Gay people in Church

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by OP_Carl

And use caution. Watch them to see if they are truly allowing God to change them.

I agree that we should reach out to homosexuals, and that they can be saved.

Adult homosexuality is largely the result of childhood sexual abuse. Old patterns die hard. The mainstream presentation of homosexuals is that of witty, successful, and monogamous people. The truth is a little more seedy. Homosexuals have a greater propensity for multiple partners and child predation than do heterosexuals. I'm not making a blanket statement, just suggesting there is greater risk. The reason that the homosexuals coined the term 'homophobia' is so that we'll lower our guard to avoid appearing reactionary.

Churches should have plans in place to deal with this, in the interest of protecting the children and the corporate liability for crimes that take place on church property where negligence can be proved.

Cross-dressers and transvestites, usually homosexual, present an especially pernicious problem. They might be dressed as a woman, or have the body of a woman, but there in the ladies room they are looking at your little daughter with a man's eyes. How are you going to deal with that?

Are you going to sacrifice your children's safety, health, purity, and possible future salvation in the interests of not offending a sexual deviant? In the interests of not interrupting their spiritual journey, hoping that this season of repentance will be the final one?

There is a reason child molesters are stealthy and secretive: they know that even Holy-Ghost-filled preachers can become stone-cold triggermen when they find out somebody has been messing with their kids.

I know there is not a simple solution. But just as I believe that we shouldn't send children into physical battle in the U.S. Army, I believe that we shouldn't send children into spiritual battle either.

The bigger question is, how will you even know they are such? It's not like they all go around advertising.

There have been children molested in the church by ushers and other 'saints'. They didn't wear signs either, and nobody had a clue until it happened more than once.

The safe thing to do is make sure your children are with you at all times.

Even when in church.