Familiar Gay-Affirming Arguments

On a discussion forum, I requested the strongest arguments that gays have to justify their lifestyles.

After hundreds of responses, these were all the arguments the homosexual affirmers came up with to justify the gay lifestyle:

"Jesus never condemned a homosexual."

"I see no issue with sex in a committed long term relationship. Even if in the end the relationship fails."

"I don't believe that homosexuality is wrong; can't you come up with a better excuse for your hate then an archaic book that originated from a xenophobic culture that stoned anyone who was different from themselves?"

"I don't need a reason. I just am. That's enough for me. I don't have to justify it to you, god, or anyone else."

"I don't subscribe to "sin"."

"I think your religion and the book you got it out of is a pack of offensive lies that breed hatred, superstition, and intolerance?"

"What you think doesn't affect me and what homosexuals do doesn't affect you."

"ANYONE can get AIDS. To try and use such an unfortunate set of events to further your hateful Christian agenda is despicable."

"All I see in the bible is "I was hungry, and you fed me."I see nowhere where it calls for people to address the gay issue in church. Can you point out the specific verses?"

"I also think it's funny when people compare homosexuality -- which, so far, no one has proven has any negative consequences -- to things that do have negative consequences, like stealing or alcoholism. I don't know if it's a lack of imagination or what."

"Genetics"

“Normal people don't see why anyone should need an excuse to have gay sex.”

“SOME Christians say the gay lifestyle is sin. Other Christians, who are no less devout and no less concerned with interpreting and following the Bible correctly, disagree.”

Persons that claim to be Christians gave the following comments about the gay lifestyle:


"You ought to keep to yourself and dwell on your own sins and get right with God, rather than saying Christians that are homosexual are not Christian."

“You just want a prop to be a judgmental person, and that's truly sad to behold.”

“Instead of Christians demanding that they themselves end their divorce issues, adultery issues, porn issues, tithing issues, and all the other Biblical teachings we ignore, we can single out gays and demand that they change because it's easier to put demands on others than fix ourselves.”

"Telling someone that they aren't a Christian because of a certain sin, is actually causing many whom would otherwise remain believers to de-convert."

"This is a fine example of the "Christian: as long as they agree with me" attitude that has splintered Christianity into the mess it's in today."

"Sit down Christian. You cannot wave your unread Bible and scare me because I know the larger story that runs through it beginning to end."

“Interpretations of the Bible used to condemn homosexuality are flawed.”

"Is it not better to care for them, lead them to Christ's mercy and let Christ Himself convict them towards the changes they may need."

"Still trying to use a disease to justify prejudice?"

"And let's draw the line in the sand and say, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Who is ready to throw the first stone? Any takers?"

"Matt. 7:1 Do not judge, or you too will be judged."

"Why can't you focus on helping the poor and needy around the world instead of picking on gays."

I provided the following links about the health issues:

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/index.htm

MSM made up more than two thirds (68%) of all men living with HIV in 2005, even though only about 5% to 7% of men in the United States reported having sex with other men.

AIDS awareness not working in America:

Many Gay Men in U.S. Unaware They Have H.I.V., Study Finds


Oxford International Journal of Epidemiology says

"CONCLUSION: In a major Canadian centre, life expectancy at age 20 years for gay and bisexual men is 8 to 20 years less than for all men. If the same pattern of mortality were to continue, we estimate that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged 20 years will not reach their 65th birthday."


Good day and God bless.