“Breaking Ground Together,” the latest pro-homosexual propaganda piece to appear in The Dallas Morning News (September 20, 1995), confirmed once again the elitist philosophy toward Christianity and the practice of unnatural sexual relations: columnists such as Colleen O’Connor are not biased; editors and publishers of newspapers are not biased; the entertainment media are not biased; and homosexuals are definitely not biased–only Christians are biased.
Yes, the article lauds the wonderful relationship of two lesbian women, Deb Price and Joyce Murdoch, and their incredibly marvelous journey toward sainthood, impeded only by those nasty batches of hate mail from people who are still narrow-minded and bigoted enough to disagree with their “lifestyle.” The tone of the column is so syrupy it’s a wonder that the pages of the newspaper didn’t stick together.
Deb Price writes America’s first “gay” column, which is already syndicated in 40 newspapers (1C). Furthermore, she has just published a book (and gone on tour) about her relationship with her “friend” and her publishing adventures. Needless to say, she feels no compulsion to defend homosexuality, and no one (least of all, those publishing The Dallas Morning News) could accuse her of being tainted with prejudice. After all, lesbians couldn’t be biased, could they? Consider her accusing words.
“I was not unlike any other gay person in this country, who could feel this wrath, this hostility, of people using the Bible to try to justify their anti-gay bigotry” (1C).
Ms. Price may be unaware that the Bible teaches the same thing it does now that it did hundreds of years before she was born. Passages discussing homosexuality were not inserted during the past twenty years just to make her feel uncomfortable. Furthermore, theologians, commentators, and anyone who could just plain read have understood what the Bible teaches on this subject. It is a matter of TRUTH, not bigotry. Normality seldom needs a defense; aberrations do.
The sugary columnist reports on Price’s challenge to the Scriptures: “She read 19 books before she wrote the column called ‘Biblical Verses Are Used As Crutches to Prop Up Biases'” (1C). Say, is that impressive?! So, what were they: Heather Has Two Mommies and Gloria Goes to Gay Pride? Okay, that’s cruel, but in the absence of a list, one does wonder. Was one of them the Bible? Or were they all pro-homosexual tripe such as The Lord Is My Shepherd, and He Knows I’m Gay? Whatever she read was not by any legitimate Bible scholar, because none of them would try to justify the sin of homosexuality–even if they were guilty of it themselves.
WHO NEEDS THE CRUTCHES?Now who really needs to prop up a prejudice: Bible believers or homosexuals? Let’s see how ambiguous the Scriptures are. “If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them” (Lev. 20:13). Is it unclear that this description refers to two men having sex with one another? Is the word abomination too tough to grasp? Perhaps the sentence, “They shall surely be put to death” is a bit murky. Even someone with a Masters’ degree in English literature from Stanford (1C) should be able to understand that–Donne and Shakespeare are generally more difficult.
Well, but that was in the Old Testament. True. God hasn’t destroyed a Sodom-type city lately (Genesis 19), and He does not require the death penalty for homosexuals under the New Testament. But it remains a sin. Paul calls the unlawful sexual act (for both men and women) “a vile passion,” “against nature,” (Rom. 1:26), “shameful” (Rom. 1:27), and the product of “a debased mind” (Rom. 1:28). Does Ms. Price think these are synonyms for “lovely,” “natural,” and “sensitive”?
The only way to look at the Bible and conclude that it supports homosexuality is to be willing to pervert the Scriptures as much as the sexual act which God designed for a man and a woman. To twist verses and passages of Scripture in a vain attempt to justify one’s behavior is to fall under the condemnation of Isaiah 5:20–“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; who put darkness for light and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.”
Unfortunately, the newspaper column does not say how Ms. Price attempts to rationalize her unnatural love–except for one paragraph. “She analyzed American history to see how Bible verses were once used to justify slavery and anti-suffragist actions, just as they are now used by some to condemn homosexuality” (6C). Without having read her column, we know that the examples are not parallel.
Some, in order to hold on to slaves, made desperate interpretations of the Bible to try to find support for their sinful actions. They had such an emotional commitment to their way of life, their economy, and their prejudice that they tried to find solace in The Book. But it was not there, just as it is not for homosexuals. Women have also been vilified with mishandled verses. But no serious student of the Word ever gave credence to such outlandish ideas based on cultural prejudice.
No one is “misinterpreting” what the Bible says to plague homosexuals. Christians want them to come to a knowledge of the truth and give up the ungodly practice as those in Corinth did (1 Cor. 6:9-11). Resistance to homosexuality is not based on bias, but TRUTH. Read what the Bible teaches on this subject–then decide who needs the crutches.