEENTEEN. . .

There are those that say people like me should have just stayed shut in the closet. There are those that say we should be ashamed of who we are, that just being Gay is in of itself a sin and something to be ashamed of. There are those that say simply being who we are is in and of itself an abomination, and that their are BIBLICAL passages that back them up on this. The trouble is, even if they were not mistaking the admonition to not use sex as a means of domination, humiliation and power over others, which is what all of those passages are really talking about, for those with the intelligence to do a little historical research, all of those passages are talking about actual sexual acts. I am a gay man, but I am abstinent, and anyone who had actually read these six or seven passages would know that none of them say that simply being inclined to one's own gender but not engaging in actual sexual acts is in any way a problem. None of these passages are at all discussing the idea of a loving, mutually affirming relationship between two people, because such a concept does not even exist in THE BIBLE because it did not exist in those times. So, perhaps those that say that we Gays should have just stayed shut in our dark closets should study and think before they speak, becaue speaking because you know not what to say always exposes foolishness, not wisdom.