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In fact, of all the homeless youth in America, up to 40-percent of them are LGBT.

Whatever else she says, whether I agree with it or not, the above assertion is pure unadulterated BS.

Spend a little time on the streets, old lady. I don't mean going down to the wrong side of town handing out bibles and condoms, I mean living under freeway bridges, warming yourself over a trash fire, picking through the ashtrays outside a hospital for cigarette butts or dumpster diving behind the KFC for some old greasy chicken - hoping the people working there didn't spill bleach on it to drive you off.

40% of young people on the street are gay, right.

lfivepoints69yahoocom : funny that scripture doesnt say "neither sodomite/homosexual" Its one wrong thing to take a scripture out of context, its another entirely off base manner to insert references that arent there to back your misguided beliefs.There is nothing wrong with fundamentals especially when they keep "christians" from reverting to moral relativism and revising the Holy Scirptures to fit their beliefs every decade or two.

lfivepoints69yahoocom : funny that scripture doesnt say "neither sodomite/homosexual" Its one wrong thing to take a scripture out of context, its another entirely off base manner to insert references that arent there to back your misguided beliefs.There is nothing wrong with fundamentals especially when they keep "christians" from reverting to moral relativism and revising the Holy Scirptures to fit their beliefs every decade or two.

@LFIVEPOINTS69YAHOOCOM - I will pray that Satan release you and the scales be removed from your eyes.

Well said. As the Bible says, 'there is neither male nor female, there is not Jew or Greek, there is no long slave or free, we are all one in Christ.' To God, same-sex and different-sex marriage are exactly the same and love is the greatest affirmation and command of Christ; love is not sinful. That is the good news that Christ proclaimed. For pseudo-Christian fundamentalists who claim that Jesus only blesses right-handed people, heterosexuals, whites, or men, it is clear that they do not have a relationship with Christ. Indeed, a gay man who denies God's divine plan for him to fall in love with and marry a man is creating a sin by not willingly being the gay man he was created to be. As most gay Christians will tell you, their spouse is the most important person in their lives after Jesus (and often tied with their children). God bless.

Well said. As the Bible says, 'there is neither male nor female, there is not Jew or Greek, there is no long slave or free, we are all one in Christ.' To God, same-sex and different-sex marriage are exactly the same and love is the greatest affirmation and command of Christ; love is not sinful. That is the good news that Christ proclaimed. For pseudo-Christian fundamentalists who claim that Jesus only blesses right-handed people, heterosexuals, whites, or men, it is clear that they do not have a relationship with Christ. Indeed, a gay man who denies God's divine plan for him to fall in love with and marry a man is creating a sin by not willingly being the gay man he was created to be. As most gay Christians will tell you, their spouse is the most important person in their lives after Jesus (and often tied with their children). God bless.

Well said. As the Bible says, 'there is neither male nor female, there is not Jew or Greek, there is no long slave or free, we are all one in Christ.' To God, same-sex and different-sex marriage are exactly the same and love is the greatest affirmation and command of Christ; love is not sinful. That is the good news that Christ proclaimed. For pseudo-Christian fundamentalists who claim that Jesus only blesses right-handed people, heterosexuals, whites, or men, it is clear that they do not have a relationship with Christ. Indeed, a gay man who denies God's divine plan for him to fall in love with and marry a man is creating a sin by not willingly being the gay man he was created to be. As most gay Christians will tell you, their spouse is the most important person in their lives after Jesus (and often tied with their children). God bless.

well said. I think though the essence of what she is saying bump is as so many christian proponents of LGBT mistakenly say is, we should give them Christianity "Lite". Give them all of the love of Christianity with none of the responsibility or accountability of his Word. I think homelessness is wrong no matter what one's sexual preference is.Churches should do all they can in love to minister to those who need a place to sleep or stay. The overwhelming bulk of churches however should not however be "compassioned" into preaching or teaching a lifestyle that is contrary to their beliefs.Jesus had compassion on those in need, even when they were living in sin, but did not condone it.The same can be done here. There is not place for hate speech and rude behavior, but principals should still be upheld. Churches can be hospitable to all afterall if churches can welcome in as guests non-believers or others in need they can welcome at least for the provision of shelter and a warm meal the LGBT community.It is hypocritcal to have programs for drug users, alcoholics, prostitutes or people in poverty or in need and turn a cold shoulder to the LGBT community for shelter, food and clothes, and toys. That doesnt however mean these churches should then change their belief structure. At the end of the day they still are who they are, they are just open to serve those in needs.

While we certainly have to meet people where they are, in the final analysis the greatest act of love is to witness to the truth. God loves us as we are... but too much to let us stay that way.

When you cut through the authoress's fatuous political claptrap, her position is that we should lie to people — and thereby endanger their souls — by pretending that sin is not sin. There's nothing remotely charitable about that.