Yes, we should be patient, compassionate and loving. However.......
Some have also argued that child molestation is not wrong. Some have also argued that alcoholism is not wrong. Some have also argued that stealing is not wrong. Some have also argued that because Jesus was not married, that He may have been homosexual. The argument that "some have argued/stated etc. is "pithy" at best and has absolutely no grounds whatsoever......unless one is trying to justify the behavior.
I think that you are straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel here. Homosexuals are sinners just like anyone else with an inordinate attraction to something. The problem is that a reasonable person cannot look at scripture and say that same sex, sex, is permitted/condoned/justified in ANY way.
It is a perversion of the created purpose of God for mankind. Is it the WORST perversion? Well, I don't know if it is the worst. For me, I think the worst is child abuse and probably sexual child abuse whether it be heterosexual or homosexual child abuse.
I love homosexuals just like I love alcoholics and drug addicts etc. However, Jesus calls on them to repent just like the woman caught in adultery. He NEVER condoned sin or the violation of a moral law. Ceremonial law violations, he did allow like healing on the Sabbath, "reaping" grains of wheat , and the saving of an animal that had fallen into a pit.
The problem is that the homosexual agenda is NOT simply desiring for Christians to be tolerant of their struggle and same sex attraction. The homosexual agenda is clamoring for NORMALIZATION of their chosen lifestyle. Hence the "phenomena" of homosexual "churches" full of practicing homosexuals, not delivered homosexuals. God calls on men everywhere to repent, not continue on in the lusts of their flesh.
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