A group of Southern Baptists are lining up behind a resolution condemning the California school system for what they claim is a recent “tolerance” campaign that blatantly endorses homosexuality.
The resolution, authored by Dr. Voddie Baucham, Jr., a preacher and lecturer in the Southern Baptist denomination, and Bruce N. Shortt, author of The Harsh Truth About Public Schools, is a response to the recent enactment of California Senate Bill 777.
Baucham and Shortt claim that SB 777 indoctrinates students “to believe that the homosexual, bisexual, and other sexually deviant lifestyles are normal, acceptable, and the moral equivalent of biblical heterosexuality.”
“[W]hen these schools can hide behind stealth phrases like tolerance, safe schools, multiculturalism, and safer sex, parents are often unaware of the dangers lurking beneath the surface,” Baucham said in a statement.
“This resolution is an effort to shine the light of truth in the dark corners of our schools and force our brethren to take a long, hard, honest look at what we have tolerated for far too long,” he added.
In their resolution, Baucham and Shortt call for California parents to withdraw their children from public schools while pursuing safe Christian alternatives to education such as homeschooling. The resolution also urges local churches to unite against and inform their communities of the harmful effects of SB 777 while praying for the salvation of “all homosexuals and other sexual deviants from their sexual sin.”
"Homosexuals and others trapped in sexual sin need our prayers and concern, but Christian parents must make sure that their children are not being endangered by false teaching in government schools,” Shortt explained.
"Unfortunately, most of our churches and other Christian organizations have refused to acknowledge that children in government schools are being inundated by a cascading torrent of spiritual and moral pathologies,” Shortt added, emphasizing the importance of the resolution.
Baucham and Shortt have submitted their resolution for review at the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) 2008 Annual Meeting, which will be held June 10-11 in Indianapolis.
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"something Jesus and his followers never did"
Peter was married (to a woman). Read the Bible!
bmore, your standing on pretty shaky ground to use the logic that because Jesus did not address homosexuality He must believe there is nothing wrong with it even though God in both the Old and New Testament alike condemns the sexual practices of homosexuality and calls it both an abomination and sin.
That speaks to a man marrying a woman, something Jesus and his followers never did, so he is not making that law of the land. That does not tie into homosexuality, stretch it as much as you want.
ifeelfine, my apology for misreading your first post and I agree with you 100% that God condemns heterosexual practices outside of marriage, but He also condemns all homosexual practices period. I'm talking about sexual behavior when I use the word practices.
"If it were that important of an issue, wouldn't Jesus have said something about it while he was on Earth?"
Bemore...He did in Matthew 19 starting in vs. 4 "...Have you not read, that He who reated them from the beginning made them male and female, and said 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother , and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?"
Seems quite clear to me what his definition of marriage was. Man + woman = marriage.
ifeelfine, if bmore is in a relationship that is totally void of sexual thoughts, desires, or behavior it's called a friendship regardless of if it's with somebody of the same or opposite sex. It makes me sick that so many people assume because two people of the same sex live together or have a very strong and close friendship they must be homosexuals or even if it's with somebody of the opposite sex they must be having sex.
believer: You're specifically talking about same-sex loving relationships though, Bmore is in one so is he sinning? I would contend he is not.
ifeelfine, is that not what I said to bmore that God condemns the sexual practices plus if you will read 1 Corinthians 6:9 and Romans 1:27 you will see in the New Testament that God does indeed condemn as a minimum the sexual practices of homosexuality along with other sexual sins.
believer: God doesn't condemn homosexuality, He condemns certain acts in certain situations - certainly He didn't / doesn't condemn loving homosexual relationships. I can't find a single passage saying loving homosexual relationships are bad - can you? All I can find are some passages on temple pagan sex rituals and a couple of passages having more to do with violence and domination than sexual gratification.
ifeelfine, I don't know what Bible you read but in every reliable Bible translation God condemns the practice of homosexuality as stated in both the Old and New Testament and as usual you missed the point. bmore stated that since Christ did not speak to homosexuality He condoned it and my point was He did not speak to a number of issues but that does not mean He either condoned it or condemned it and I used the fact that He did not speak to the practice of perverts molesting toddlers and yet He certainly would not condone it. Or maybe in your Bible He would condone it?
believer: No where in the Bible does it speak to pedophelia - in fact in many spots it endorses what we would now consider underage marriage.
How many times must it be said, God does not condemn gay sex practices anymore than He condemns heterosexual sex practices - in fact He condemns them in exactly the same way.
bmore, I think your definition of homosexuality is different than many of those responding to this issue. I can't speak for nor do I intend to speak for anybody else, but I believe that the majority of those responding are speaking to the sexual practices of homosexuality only and these are the pracices that God condemns in both the Old and New Testament. Lastly, just because Christ did not speak to an issue does not mean He either condoned it or condemned it, He just did not speak to it. He did not speak to the issue of pedophilia, but certainly you would not say that as a result He condoned it.
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bmore, the Bible, God's Word, teaches that all of us are sinners as are result everyone of us sins, kinds of sin come in a wide variety from the little white lie all the way to mass murder and although some sins have a much harsher consequences from a human perspective in God's eyes it's all sin and He hates all sin. And yet while we are all sinners does not mean that all of us are living in sin. To be living in sin means that one has adopted a lifestyle of either constantly practicing one sin or any sins that suits their fancy and they show little if any remorse or regret and have no desire to stop or change their behavior. A what ever feels good do it mindset regardless of what others say or think to include God. God has given each of a free will and we can either choose to live in sin or repent and turn to Him and not only be saved but also get the help and the desire we need to stop living in sin.
Men who wrote the Bible are opposed to homosexuality. If it were that important of an issue, wouldn't Jesus have said something about it while he was on Earth? Instead, he focused on loving one another. He touched on sexual immorality with prostitution, but that is a lack of love for one's body. The love I have for my partner is pure and committed, no evil is coming from it. The belief of the Catholic Church is that one does not have control over their sexual orientation, yet they should not act on it. The belief I am getting from many on this website is that homosexuality is completely sin, whether you are having sex with a man or not. How could an all powerful God allow Satan to overpower him and make someone who he created in his image and likeness full of sin. If you consider homosexuality a sin, then you believe somoene is living in sin as opposed to just saying God d*** it once. How could God let Satan overpower him and turn someone away?