Whispers in the Wasteland

It's in the Bible

Dan Dickinson points out a story about a homosexual who killed a woman because she questioned his sexuality. The piece is titled "Gay Man Kills Woman In Religious Dispute."

The obvious angle is to point out the hypocrisy of hate crime laws -- as Dan did -- which are more correctly described as political incorrectness crime laws. The idea is to give special protection to politically correct groups.

I found this quote interesting:

"God loves gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people just the way they are," Rutt said. "The Bible is clear that homosexuality is not a sickness and not a sin."

At first I thought that the second sentence is a bold-faced lie. Then I thought that maybe this is some sort lawyerly trick. Perhaps they mean that being homosexual is okay but the homosexual act is prohibited. A look at the definition of homosexuality shows that the word is too ambiguous to be used in this sense:

1. the quality or state of being homosexual
2. erotic activity with another of the same sex

My first instinct was correct. Rutt told an untruth. Did she ever open up a Bible? Probably not, otherwise she would be forced to modify her statements. Posted by Bob at November 24, 2002 01:54 PM