Tuesday, November 21, 2006

USA Today Challenging Christian Leaders


Who's getting their groove on now?

Wow. USA Today has been slowly creeping up there is political and social commentary, no? And today's piece on Homosexuality and the Christian leaders is quite titillating. Read this with Ted Haggard and his lover, er, masseuse, Mike Jones in mind.

USA TODAY: What if Christian leaders are wrong about homosexuality? I suppose, much as a newspaper maintains its credibility by setting the record straight, church leaders would need to do the same:

Correction: Despite what you might have read, heard or been taught throughout your churchgoing life, homosexuality is, in fact, determined at birth and is not to be condemned by God's followers.

Based on a few recent headlines, we won't be seeing that admission anytime soon. Last week, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops took the position that homosexual attractions are "disordered" and that gays should live closeted lives of chastity. At the same time, North Carolina's Baptist State Convention was preparing to investigate churches that are too gay-friendly. Even the more liberal Presbyterian Church (USA) had been planning to put a minister on trial for conducting a marriage ceremony for two women before the charges were dismissed on a technicality. All this brings me back to the question: What if we're wrong?