[The Urban Sombrero]

Hold on here. Nothing says we are to feel compelled to worship with unrepentant homosexuals. If they come to Church seeking the truth, that one thing. And don't equivocate gossiping with homosexuality. As I have mentioned, there are no burned out cities laying in testimony to the seriousness of the sin of gossip.

I'm not convinced that the gossip doesn't do more to damage peace in society, amongst family and friends and church, than same sex folks. In fact, I would venture a guess that admonitions to avoid gossip and those who practice it are much more frequent in the NT than discussions of homosexuality. And, when Christ catalogues inner defilement, "adulteries and fornications and lewdness" are mentioned, but no special category for homosexuality. I am not here suggesting that same sex relations are approved by God. Just that all the focus on it, to the exclusion of a whole range of behaviors, is out of balance.