Comments on: The Potential Sin of Homosexuality and HeterosexualityIt’s a Draw

By: anita

anita — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:22:12 +0000

Ebony—> So glad to have you comment here and to affirm that this is all true for you as well.

By: Ebony

Ebony — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:42:22 +0000

This is so true; we are more than our sexuality. And as a Christian teen-and lesbian at that-I find this a truth that is profound in its simplicity.

Thank you for posting it. ^_^

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:06:51 +0000

Wow… Yeah. I love this. I feel like modern culture gives sexuality such a casual and unloving face… and I’m so greatful to hear of someone put sex into such loving terms… At least for me, I’m waiting to be sexually intimate with my spouse (be they male or female)… And, yeah, not many can understand that… But this post gave me hope. Thanks.

By: anita

anita — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:52:37 +0000

Sara–>I’m so glad that as a bisexual woman you’ve found a connection with some of what you’ve read here, and whatever our gender or sexual orientation, we all need to be reminded of God’s love from time to time.

By: anita

anita — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:51:29 +0000

Queerunity—> Sexual intimacy and sexual expression is significant to our humanity but I agree that it’s been given far too much emphasis, particularly in the ongoing conversation about homosexuality in our culture.

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:33:51 +0000

Hi,
I’m a young woman who has recently come to terms with my bisexuality. I stumbled over this site while looking for resources to help me and I just wanted to take a moment to thank you. Reading this was exactly what I needed. Ever since realizing I was not straight I’ve struggled to assimilate this with my faith. Thank you so much for this sight and reminding me of God’s love. I needed it far more than I had realized.

By: queerunity

queerunity — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:45:13 +0000

in the greater scheme of life sex is so miniscule

By: Christian Beyer

Christian Beyer — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:08:21 +0000

Good quote, Anita. I love Buechner.

I’ve been thinking along these lines lately. It started when I was following a very expensive BMW and its bumper had a couple of those really ‘classy’ gold silhouette decals of reclining naked ladies. Obviously the driver was not only prosperous but quite the lady’s man. What in the world compels someone to be so tacky, if not downright vulgar?

Open public displays of a raw sexual nature tend to offend me, whether they be gay or straight. It’s these over the top stereotypes (those who are out there to intentionally shock or are just oblivious to stupid they look) that many straight folk think of when they consider homosexuals. Of course the exact same thing is done by immature and thoughtless heterosexuals. It amazes me the things that people will put on tee-shirts and bumper stickers, things that are of such a graphic nature that they vastly exceed the bounds of good manners. It also amazes me how many people are driven to expose as much of their flesh as possible, especially when that very same flesh would be better off left under bushel basket.

But I never hear anyone condemn heterosexuality because of the many over the top, crass, obsessive and animalistic depictions of it plastered all over television, billboards and the grocery store magazine racks.

Ooh! Makes me want to be a Puritan. Or maybe a Shaker.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:09:56 +0000

What an excellent, simple truth.

How sad that so few can see it!

Thanks, as always, for sharing!

By: e2tc

e2tc — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:38:31 +0000

Verrrry interesting! (And not altogether suprising, I’m thinking…) I just finished Buechner’s novel [Brendan, which has a couple of gay characters – though being set in the early Middle Ages, there’s no use of that kind of terminology. The characters in question are just there – not idealized, and not demonized, either. The emphasis is more on their personalities and how they deal with some crises that Bendan and their fellow sailor-monks face.