Pastors' Disclosures May Stir Empathy, Some Evangelicals Say - New York Times - The Diigo Meta page

• 13 Dec 06
  

  Kent

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  • “People on Christian radio have portrayed gays as insatiable, promiscuous people, which they are not,” Dr. Campolo said, “and they describe gay people as fungus on society that must be exterminated.”

    Given the sadness many evangelicals say they feel for the former pastors, he added, “what we’re seeing here is a growing awareness among evangelicals that they have oversimplified, made false judgments and been very, very mean to the gay and lesbian community.”

  • “People on Christian radio have portrayed gays as insatiable, promiscuous people, which they are not,” Dr. Campolo said, “and they describe gay people as fungus on society that must be exterminated.”

    Given the sadness many evangelicals say they feel for the former pastors, he added, “what we’re seeing here is a growing awareness among evangelicals that they have oversimplified, made false judgments and been very, very mean to the gay and lesbian community.”
  • Mr. London said he believed that homosexuality was a choice and that childhood trauma could make someone gay. But he urged that “we have to stop whatever gay bashing there is.”

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  Kent on 2006-12-13
  Born vs. Made. Anybody else notice the contradiction here? If trauma can "make someone gay", then being gay isn't a choice. The problem with the American evangelical church's tirades on homosexuality is that christian scripture speaks only of homosexual practice, not orientation. Sexual orientation is not a concept that the scriptures seem to be concerned with. This poses a challenge to those who depend upon the literacy of scripture - there is literally nothing in it about the issue of orientation.
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  Kent on 2006-12-13
  Tony Campolo. Good old Tony, the voice of reason among evangelicals!
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  Kent on 2006-12-13
  Tony Campolo. Good old Tony, the voice of reason among evangelicals!

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