Call Me Homophobic

If you are not accepting of the modern gay agenda, you are diagnosed and labeled by the proponents of that agenda with a dreadful disorder. You are “homophobic”; and this disorder, in their mind, is far worse than actually being a homosexual ever was. They suppose that such a person is afraid of being homosexual or just afraid of homosexuals. Well, I am admittedly afraid of the “gay rights” movement.

I am afraid of the destructive consequences of that agenda for millions of people. They have already destroyed a perfectly good word – gay. Who can sing the verse in the popular Christmas song that says, “don we now our gay apparel” without thinking of someone dressed in drag? I wince before I get to the “fa-la-la-la-las”. Surely that is sufficient evidence to diagnose me as homophobic.

I do have plenty of biblical grounds to oppose the normalization of homosexuality. Sodom comes to mind. Honestly, I don’t need a Bible verse – not even one – to convince me that something is wrong when a man finds himself sexually attracted to another man or a woman finds herself sexually attracted to another woman. Likewise, I have never really needed a Bible verse to support my belief that it is wrong to murder someone.

I can feel sorry for someone who has a warped sexual orientation. I can hope that they will find help to repair this distortion. But I have zero tolerance for those who want me to accept that a homosexual orientation is just as wholesome and good as a heterosexual orientation. It is not!

If someone has – as many people do – a warp in their sexual orientation that leads them to find young children erotically stimulating, we wouldn’t submit to their plea, “God made me this way; accept my sexual orientation.” Again, I don’t need a Bible verse to prove that not only having sex with children is wrong, but even desiring to have sex with children is a sign of something warped in your sexuality. If someone wants to eat feces, do you need a Bible verse to tell you that something is wrong with that person’s “wanter”? I hope not, because I have never found one. And, if I say that the desire to eat feces or other disgusting things is a clear sign of a psychological disorder, don’t say, “So, have you ever tried it?” The answer is “NO.” And I don’t need to in order to know that dog poop is not legitimate food. The fact that 1-3% of our population find themselves sexually attracted to the same sex and have convinced themselves and each other that there is nothing wrong with their sexual orientation is hardly convincing evidence for me.

What does surprise me is how many rational, well-educated people buy into the propaganda of the gay activists. What totally blows my mind is that we are actually debating whether or not marriage between members of the same sex should be sanctioned by the state.

Under the influence of powerful gay activists, the scientific community has caved in. They have swallowed the politically correct story – hook, line, and sinker. You would probably be hard-pressed to find any scientist in the world today looking for a cure for homosexuality. Psychologists are now mostly dedicated to helping people adjust to their orientation and the challenges of living in a world with homophobes like me. So, instead of helping them with their disorder, they help them with my disorder.

Listen, if gays can have pride in their perverse sexual orientation, you and I can have pride in our sane and sober assessment of their sexual orientation. Call me a homophobe if that makes you feel better. But, if you are sexually attracted to members of your same gender, you have a problem; and I do you no service to engage in denial with you. Perhaps you will never be able to totally rid yourself of distorted desires, but you can repent of acting on those distorted desires. You can cease to claim that those desires are not distorted. Furthermore, I shall be so bold as to tell you that this is God’s will for you.

Thankfully, there are still people around who are willing and able to help you find your way out of a homosexual lifestyle. Jesus loves you. Yes! He does! And He died so that you could be free. The answer is not to rename your bondage “freedom.” And that is true for all of us. Whether we struggle with homosexual temptations, heterosexual temptations, or temptations that are not of a sexual nature at all, Jesus wants to help us overcome them rather than rationalize our submission to them.