Show 1 A Ch Christian notion t Ian for fr 0 or gay gay rights J t In the spirit of continued dialogue e and t to reg register ster three sharp protests I I. to respond to Cory pi piece ce The Th Gay Agenda H When one describes a aper- aper pers per person son s son n or or group as ha having g an I agenda its it's never a good thing In his bis piece asserts s erts that tha gay and lesbian p people ople have no less a g goal al alth th than to brainwash America to achieve chieve mass conversion through lies arid and subterfuge I cant can't imagine a l less less accurate accurate un understanding of what the gay people I know want most which h is to be treated as whole tybble wh le ind individual Vidu 1 pe people noti not i their sexuality and n not t discriminated d against for pit either it either and d especially not not- n ade the target of hate and violence Is that an agenda Hey Hey Iley then its it's my agenda too landIm and Im I'm speaking as a married Christian Christi n. n mother and grand grand- mother lother And speaking as a Christian Christi n I r must offer a I minority report on view of what Christians think of gays I acknowledge that his accountis account accountis is probably accurate for the conservative Christian right However in his call to hate the sin and love the sinner shiner I Iwas Iwas Iwas was reminded m Jl ed of othe the paSs passage gt in iii the Sermon on th the Mo Mount nt in which Christ tells his his' liSteners not to Judge judge how how w wilt thou mou s say brother let t m me P pull U fth m t t of ey t c abeam b earn L mG fJ S i Jk i r mf V. own eye eye Matthew M W 71 7 74 i I t n N rt I Once y you call dall som i e t else lse t a. a a sinner even fv ostensibly t i. i r to p hate the sin sin and love the sinner sin ner youre you're youre you're failing to see th pride prid in n your own position i Its It's p pretty etty difficult and mayb maybe even ven imp impossible to love th thinner the sinner inner while h hating ting the sinon sin on once e youve you've labeled a person e sinner its it's hard to see any anything anything thing else lse but that label Mr conclude his piece by saying Out Ou Ou nation is what it is toda today because of the hc traditions an am values s of those who hav have gone before us If America i ito is isto ito to remain a land of freedom freedo and opportunity nit we mus must fight the subversion of th the m morality and virtue that h has made this land great Aga Again n Jet Jet e me e offer an an- an alter alte alternate alternate r nate view of what has mad America great We W began as country that enslave Africans Native Americans American s and poor people e Enslavement was one of th values of those who havi hav gone before us So was sexism sex sexism sexism ism ism racism and ism class-ism On the other hand the trul truly great American value tha continues to inspire me is th the practice of social struggle twin t twin to win greater democratic participation participation f and more carefully protected civil rights for mor more I people That's what's goin going on in w the movement to wi win wi proe protection tio and civil rights fo foi gays In my view t the nex next Chapter in the e great American story st t M il i ij U i t f As Associate j t i ts t's f Professor f r 1 JW J H l Department p rt 1 t t o of En English c |