Gay Proud Loved

I was interested this morning in seeing regular viewers at the end of the morning ABC television show holding up signs with various and sundry messages. The one that caught my eye more than some of the others said, "Gay Proud Loved." I have been thinking about this particular topic due to a recent long spirited debate about the issue with a good friend. Her view is conservative; mine is liberal.

My friend, raised in a Biblically conservative church, kept using words in our conversation like "agenda," "abnormality," "aberration," and "dangerous to America." My words were "rights that every other citizen has," "desire to be loved and accepted in society," and "other interpretations of these New Testament passages." No amount of carefully worded arguments, however, could sway either of us to the other's position. We agreed to disagree on the subject as the old cliche goes.

While I would like to consider myself knowledgeable on the subject, I still (like all of us) have many questions. I just know that all in our society have the same goals: we want a reasonable amount of happiness, love, and respect from our family and peers. We want to be proud of who we are and who God has created us to be. We do not want to be judged by those who have set themselves up as experts of perceived sins of whatever type. Isn't that a sin in itself?