Just how far do we go to run away from the real issues in our society has been clearly evidenced in the current “toilet sting” involving Senator Craig.
First of all, the man pleads guilty to something he says he did not do, believing it would be politically expedient.
Secondly, homosexual senators, which Craig claims he is not, have been caught in all kinds of compromising circumstances over the years and to no loss of support from their constituents. Barney Frank from Massachusets is an example. So, what was Craig thinking?
Thirdly, Sen Craig’s children were interviewed on GMA and Diane Sawyer asked them if it would bother them if their father was a homosexual – her term was gay. They responded that it would not matter. He was still their father and he was still their kids grandfather.
They love their father unconditionally. Some Christians have a lesson to learn here.
However, it seems to me that the question that should have been asked was,
“Would it have bothered you, if it is true, that your father was soliciting sex in a public place and it may have been a teen or underage person that he was unknowingly approaching?”
It is obvious that homosexuality is not an issue here. One does not have to be a homosexual to engage in lewd solicitations even if same sex. There is a lot of experimentation that goes on today.
If I were Diane Sawyer I would have asked Sam Champion, the weather guy, who is openly homosexual and public about it, if soliciting males in public toilets is acceptable to him as a homosexual. That would have been an answer to wait for.
It is obvious that from a world view that does not accept the Word of God as being true or having anything to do with addressing the morality of people that homosexuality is firmly entrenched in the culture as normative sexuality.
In Canada for example, Bill C-250, authored by New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Svend Robinson, had come under fire from Focus on the Family and some other religious groups based on the argument that it prohibits the preaching of various Scripture condemning homosexuality. Supporters of the bill reject this argument due to provisions that they say protect religious groups from prosecution if religious believers criticise homosexual behavior in a way that does not promote hatred.
The problem here is who will interpret the criticism when “conservative” bible believers are universally condemned as being “homophobic” already. And if I say God hates sin and homosexuality is a sin, where does that lead? And if I am even more biblical and say God hates those who sin then I am really in for it.
5:1 ΒΆ Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my groaning. 2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray 3 In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You. 5 The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity.
