While the Bible specifically forbids playing with a pigskin (Leviticus 11:6) and only vaguely speaks about homosexuality (Leviticus 18:22), the Valley is 59 percent Roman Catholic and yet it seemed pretty interested in Super Bowl Sunday. But acceptance of the LGBT community, however, seems to be lagging behind the rest of the country.
In the classes required before becoming a confirmed Catholic, students around the Valley are being taught that God, who is all loving and accepting, is not OK with two lesbians wanting to solidify their love through marriage.
But don’t waste any tears on the LGBT community because its members have continually demonstrated the ability and determination to attain rights for themselves, even in the face of strong and entrenched opposition. The Catholic Church, however, is in trouble.
Especially in the Valley, Catholic leaders have refused to adapt to a modern day mentality – love is love, no matter the gender of the participants.
And without that adaptation, Catholicism will rapidly lose the young generation, and slowly disappear.
So for the good of the Valley and the world as a whole, locals must adapt because Catholicism is needed. It does offer lifelong guidance and comfort for many and it produces some good in the world.
Now if only we could remember that God will love us and we can love all in return.
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So just because this girl says the bible talks about homosexuality vaguely we are suppose to believe her? The bible does not talk about homosexuality vaguely, it addresses the issue head on. Someone obviously did not do their homework on biblical exegesis. It’s is obvious she has an agenda. Just look at the words she uses “God is loving” & “accepting” my reply to that is absolutely, however sister you forgot something that is key, He commands all people to repent Acts 17:30 that goes for Homosexuals or Heterosexuals. Not only does she run into biblical problems that do not support her fallacious argument, she also runs into philosophical ones. First of all who set’s the standard into what is acceptable? People? Society? Her? Young Folks? Culture? The answer is none of the above! If society is the standard for deciding what is good or bad then the events that took place in Germany with Hitler were not evil. Society came to a resolution that it was ok to kill the Jews, however we know that what they did was horrific and unacceptable. In other words we have to look for objective truth, not relative subjective truth. One thing this little girl has misunderstood is that for the Believer, God is the Highest Authority, and His precepts are the light to our feet, and the authority we come under. I am not expecting her to feel the same way, but the case I am making is this one; she has not right to come and tell us to conform to her worldview, because she has not objective control to make me, or any other follower of the God of the Bible. We do refuse to conform to modern day mentality, because the bible tells us to Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 10:15, Ephesians 4, Colossians 2. The bible clearly tells us to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and not live in a Rebellious manner like she is suggesting we do. She is not the final authority, the Word of God is. The word of God also tells us that God can change a man, so to reply to this young lady, We love the LGBT’s because Jesus can change them, I have a lot of friends God has changed from Homosexual lifestyles, into lifestyles that bring God glory. If she is gonna make a biblical case, she needs to back it up with scripture, and not give us her presuppositions and her views on to how things should be.