Is Homosexuality a Sin?

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Is homosexuality a sin?

That's a bit like asking, Is slavery a sin? or Is interracial dating a sin? All three questions are based on false assumptions about what the Bible teaches. Some folks used the Bible to defend slavery and segregation, both of which are now acknowledged to be wrong. What the Bible says has not changed but how we understand and apply what the Bible says has changed.

Those who oppose homosexual partnerships use the Bible to defend their oppression of gays and lesbians. They use the power of government to deny civil rights to gays and lesbians under the rubric of obeying God. Yet when prominent Christian and conservative leaders discover they have a gay son or lesbian daughter, this new perspective changes their interpretation of the clobber passages. The Bible has not changed but their understanding and application of what the Bible says does change because now, it affects their family.

Homosexuality is not a sin although homosexuals are sinners, just like heterosexuals are sinners. The ground is level at the foot of the Cross. God welcomes homosexuals and heterosexuals. "Whosoever will may come" means just that. God looks at our hearts and our motives. Love, honor, integrity and how we treat each other are 'rubber meets the road' issues for God but homosexuality is not a big deal for God or the Bible.