[TheRealThing]

No sir. > I disagree with Judge Scalia. That is not disparagement nor condescension; it is an American citizen exercising the freedom of speech in the act of dissent. I assert that denying same sex couples the right to marry, and thereby violating equal protection, contradicts the egalitarian principles that undergird our Republic at its highest understanding. Let us say, TRT, that you attend the Hairy Eared King James Old Regular Baptist Church. I would oppose your church being forced to perform or sanction a same sex marriage based on Constitutional principle, just as I would and do oppose leaving to individual states to deny equal protection under the law to citizens of the United States. > When Paul starts all those sentences with "let us," well, TRT, what are you saying?

> Do tell, and how about Einstein's theory of relativity? You'd have as good a chance of refuting him as you would Scalia. :please:

> Seriously? You're bringing up 'The' Paul who wrote the book of Romans, you do realize that right? I mean, I just cited Romans 1:27 (KJV)
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

Paul also wrote Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

There are no saved practicing homosexuals, much less any gay priests or pastors. They must repent of their sin, completely turning their backs on it forever, and at that point they are sealed by God's Holy Spirit and transformed to become new creatures in Christ, or they cannot be saved at all. This is what is meant in verse 28 when PAUL said God turns the homosexual over to a reprobate mind, and why that particular sin is so terrifying. Romans 1:28 (KJV)
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

There are no ambiguities or areas of great debate in the Bible, and that's one reason I love God's Word so much. Harrys S Truman had a sign on his desk which said "The Buck Stops Here" Well, the lies and distortions and guileful machinations of the those who compromise truth stops with The Almighty. Though we live in the day of lies, they will all come to a thankful end soon enough. Until then we come to Him on His terms only, no negotiating or hint of reservation on our part.